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G.5A(405) January 4, 1999
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN 1998 TOGETHER
WITH COMPARABLE FIGURES FOR OTHER YEARS. 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)
| COUNTRY | MONETARY UNIT | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *AUSTRALIA | DOLLAR | 0.6291 | 0.7437 | 0.7828 | 0.7407 |
| AUSTRIA | SCHILLIN | 12.379 | 12.206 | 10.589 | 10.076 |
| BELGIUM | FRANC | 36.31 | 35.81 | 30.97 | 29.47 |
| BRAZIL | REAL | 1.1605 | 1.0779 | 1.0051 | 0.9162 |
| CANADA | DOLLAR | 1.4836 | 1.3849 | 1.3638 | 1.3725 |
| CHINA,P.R. | YUAN | 8.3008 | 8.3193 | 8.3389 | 8.3700 |
| DENMARK | KRONE | 6.7030 | 6.6092 | 5.8003 | 5.5999 |
| *EURO COMMUNITY | ECU | 1.1224 | 1.1300 | 1.2520 | 1.2941 |
| FINLAND | MARKKA | 5.3473 | 5.1956 | 4.5948 | 4.3763 |
| FRANCE | FRANC | 5.8995 | 5.8393 | 5.1158 | 4.9864 |
| GERMANY | D. MARK | 1.7597 | 1.7348 | 1.5049 | 1.4321 |
| GREECE | DRACHMA | 295.70 | 273.28 | 240.82 | 231.68 |
| HONG KONG | DOLLAR | 7.7467 | 7.7431 | 7.7345 | 7.7357 |
| INDIA | RUPEE | 41.36 | 36.36 | 35.51 | 32.42 |
| *IRELAND | POUND | 1.4248 | 1.5163 | 1.5995 | 1.6035 |
| ITALY | LIRA | 1736.85 | 1703.81 | 1542.76 | 1629.45 |
| JAPAN | YEN | 130.99 | 121.06 | 108.78 | 93.96 |
| MALAYSIA | RINGGIT | 3.9254 | 2.8173 | 2.5154 | 2.5073 |
| MEXICO | PESO | 9.152 | 7.918 | 7.600 | 6.447 |
| NETHERLANDS | GUILDER | 1.9837 | 1.9525 | 1.6863 | 1.6044 |
| *NEW ZEALAND | DOLLAR | 0.5361 | 0.6625 | 0.6877 | 0.6563 |
| NORWAY | KRONE | 7.5521 | 7.0857 | 6.4594 | 6.3355 |
| PORTUGAL | ESCUDO | 180.25 | 175.44 | 154.28 | 149.88 |
| SINGAPORE | DOLLAR | 1.6722 | 1.4857 | 1.4100 | 1.4171 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | RAND | 5.5417 | 4.6072 | 4.3011 | 3.6284 |
| SOUTH KOREA | WON | 1400.40 | 950.77 | 805.00 | 772.69 |
| SPAIN | PESETA | 149.41 | 146.53 | 126.68 | 124.64 |
| SRI LANKA | RUPEE | 65.005 | 59.026 | 55.289 | 51.047 |
| SWEDEN | KRONA | 7.9522 | 7.6446 | 6.7082 | 7.1406 |
| SWITZERLAND | FRANC | 1.4506 | 1.4514 | 1.2361 | 1.1812 |
| TAIWAN | DOLLAR | 33.547 | 28.775 | 27.468 | 26.495 |
| THAILAND | BAHT | 41.262 | 31.072 | 25.359 | 24.921 |
| *UNITED KINGDOM | POUND | 1.6573 | 1.6376 | 1.5607 | 1.5785 |
| VENEZUELA | BOLIVAR | 548.39 | 488.39 | 417.19 | 174.85 |
| MEMO: | |||||
| UNITED STATES | DOLLAR | ||||
| 1)BROAD | JAN97=100 | 116.25 | 104.47 | 97.43 | 92.52 |
| 2)MAJOR CURRENCY | MAR73=100 | 96.52 | 91.85 | 85.23 | 81.39 |
| 3)OITP | JAN97=100 | 125.70 | 104.67 | 98.25 | 92.51 |
| 3)G-10 | MAR73=100 | 98.85 | 96.38 | 87.34 | 84.25 |
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.
4) A weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against the currencies
of the other G-10 countries. We will discontinue publication of this series after December 1998
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