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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release
6.5(405)

MARCH

1 , 1988

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
FEBRUARY

1988

THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE I N FEBRUARY
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 BANC OF NEW YORK.
(RATES I N CURRENCY UNITS PER DOLLAR)
MONETARY
UNIT

1988
FEBRUARY

1988
JANUARY

1987
DECEMBER

1987
FEBRUARY

^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

71.40
11.920
35.473
1.2682
3.7314
6.4918
4.1159
5.7323
1.6963
135.560
7.7978
13.0650
156.87
1249.62
129.17
2.5812
1.9051
66.386
6.4167
138.838
2.0185
48.73
776.85
114.362
30.859
6.0524
1.3916
28.665
25.324
175.82

71.11
11.635
34.576
1.2855
3.7314
6.3562
4.0391
5.5808
1.6537
131.921
7.7872
13.0395
160.64
1216.88
127.69
2.5400
1.8584
65.818
6.3538
135.866
2.0261
50.62
791.31
112.339
30.825
5.9749
1.3466
28.628
25.235
180.09

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
51.22
798.34
110.804
30.644
5.9473
1.3304
29.004
25.249
182.88

66.77
12.833
37.789
1.3340
3.7314
6.8939
4.5556
6.0760
1.8239
133.884
7.7952
13.0621
145.93
1297.74
153.41
2.5418
2.0592
54.815
7.0067
141.622
2.1410
47.97
857.38
128.619
28.662
6.5016
1.5403
35.056
25.933
152.80

MEMO:
SUNITED STATES

DOLLAR

91.08

89.29

88.70

99.46

COUNTRY

tINDEX 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 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