Full text of G.5 Foreign Exchange Rates : August 31, 1988

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AUGUST 3 1 , 1988

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FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
AUGUST

1988

THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE I N AUGUST
1988 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

1988
AUGUST

1988
JULY

1988
JUNE

1987
AUGUST

^AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
CANADA
CHINA,P.R.
DENMARK
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
GREECE
HONG KONG
INDIA
*1RELAND
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

80.57
13.281
39.562
1.2237
3.7314
7.2280
4.4720
6.3919
1.8880
151.625
7.8050
14.2169
142.17
1397.93
133.77
2.6520
2.1319
64.815
6.9016
153.716
2.0417
2.4531
725.74
124.122
32.807
6.4878
1.5837
28.693
25.560
169.65

80.00
12.991
38.649
1.2075
3.7314
7.0266
4.3896
6.2241
1.8466
147.852
7.8135
14.0795
145.49
1367.26
133.02
2.6267
2.0827
66.832
6.7207
150.425
2.0459
2.3985
728.67
122.272
31.782
6.3542
1.5343
28.726
25.523
170.51

80.76
12.380
36.786
1.2176
3.7314
6.6893
4.1761
5.9310
1.7579
140.686
7.8073
13.7859
152.65
1305.56
127.47
2.5860
1.9767
69.996
6.3951
143.546
2.0285
2.2716
732.88
116.255
31.133
6.1074
1.4629
28.723
25.280
177.68

70.72
13.041
38.528
1.3256
3.7314
7.1279
4.5017
6.1934
1.8553
140.625
7.8091
13.0852
144.18
1344.18
147.33
2.5361
2.0903
58.923
6.7911
145.567
2.1082
48.1571
811.87
125.566
29.643
6.4898
1.5364
30.290
25.926
159.96

MEMO:
•UNITED STATES

DOLLAR

98.29

96.53

92.58

99.43

COUNTRY




•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.
*VALUE I S U . S . CENTS