Full text of G.5 Foreign Exchange Rates : January 2, 1990

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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release
G.5(405)

January 2> 1990

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
DECEMBER 1989
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN DECEMBER 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
December

1989
November

^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

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

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

MEMO:
^UNITED STATES

DOLLAR

94.88

COUNTRY

1989
October

1988
December

78.295
12.860
38.403
1.1697
3.7314
7.1138
4.2619
6.2225
1.8300
164.97
7.8140
16.925
144.73
1343.83
143.53
2.7028
2.0652
56.301
6.9010
157.65
1.9588
2.6295
674.94
116.58
40.017
6.4306
1.6189
26.029
25.877
157.26

77.421
13.140
39.197
1.1749
3.7314
7.2781
4.2817
6.3339
1.8662
165.88
7.8081
16.819
142.50
1369.24
142.21
2.6945
2.1072
55.937
6.9502
159.08
1.9622
2.6403
673.86
118.77
40.018
6.4580
1.6302
25.739
25.868
158.74

85.726
12.359
36.815
1.1962
3.7314
6.7891
4.1408
5.9994
1.7564
146.10
7.8062
15.019
152.29
1295.61
123.61
2.6935
1.9824
63.621
6.5235
145.56
1.9442
2.3487
687.90
113.73
33.016
6.0888
1.4799
28.199
25.146
182.58

97.99

98.92

91.88

*VALUE IS 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.