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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release
AUGUST

G. 5 ( 4 0 5 )

30,

1985

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
AUGUST

1985

THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE BATES O F EXCHANGE OF FORTY C U R R E N C I E S 1 8
AUGUST
1985
TOGETHER WITH COMPARABLE F I G U R E S FOB OTHER BONTHS. AVERAGES ARE
BASED ON DAILY NOON BUYING RATES FOR CABLE TRANSFERS I N NEW YORK C I T Y C E R T I F I E D
FOR CUSTOMS P U R P O S E S BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK.

( R A T E S I N CURRENCY U N I T S PER DOLLAR)

COUNTRY
•AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
BRAZIL
CANADA
C H I N A , ? . R.
DENMARK
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
GREECE
HONG KONG
INDIA
•IRELAND
ISRAEL
ITALY
JAPAN
MALAYSIA
MEXICO
NETHERLANDS
•NEW ZEALAND
NORWAY
PHILIPPINES
PORTUGAL
SINGAPORE
•SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH KOREA
SPAIN
S R I LANKA
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
TAIWAN
THAILAND
• U N I T E D KINGDOM
VENEZUELA

MEMO:
•UNITED STATES

MONETARY
UNIT

1985
AUGUST

1985
JULY

1985
JUNE

1984
AUGUST

DOLLAR
SCHILLING
FRANC
CRUZEIRO
DOLLAR
YUAN
KRONE
MARKKA
FRANC
D. MARK
DRACHMA
DOLLAR
RUPEE
POUND
SHEKEL
LIRA
YEN
RINGGIT
PESO
GUILDER
DOLLAR
KRONE
PESO
ESCUDO
DOLLAR
RAND
WON
PESETA
RUPEE
KBONA
FRANC
DOLLAR
BAHT
POUND
BOLIVAR

70.70
19.632
56.543
6714.00
1.3575
2.9093
10.1459
5.9464
8.5323
2.7937
131.752
7.7906
11.8977
111.43

69.74
20.512
58.812
6216.84
1.3527
2.8804
10.4904
6.0963
8.8796
2.9181
131.902
7.7530
12.0515
107.43

66.51
21.532
61.719
5786.00
1.3676
2.8693
10.9962
6. 3660
9.3414
3.0636
136.000
7.7698
12.4405
102.19

84.73
20. 268
58.282
1994.30
1.3035
2.3718
10.5174
6.0626
8.8567
2.8856
1 1 5 . 110
7.8388
11.5561
106.84

DOLLAR

* * * * * * * * * *

1873.51
237.46
2.4644
339.7839
3.1429
53.564
8.2487

* * * * * * * * * *

1901.42
241.57
2.4701
346.3750
3.2846
49.568
8.4554

* * * * * * * * * *

1953.92
248.84
2. 4 6 8 5
294.2249
3.4535
45.949
8.8255

* * * * * * * * * *

1780.47
242.26
2.3331
196.9825
3.2539
49.912
8.2991

* * * * * * * * * * *

* * * * * * * * * * *

* * * * * * * * * * *

* * * * * * * * * * *

167.343
2.2191
43.07
885.09
164.489
27.377
8.3106
2.2962
40.501
26.889
138.40

169.990
2.2125
51.46
876.23
168.364
27.331
8.4886
2.4174
37.935
27.074
137.69

176.145
2.2291
50.54
875.00
173.417
27.433
8.8565
2.5721
39.857
27.433
128.08

151.022
2. 1472
63.76
811.42
164.407
25.285
8.3489
2.4150
39.092
23.018
131.32
12.7250

* * * * * * * * * * *

137.55

* * * * * * * * * * *

140.94

* * * * * * * * * * *

147.71

140.21

( I N D E X OF WEIGHTED AVERAGE EXCHANGE VALUE OF U . S . DOLLAR AGAINST C U R R E N C I E S OF OTHER
G - 1 1 C O U N T R I E S . MARCH 1 9 7 3 = 1 0 0 . WEIGHTS ARE 1 9 7 2 - 7 6 GLOBAL TRADE O F EACH OF THE
1 0 C O U N T R I E S . S E R I E S R E V I S E D AS O F AUGUST 1 9 7 8 . FOB D E S C R I P T I O N AND BACK DATA, SEE
"INDJSX O F THE WEIGHTED-AVERAGE EXCHANGE VALUE OF T H E U . S . DOLLAR: R E V I S I O N " ON PAGE
7 0 0 OF THE AUGUST 1 9 7 8 FEDERAL RESERVE B U L L E T I N .
•VALUE I S




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