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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release
6.5(405)

J a n u a r y 3 1 , 1990

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
JANUARY 1990
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE I N JANUARY 1990 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 BAhK OF NEW YORK.
(RATES I N CURRENCY UNITS PER DOLLAR)

COUNTRY

MONETARY
UNIT

^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

MEMO:
**UNITED STATES

DOLLAR

1989
January

1989
December

1989
November

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

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

87.052
12.904
38.441
1.1913
3.7314
7.1143
4.2553
6.2539
1.8357
152.25
7.8047
15.093
145.82
1345.12
127.36
2.7221
2.0723
62.412
6.6808
150.75
1.9404
2.3847
685.28
114.78
33.132
6.2725
1.5619
27.821
25.322
177.37

93.00

94.88

97.99

95.12

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 = 1 0 0 . WEIGHTS ARE 1 9 7 2 - 7 6 GLOBAL TRADE OF EACH OF THE
10 COUNTRIES. SERIES REVISED AS OF AUGUST 1 9 7 8 .
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.