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G.5(405) August 31, 1999
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN AUGUST 1999 TOGETHER
WITH COMPARABLE FIGURES FOR OTHER MONTHS. AVERAGES ARE BASED ON DAILY NOON BUYING
RATES FOR CABLE TRANSFERS IN NEW YORK CITY CERTIFIED FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSES BY
THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK.
(RATES IN CURRENCY UNITS PER DOLLAR)
MONETARY 1999 1999 1999 1998
COUNTRY UNIT August July June August
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6446 0.6562 0.6563 0.5888
AUSTRIA SCHILLING N.A. N.A. N.A. 12.574
BELGIUM FRANC N.A. N.A. N.A. 36.85
BRAZIL REAL 1.8859 1.8023 1.7669 1.1717
CANADA DOLLAR 1.4932 1.4890 1.4695 1.5346
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2772 8.2776 8.2780 8.3100
DENMARK KRONE 7.0144 7.1792 7.1643 6.8067
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.0605 1.0370 1.0377 N.A.
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU N.A. N.A. N.A. 1.1035
FINLAND MARKKA N.A. N.A. N.A. 5.4340
FRANCE FRANC N.A. N.A. N.A. 5.9912
GERMANY D. MARK N.A. N.A. N.A. 1.7869
GREECE DRACHMA 307.84 313.52 312.49 301.21
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7638 7.7603 7.7575 7.7494
INDIA RUPEE 43.50 43.36 43.21 42.84
*IRELAND POUND N.A. N.A. N.A. 1.4037
ITALY LIRA N.A. N.A. N.A. 1763.01
JAPAN YEN 113.23 119.33 120.72 144.68
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 4.2036
MEXICO PESO 9.398 9.370 9.515 9.371
NETHERLANDS GUILDER N.A. N.A. N.A. 2.0148
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5259 0.5261 0.5325 0.5011
NORWAY KRONE 7.8036 7.9029 7.8749 7.7248
PORTUGAL ESCUDO N.A. N.A. N.A. 182.99
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6787 1.6958 1.7107 1.7571
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.1302 6.1182 6.0880 6.3198
SOUTH KOREA WON 1198.31 1189.10 1168.91 1314.29
SPAIN PESETA N.A. N.A. N.A. 151.72
SRI LANKA RUPEE 71.868 71.912 71.211 66.642
SWEDEN KRONA 8.2589 8.4431 8.5065 8.1282
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.5093 1.5474 1.5374 1.4933
TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.076 32.338 32.525 34.730
THAILAND BAHT 38.060 37.143 36.925 41.720
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6058 1.5751 1.5950 1.6342
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 615.95 611.17 603.29 571.88
MEMO:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR
1)BROAD JAN97=100 116.46 117.48 117.45 120.14
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 94.74 96.78 96.56 100.96
3)OITP JAN97=100 129.26 128.26 128.56 127.77
This release is available online at http://www.federalreserve.gov/release/.
For more information on exchange rate indexes for the U.S. dollar, see "New Summary Measures
of the Foreign Exchange Value of the Dollar," Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 84 (October 1998),
pp. 811-18 (http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/bulletin/) and "Index of the Weighted-Average
Exchange Value of the U.S. Dollar: Revision," Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 64 (August 1978),
p. 700. Weights for broad index can be found at http://www.federalreserve.gov/; weights for
the major currencies index and the other important trading partners (OITP) index are derived
from the broad index weights.
* Value is U.S. dollars.
1) A weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against the currencies
of a broad group of major U.S. trading partners.
2) A weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against a subset of
the broad index currencies that circulate widely outside the country of issue.
3) A weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against a subset of
the broad index currencies that do not circulate widely outside the country of issue.
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As of January 1, 1999, the euro is reported in place of the individual eure-area currencies.
These currency rates can be derived from the euro rate by using the fixed conversion rates
(in currencies per euro) given below:
1 EUR = 13.7603 AUSTRIAN SCHILLINGS
= 40.3399 BELGIAN FRANCS
= 5.94573 FINNISH MARKKAS
= 6.55957 FRENCH FRANCS
= 1.95583 GERMAN MARKS
= .787564 IRISH POUNDS
= 1936.27 ITALIAN LIRE
= 40.3399 LUXEMBOURG FRANCS
= 2.20371 NETHERLANDS GUILDERS
= 200.482 PORTUGUESE ESCUDOS
= 166.386 SPANISH PESETAS
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