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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release

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FEBRUARY 28, 1989

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
FEBRUARY

1989

THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN FEBRUARY
1989 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 CURRENCY UNITS PER DOLLAR)
MONETARY
UNIT

1989
FEBRUARY

1989
JANUARY

1988
DECEMBER

1988
FEBRUARY

^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

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

87.05
12.904
38.441
1.1913
3.7314
7.1143
4.2553
6.2538
1.8356
152.253
7.8047
15.0925
145.82
1345.12
127.36
2.7221
2.0723
62.412
6.6808
150.749
1.9404
2.3847
685.28
114.783
33.132
6.2725
1.5619
27.821
25.322
177.37

85.73
12.359
36.815
1.1962
3.7314
6.7891
4.1408
5.9994
1.7563
146.100
7.8062
15.0190
152.29
1295.61
123.61
2.6935
1.9824
63.621
6.5234
145.559
1.9442
2.3487
687.89
113.732
33.016
6.0888
1.4799
28.199
25.146
182.58

71.40
11.920
35.473
1.2682
3.7314
6.4918
4.1159
5.7323
1.6965
135.560
7.7978
13.0650
156.87
1249.62
129.17
2.5812
1.9051
66.386
6.4167
138.838
2.0185
46.4358
776.85
114.362
30.859
6.0524
1.3916
28.665
25.324
175.82

MEMO:
fUNITED STATES

DOLLAR

95.77

95.12

91.88

91.09

COUNTRY

SINDEX OF WEIGHTED AVERAGE EXCHANGE VALUE OF U.S. DOLLAR AGAINST CURRENCIES OF OTHER
G-10 COWTRIES. 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 IS U.S. CENTS