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Release Date: October 01, 1999
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G.5(405) October 1, 1999
 

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
 

THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN SEPTEMBER 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)
COUNTRYMONETARY
UNIT
1999
September
1999
August
1999
July
1998
September
 *AUSTRALIA        DOLLAR          0.6495       0.6446       0.6562       0.5889 
  AUSTRIA          SCHILLING       N.A.         N.A.         N.A.        11.955  
  BELGIUM          FRANC           N.A.         N.A.         N.A.        35.05   
  BRAZIL           REAL            1.8987       1.8859       1.8023       1.1805 
  CANADA           DOLLAR          1.4771       1.4932       1.4890       1.5218 
  CHINA, P.R.      YUAN            8.2774       8.2772       8.2776       8.3055 
  DENMARK          KRONE           7.0828       7.0144       7.1792       6.4717 
 *EMU MEMBERS      EURO            1.0497       1.0605       1.0370       N.A.   
 *EURO COMMUNITY   ECU             N.A.         N.A.         N.A.         1.1575 
  FINLAND          MARKKA          N.A.         N.A.         N.A.         5.1734 
  FRANCE           FRANC           N.A.         N.A.         N.A.         5.6969 
  GERMANY          D. MARK         N.A.         N.A.         N.A.         1.6990 
  GREECE           DRACHMA       311.68       307.84       313.52       292.47   
  HONG KONG        DOLLAR          7.7665       7.7638       7.7603       7.7480 
  INDIA            RUPEE          43.60        43.50        43.36        42.58   
 *IRELAND          POUND           N.A.         N.A.         N.A.         1.4724 
  ITALY            LIRA            N.A.         N.A.         N.A.      1678.92   
  JAPAN            YEN           106.88       113.23       119.33       134.48   
  MALAYSIA         RINGGIT         3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8050 
  MEXICO           PESO            9.341        9.398        9.370       10.219  
  NETHERLANDS      GUILDER         N.A.         N.A.         N.A.         1.9169 
 *NEW ZEALAND      DOLLAR          0.5230       0.5259       0.5261       0.5044 
  NORWAY           KRONE           7.8361       7.8036       7.9029       7.5564 
  PORTUGAL         ESCUDO          N.A.         N.A.         N.A.       174.19   
  SINGAPORE        DOLLAR          1.6965       1.6787       1.6958       1.7226 
  SOUTH AFRICA     RAND            6.0563       6.1302       6.1182       6.0966 
  SOUTH KOREA      WON           
  SPAIN            PESETA          N.A.         N.A.         N.A.       144.33   
  SRI LANKA        RUPEE          71.942       71.868       71.912       66.260  
  SWEDEN           KRONA           8.2264       8.2589       8.4431       7.8816 
  SWITZERLAND      FRANC           1.5262       1.5093       1.5474       1.4000
TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.848 32.076 32.338 34.646
THAILAND BAHT 40.060 38.060 37.143 40.402
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6247 1.6058 1.5751 1.6823
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 625.41 615.95 611.17 583.85
 

MEMO:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR
1)BROAD JAN97=100 115.76 116.46 117.48 118.85
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 93.24 94.74 96.78 96.99
3)OITP JAN97=100 130.19 129.26 128.26 131.38
 

 

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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