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Release Date: October 01, 1996

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1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE October 1, 1996
 

 

 

G.5(405) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE MONTH ENDING SEPTEMBER 1996
 

THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN SEPTEMBER 1996 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
1996
September
1996
August
1996
July
1995
September
 *AUSTRALIA        DOLLAR          0.7928       0.7830       0.7897       0.7537 
  AUSTRIA          SCHILLING      10.610       10.435       10.576       10.270  
  BELGIUM          FRANC          31.056       30.553       30.947       30.044  
  CANADA           DOLLAR          1.3694       1.3722       1.3697       1.3509 
  CHINA,P.R.       YUAN            8.3341       8.3379       8.3409       8.3374 
  DENMARK          KRONE           5.8057       5.7327       5.8014       5.6587 
 *EURO COMMUNITY   ECU             1.2576       1.2685       1.2570       1.2783 
  FINLAND          MARKKA          4.5421       4.4793       4.5812       4.3754 
  FRANCE           FRANC           5.1307       5.0636       5.0881       5.0352 
  GERMANY          D. MARK         1.5080       1.4826       1.5025       1.4601 
  GREECE           DRACHMA       239.67       237.00       237.65       235.65   
  HONG KONG        DOLLAR          7.7328       7.7345       7.7379       7.7368 
  INDIA            RUPEE          35.870       35.800       35.667       33.310  
 *IRELAND          POUND           1.6096       1.6108       1.6031       1.5905 
  ITALY            LIRA         1520.48      1516.62      1526.82      1613.41   
  JAPAN            YEN           109.93       107.87       109.19       100.55   
  MALAYSIA         RINGGIT         2.5009       2.4933       2.4915       2.5124 
  MEXICO           PESO            7.5441       7.5143       7.6179       6.3167 
  NETHERLANDS      GUILDER         1.6905       1.6633       1.6862       1.6354 
 *NEW ZEALAND      DOLLAR          0.6964       0.6886       0.6900       0.6561 
  NORWAY           KRONE           6.4613       6.4153       6.4465       6.3943 
  PORTUGAL         ESCUDO        153.99       152.27       154.56       152.11   
  SINGAPORE        DOLLAR          1.4086       1.4124       1.4160       1.4331 
  SOUTH AFRICA     RAND            4.5489       4.5289       4.3963       3.6616 
  SOUTH KOREA      WON           822.40       817.52       813.03       772.04   
  SPAIN            PESETA        127.11       125.72       126.96       125.41   
  SRI LANKA        RUPEE         
  SWEDEN           KRONA           6.6427       6.6211       6.6394       7.1227 
  SWITZERLAND      FRANC           1.2343       1.2029       1.2320       1.1868 
  TAIWAN           DOLLAR         27.500       27.496       27.573       27.432  
  THAILAND         BAHT           25.407       25.289       25.355       25.129  
 *UNITED KINGDOM   POUND           1.5593       1.5499       1.5530       1.5590 
                       
  MEMO:                
**UNITED STATES    DOLLAR         87.46        86.54        87.25        85.69   
 *VALUE IS U.S. DOLLARS
**INDEX OF WEIGHTED AVERAGE EXCHANGE VALUE OF U.S. DOLLAR AGAINST CURRENCIES OF OTHER
G-10 COUNTRIES. MARCH 1973 = 100. WEIGHTS ARE 1972-76 GLOBAL TRADE OF EACH OF THE
10 COUNTRIES. SERIES REVISED AS OF AUGUST 1978. FOR DESCRIPTION AND BACK DATA, SEE
"INDEX OF THE WEIGHTED-AVERAGE EXCHANGE VALUE OF THE U.S. DOLLAR: REVISION" ON PAGE
700 OF THE AUGUST 1978 FEDERAL RESERVE BULLETIN.
 

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