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Release Date: May 01, 1998
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1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE May 1, 1998
 

 

 

G.5(405) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE MONTH ENDING APRIL 1998
 

THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN APRIL 1998 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)
COUNTRMONETARY
UNIT
1998
April
1998
March
1998
February
1997
April
 *AUSTRALIA        DOLLAR          0.6523       0.6696       0.6744       0.7787 
  AUSTRIA          SCHILLING      12.760       12.852       12.735       12.050  
  BELGIUM          FRANC          37.423       37.699       37.417       35.328  
  CANADA           DOLLAR          1.4298       1.4166       1.4334       1.3942 
  CHINA,P.R.       YUAN            8.3058       8.3076       8.3072       8.3257 
  DENMARK          KRONE           6.9174       6.9661       6.9089       6.5226 
 *EURO COMMUNITY   ECU             1.0927       1.0853       1.0893       1.1396 
  FINLAND          MARKKA          5.5053       5.5467       5.4999       5.1375 
  FRANCE           FRANC           6.0782       6.1257       6.0744       5.7672 
  GERMANY          D. MARK         1.8132       1.8272       1.8123       1.7119 
  GREECE           DRACHMA       315.82       306.05       286.70       270.58   
  HONG KONG        DOLLAR          7.7497       7.7458       7.7412       7.7483 
  INDIA            RUPEE          39.703       39.569       39.008       35.828  
 *IRELAND          POUND           1.3894       1.3672       1.3771       1.5505 
  ITALY            LIRA         1791.24      1799.07      1788.28      1694.52   
  JAPAN            YEN           131.75       129.08       125.85       125.64   
  MALAYSIA         RINGGIT         3.7376       3.7456       3.8148       2.5028 
  MEXICO           PESO            8.5017       8.5681       8.5021       7.9059 
  NETHERLANDS      GUILDER         2.0422       2.0598       2.0432       1.9256 
 *NEW ZEALAND      DOLLAR          0.5534       0.5726       0.5829       0.6922 
  NORWAY           KRONE           7.5315       7.5833       7.5530       6.9932 
  PORTUGAL         ESCUDO        185.81       187.03       185.54       171.77   
  SINGAPORE        DOLLAR          1.6007       1.6188       1.6509       1.4417 
  SOUTH AFRICA     RAND            5.0459       4.9746       4.9337       4.4417 
  SOUTH KOREA      WON          1391.55      1489.36      1628.42       895.57   
  SPAIN            PESETA        153.99       154.95       153.61       144.48   
  SRI LANKA        RUPEE         
  SWEDEN           KRONA           7.8238       7.9677       8.0723       7.6942 
  SWITZERLAND      FRANC           1.5051       1.4901       1.4631       1.4618 
  TAIWAN           DOLLAR         33.015       32.524       32.948       27.629  
  THAILAND         BAHT           39.654       41.366       45.987       26.064  
 *UNITED KINGDOM   POUND           1.6723       1.6619       1.6408       1.6293 
                       
  MEMO:                
**UNITED STATES    DOLLAR        100.30       100.47        99.93        96.39   
 *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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