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G.5(405) October 29, 1999
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN OCTOBER 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 October September August October
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6509 0.6495 0.6446 0.6179
AUSTRIA SCHILLING N.A. N.A. N.A. 11.524
BELGIUM FRANC N.A. N.A. N.A. 33.81
BRAZIL REAL 1.9688 1.8987 1.8859 1.1889
CANADA DOLLAR 1.4776 1.4771 1.4932 1.5452
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2775 8.2774 8.2772 8.2778
DENMARK KRONE 6.9450 7.0828 7.0144 6.2294
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.0706 1.0497 1.0605 N.A.
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU N.A. N.A. N.A. 1.2019
FINLAND MARKKA N.A. N.A. N.A. 4.9845
FRANCE FRANC N.A. N.A. N.A. 5.4925
GERMANY D. MARK N.A. N.A. N.A. 1.6381
GREECE DRACHMA 307.71 311.68 307.84 281.64
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7696 7.7665 7.7638 7.7483
INDIA RUPEE 43.55 43.60 43.50 42.39
*IRELAND POUND N.A. N.A. N.A. 1.5221
ITALY LIRA N.A. N.A. N.A. 1620.96
JAPAN YEN 105.97 106.88 113.23 121.05
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000
MEXICO PESO 9.575 9.341 9.398 10.159
NETHERLANDS GUILDER N.A. N.A. N.A. 1.8479
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5142 0.5230 0.5259 0.5213
NORWAY KRONE 7.7402 7.8361 7.8036 7.4294
PORTUGAL ESCUDO N.A. N.A. N.A. 168.01
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6757 1.6965 1.6787 1.6378
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.1029 6.0563 6.1302 5.7991
SOUTH KOREA WON 1205.29 1201.00 1198.31 1344.14
SPAIN PESETA N.A. N.A. N.A. 139.23
SRI LANKA RUPEE 71.747 71.942 71.868 66.345
SWEDEN KRONA 8.1492 8.2264 8.2589 7.8395
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4896 1.5262 1.5093 1.3373
TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.828 31.848 32.076 33.121
THAILAND BAHT 39.416 40.060 38.060 38.118
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6572 1.6247 1.6058 1.6944
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 630.75 625.41 615.95 570.68
MEMO:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR
1)BROAD JAN97=100 115.23 115.76 116.46 115.46
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 92.29 93.24 94.74 93.46
3)OITP JAN97=100 130.58 130.19 129.26 129.02
This release is available online at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/G5.
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/releases/
H10/Weights; weights for the major currencies index and the other important trading partners
(OITP) index are derived from the broad index weights. The most recent annual revision to the
trade weights has produced revised index values that will appear in the dollar indexes starting
with the December 1, 1999, release.
* 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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