Full text of G.5 Foreign Exchange Rates : December 31, 1981

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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release

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DECEMBER 3 1 ,

G.5 (405)

1981

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
DECEMBER

1981

THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE OF TWENTY-FOUR CURRENCIES I N
DECEMBER
1981
TOGETHER WITH COMPARABLE F I G U R E S FOR OTHER MONTHS. AVERAGES ARE
BASED ON DAILY NOON BUYING BATES FOR CABLE TRANSFERS I N NEW YORK C I T Y C E R T I F I E D
FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSES BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK.
(RATES I N U . S .

CENTS PER UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY)
1981
OCTOBER

MONETARY
UNIT

1981
DECEMBER

1981
NOVEMBER

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

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

113.3931
6.30879
2.61149
84.3824
13.6614
22.9024
17.5024
44.2934
10.9524
157.3000
0.082898
0.456753
44.4892
3.8358
40.4347
82.7844
17.3024
1.53043
103.0963
1.03134
4.9362
18.0485
55.0980
190.3329

114.5493
6.40217
2.67241
84.2346
13.9436
23.0196
17.7816
44.8615
10.9470
158.9471
0.083923
0.448432
44.3230
3.8878
40.9149
83.1044
17.1939
1.55341
103.8160
1.04828
4.8020
18.2172
55.9999
190.2510

114.3170
6.33563
2.65571
83.1356
13.8248
22.6013
17.7617
44.3703
10.9480
157.4975
0.083743
0.431984
43.4996
3.9371
40.1507
82.3547
16.8966
1.54580
104.6137
1.04164
4.8372
18.0228
53.0795
184.0680

MEMO: '
UNITED S T A T E S *

DOLLAR

105.21

104.53

106.34

COUNTRY

1980
DECEMBER
116.8608
7.15485
3.15429
83.5601
16.5732
25.9029
21.9250
50.7692
12.6082
189.0135
0.107035
0.477474
45.4061
4.3071
46.7299
95.4036
19.3703
1.87726
132.8271
1.26533
5.7379
22.7223
56.0216
234.5537

90.99

• I N D E X OF WEIGHTED AVERAGE EXCHANGE VALUE OF U . S . DOLLAR AGAINST CURRENCIES OF
OTHER G - 1 0 COUNTRIES PLOS SWITZERLAND. MARCH 1 9 7 3 = 1 0 0 . WEIGHTS ARE 1 9 7 2 - 7 6
GLOBAL TRADE OF 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 OF AUGUST 1 9 7 8 . FOR
D E S C R I P T I O N AND BACK DATA, S E E " I N D E X OF THE WEIGHTED-AVERAGE EXCHANGE VALUE
OF THE U . S . DOLLAfi: R E V I S I O N " ON PAGE 7 0 0 OF THE AUGUST 1 9 7 8 FEDERAL RESERVE
BULLETIN.