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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release

G.5(405)

APRIL 30, 1981

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
APRIL

1981

THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE OF TWENTY-FOUR CURRENCIES IN
APRIL
1981
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 U.S. CENTS PER UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY)

COUNTRY

MONETARY
UNIT

1981
APRIL

1981
MARCH

1981
FEBRUARY

1980
APRIL

AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
CANADA
DENMARK
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
INDIA
IRELAND
ITALY
JAPAN
MALAYSIA
MEXICO
NETHERLANDS
NEW ZEALAND
NORWAY
PORTUGAL
SOUTH AFRICA
SPAIN
SRI LANKA
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
UNITED KINGDOM

DOLLAR
SCHILLING
FRANC
DOLLAR
KRONE
MARKKA
FRANC
D. MARK
RUPEE
POUND
LIRA
YEN
DOLLAR
PESO
GUILDER
DOLLAR
KRONE
ESCUDO
RAND
PESETA
RUPEE
KRONA
FRANC
POUND

115.3176
6.53547
2.82198
83.9655
14.6826
23.0585
19.5481
46.2192
12.0604
168.4613
0.092804
0.465202
43.1819
4.1880
41.6597
90.2726
18.2711
1.71783
123.3222
1.13954
5.4185
21.3089
50.6688
217.5291

116.2903
6.69588
2.89661
83.9356
15.1086
24.6122
20.1465
47.4978
12.1309
173.2477
0.096986
0.478973
43.8301
4.2238
42.9121
91.9985
18.5396
1.76214
126.4967
1.16721
5.5527
21.7044
52.0434
223.1884

116.2638
6.60329
2.89721
83.4423
15.1522
24.6555
20.1423
46.7566
12.1639
173.3082
0.098074
0.486153
44.1957
4.2544
42.8702
93.4143
18.4853
1.77221
129.2666
1.16861
5-5975
21.7343
51.5021
229.4108

109.1026
7.45129
3.31562
84.3113
17.1044
26.1581
22.9848
53.3101
12.3954
198.9792
0.114170
0.399797
43.8174
4.3779
48.5704
94.7044
19.7394
1.97984
123.8849
1.39183
6.1500
22.8724
56.8569
220.9359

MEMO:UNITED STATES*

DOLLAR

98.80

96.22

96.02

91.09

•INDEX OF WEIGHTED AVERAGE EXCHANGE VALUE OF U.S. DOLLAR AGAINST CURRENCIES OF
OTHER G-10 COUNTRIES PLUS SWITZERLAND. 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.