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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release
6.5(405)

January 4 ,

1993

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
DECEMBER 1992
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE I N DECEMBER 1992 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

1992
December

1992
November

•AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
CANADA
CHINA,P.R.
DENMARK
*EURO COMMUNITY
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
GREECE
HONG KONG
INDIA
•IRELAND
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
ECU
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

0.6897
11.130
32.545
1.2725
5.8106
6.1206
1.2372
5.1444
5.3974
1.5822
209.48
7.7416
28.979
1.6671
1412.38
124.04
2.5710
1.7788
0.5157
6.6804
142.05
1.6397
3.0140
791.75
112.95
45.046
6.8903
1.4219
25.452
25.488
1.5510

0.6898
11.168
32.661
1.2674
5.6134
6.1166
1.2364
5.0615
5.3706
1.5875
206.48
7.7348
28.474
1.6617
1364.45
123.88
2.5227
1.7862
0.5200
6.4714
141.71
1.6338
2.9959
787.09
113.83
44.404
6.2528
1.4291
25.404
25.462
1.5268

0.7148
10.436
30.580
1.2453
5.5486
5.7278
1.3174
4.7096
5.0370
1.4851
192.50
7.7298
28.477
1.7719
1309.64
121.17
2.5044
1.6717
0.5394
6.0562
132.33
1.6081
2.8923
786.79
105.74
44.276
5.6006
1.3176
25.278
25.253
1.6529

0.7712
11.003
32.198
1.1467
5.4232
6.0831
1.3006
4.2447
5.3406
1.5630
179.52
7.7738
25.818
1.7046
1182.21
128.04
2.7417
1.7618
0.5526
6.1558
138.90
1.6453
2.7665
761.68
99.70
42.523
5.7158
1.3855
25.759
25.431
1.8272

MEMO:
**UNITED STATES

DOLLAR

90.50

90.04

85.03

85.65

COUNTRY




1992
October

1991
December

*VALUE I S U . S . DOLLARS
**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.
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