Full text of G.5 Foreign Exchange Rates : January 3, 1989

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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release
6.5(405)

JANUARY

3 , 1989

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
DECEMBER

1988

THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE I N DECEMBER
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
DECEMBER

1988
NOVEMBER

1988
OCTOBER

1987
DECEMBER

^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

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

85.07
12.307
36.670
1.2186
3.7314
6.7547
4.1522
5.9746
1.7491
145.225
7.8095
14.9660
152.70
1300.22
123.20
2.6779
1.9729
64.067
6.5796
145.574
1.9616
2.3943
696.08
115.171
32.989
6.0968
1.4675
28.170
25.146
180.85

80.96
12.777
38.077
1.2055
3.7314
7.0055
4.3041
6.1975
1.8165
148.707
7.8133
14.7200
147.30
1353.36
128.68
2.6785
2.0486
62.113
6.7400
150.128
2.0202
2.4662
712.72
120.022
32.989
6.2694
1.5372
28.880
25.365
173.87

71.06
11.500
34.186
1.3075
3.7314
6.3043
4.0462
5.5375
1.6335
129.455
7.7726
12.9345
162.63
1203.74
128.24
2.4944
1.8382
64.664
6.3820
133.768
2.0127
51.2204
798.34
110.804
30.644
5.9473
1.3304
29.004
25.249
182.88

MEMO:
fUNITED STATES

DOLLAR

91.88

91.91

95.10

88.70

COUNTRY

tINDEX OF WEIGHTED AVERAGE EXCHANGE VALUE OF U . S . DOLLAR AGAINST CURRENCIES OF OTHER
6 - 1 0 COUNTRIES. MARCH 1973 = 1 0 0 . 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