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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release
6.5(405)

APRIL 2 8 , 1989

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
APRIL

1989

THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE I N APRIL
1989 TOGETHER
WITH COMPARABLE FIGURES FOR OTHER MONTHS. AVERAGES ARE BASED ON DAILY NOON BUYING
RATES FOR CABLE TRANSFERS I N NEW YORK CITY CERTIFIED FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSES BY
THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK.

(RATES I N CURRENCY UNITS PER DOLLAR)
MONETARY
UNIT

1989
APRIL

1989
MARCH

1989
FEBRUARY

1988
APRIL

^AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
CANADA
CHINA,P.R.
DENMARK
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
GREECE
HONG KONG
INDIA
^IRELAND
ITALY
JAPAN
MALAYSIA
NETHERLANDS
*NEH ZEALAND
NORWAY
PORTUGAL
SINGAPORE
SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH KOREA
SPAIN
SRI LANKA
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
TAIWAN
THAILAND
*UNITED KINGDOM

DOLLAR
SCHILLING
FRANC
DOLLAR
YUAN
KRONE
MARKKA
FRANC
D. MARK
DRACHMA
DOLLAR
RUPEE
POUND
LIRA
YEN
RINGGIT
GUILDER
DOLLAR
KRONE
ESCUDO
DOLLAR
RAND
WON
PESETA
RUPEE
KRONA
FRANC
DOLLAR
BAHT
POUND

80.35
13.161
39.148
1.1888
3.7314
7.2803
4.1961
6.3223
1.8697
159.234
7.7828
15.7180
142.67
1371.80
132.04
2.7211
2.1098
61.167
6.7964
154.539
1.9497
2.5480
672.10
116.146
34.021
6.3689
1.6469
26.998
25.524
170.08

81.69
13.148
39.136
1.1954
3.7314
7.2912
4.2994
6.3321
1.8686
157.336
7.7969
15.4674
142.84
1372.50
130.55
2.7535
2.1085
61.547
6.8059
154.054
1.9407
2.5393
675.68
116.397
33.416
6.3933
1.6110
27.591
25.542
171.34

85.64
13.022
38.792
1.1891
3.7314
7.2094
4.3006
6.3004
1.8505
154.719
7.8009
15.2405
144.10
1355.28
127.74
2.7307
2.0895
61.629
6.7254
152.099
1.9285
2.4570
680.28
115.672
33.115
6.3238
1.5740
27.716
25.386
175.34

74.80
11.744
34.962
1.2353
3.7314
6.4207
4.0064
5.6704
1.6710
133.860
7.8166
13.1576
159.81
1240.99
124.90
2.5743
1.8749
66.143
6.2140
136.773
2.0044
2.1428
745.31
110.795
30.939
5.8892
1.3823
28.695
25.171
187.82

MEMO:
tUNITED STATES

DOLLAR

97.24

96.99

95.77

88.95

COUNTRY

SINDEX OF WEIGHTED AVERAGE EXCHANGE VALUE OF U . S . DOLLAR AGAINST CURRENCIES OF OTHER
G-10 COUNTRIES. MARCH 1973 = 100. WEIGHTS ARE 1 9 7 2 - 7 6 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.
*VALUE I S U . S . CENTS