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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release
G.5(405)

F e b r u a r y 28 > 1990

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
FEBRUARY 1990
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE I N FEBRUARY 1990 TOGETHER
WITH COMPARABLE FIGURES FOR OTHER MONTHS. AVERAGES ARE BASED ON DAILY NOON BUYING
RATES FOR CABLE TRANSFERS I N WW YORK CITY CERTIFIED FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSES BY
THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK.
(RATES I N CURRENCY UNITS PER DOLLAR)

COUNTRY
^AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
CANADA
CHINA,P.R.
DENMARK
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
GREECE
HONG KONG
INDIA
*1RELAND
ITALY
JAPAN
MALAYSIA
NETHERLANDS
*NEW ZEALAND
NORWAY
PORTUGAL
SINGAPORE
SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH KOREA
SPAIN
SRI LANKA
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
TAIWAN
THAILAND
•UNITED KINGDOM
fCMO:
#*UNITED STATES

MONETARY
UNIT

1990
February

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

75.932
11.803
34.998
1.1965
4.7339
6.4729
3.9642
5.6897
1.6758
158.04
7.8103
16.989
158.28
1243.68
145.69
2.7137
1.8892
59.156
6.4760
147.71
1.8641
2.5449
656.34
108.27
40.018
6.1250
1.4879
26.117
25.733
169.61

92.25

DOLLAR

1989
December

1989
February

78.110
11.904
35.451
1.1720
4.7339
6.5620
4.0080
5.7568
1.6914
157.68
7.8116
16.963
156.31
1261.87
144.98
2.7041
1.9073
60.220
6.5462
149.17
1.8873
2.5532
686.18
109.71
40.018
6.1776
1.5175
26.081
25.745
165.12

78.586
12.240
36.544
1.1613
4.1825
6.7610
4.1231
5.9391
1.7378
160.32
7.8102
16.932
151.65
1291.93
143.69
2.7032
1.9619
59.458
6.7021
152.34
1.9183
2.5679
677.66
112.24
40.018
6.2920
1.5686
26.138
25.778
159.65

85.639
13.022
38.792
1.1891
3.7314
7.2094
4.3006
6.3004
1.8505
154.72
7.8009
15.241
144.10
1355.28
127.74
2.7307
2.0895
61.629
6.7254
152.10
1.9285
2.4570
680.28
115.67
33.115
6.3238
1.5740
27.716
25.386
175.34

93.00

94.88

95.77

1990
January

•VALUE I S U.S. CENTS
••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.