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G.5(405) January 3, 2000
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN DECEMBER 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 December November October December
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6410 0.6388 0.6509 0.6182
AUSTRIA SCHILLING N.A. N.A. N.A. 11.746
BELGIUM FRANC N.A. N.A. N.A. 34.44
BRAZIL REAL 1.8442 1.9314 1.9688 1.2052
CANADA DOLLAR 1.4722 1.4674 1.4776 1.5433
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2794 8.2782 8.2775 8.2780
DENMARK KRONE 7.3597 7.2019 6.9450 6.3531
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.0110 1.0328 1.0706 N.A.
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU N.A. N.A. N.A. 1.1756
FINLAND MARKKA N.A. N.A. N.A. 5.0769
FRANCE FRANC N.A. N.A. N.A. 5.5981
GERMANY D. MARK N.A. N.A. N.A. 1.6698
GREECE DRACHMA 326.19 318.24 307.71 280.43
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7728 7.7718 7.7696 7.7471
INDIA RUPEE 43.52 43.46 43.55 42.59
*IRELAND POUND N.A. N.A. N.A. 1.4876
ITALY LIRA N.A. N.A. N.A. 1653.23
JAPAN YEN 102.58 104.65 105.97 117.07
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8014
MEXICO PESO 9.427 9.416 9.575 9.907
NETHERLANDS GUILDER N.A. N.A. N.A. 1.8816
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5087 0.5122 0.5142 0.5223
NORWAY KRONE 8.0113 7.9367 7.7402 7.6050
PORTUGAL ESCUDO N.A. N.A. N.A. 171.19
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6745 1.6699 1.6757 1.6515
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.1503 6.1424 6.1029 5.9030
SOUTH KOREA WON 1136.80 1176.98 1205.29 1213.22
SPAIN PESETA N.A. N.A. N.A. 142.08
SRI LANKA RUPEE 72.018 72.040 71.747 68.117
SWEDEN KRONA 8.4910 8.3586 8.1492 8.0716
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.5841 1.5543 1.4896 1.3604
TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.625 31.794 31.828 32.337
THAILAND BAHT 38.227 38.749 39.416 36.276
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6132 1.6205 1.6572 1.6708
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 644.28 634.80 630.75 565.89
MEMO:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR
1)BROAD JAN97=100 116.09 116.08 115.88 114.98
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 93.23 92.87 91.94 92.73
3)OITP JAN97=100 129.34 129.93 131.06 127.42
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 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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