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Release Date: January 4, 1999
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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)
 

 

 
COUNTRYMONETARY
UNIT
199819971996 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 COMMUNITYECU        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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