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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release
G. 5(405)

SAY 31, 1985

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
MAY

1985

THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE BATES OF EXCHANGE OF FOBTY CURRENCIES IN
NAY
1985 TOGETHER WITH COflPARABLE FIGURES FOR OTHER MONTHS. AVERAGES ARB
BASED ON DAILY NOON BUYING RATES FOB CABLE TRANSFERS IN NEB YORK CITY CERTIFIED
FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSES BY THE FEDEBAl RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK*
(BATES IN CURRENCY UNITS PER DOLLAR)

COUNTRY

MONETARY
UNIT

•AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
BRAZIL
CANADA
CHINA.P.R,
DENMARK
FINLAND
FRANCB
GERMANY
GREECE
HONG KONG
INDIA
•IRELAND
ISRAEL
ITALY
JAPAN
MALAYSIA
MEXICO
NETHERLANDS
NEW ZEALAND
NORWAY
PHILIPPINES
PORTUGAL
SINGAPORE
•SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH KOREA
SPAIN
SRI LANKA
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
TAIWAN
THAILAND
•UNITED KINGDOH
VENEZUELA

DOLLAR
SCHILLING
FRANC
CRUZEIRO
DOLLAR
YUAN
KRONLE
MARKKA
FRANC
D, MARK
DHACHHA
DOLLAR
RUPEE
POUND
SHEKEL
LIRA
YEN
RINGGIT
PESO
GUILDER
DOLLAR
KRONE
PESO
BSCUDO
DOLLAR
RAND
WON
PESETA
RUPEE
KRONA
FRANC
DOLLAR
BAHT
POUND
BOLIVAR

MEMO:
^UNITED STATES

DOLLAR

1985
MAY
67,68
21.868
62.572
5239.00
1.3756
2.8556
11.2244
6.4641
9.4829
3.1093
137.239
7.7766
12.5004
100.71
**********
1984.45
251.73
2.4759
254.8182
3.5097
45.197
8.9442
***********
177.545

2.2228

50.18
792.56
175.397
27.404
8.9895
2.6150
39.906
27.554
124.83
***********

149.92

1985
APRIL
65.84
21.717
62.283
4511.58
1.3658
2.8480
11.1142
6.4652
9.4427
3,0946
134.857
7.7902
12.4004
101.17
**********
1975.89
251.84
2.4922
246.5682
3.4981
45.520
8.9314
***********
174.557
2.2199
51.50
861.21
172.852
27.113
8.9946
2.5948
39.728
27.466
123.77
***********

149.56

1985
MARCH
69.70
23.247
66,308
4158.19
1. 3840
2.8533
11,7971
6.8464
10.0776
3.2982
140.624
7.8009
12.8614
94.58
**********
2078.50
257.92
2.5734
246.1548
3.7290
45,276
9.4608
***********
183.976
2.2582
50.33
850.71
183.133
26.836
9.4135
2.8033
39.542
28.097
112.53
***********

158.14

1984
MAY
90.61
19,316
55.925
1497.64
1. 2944

2.1866
10.0618

5.8115
8.4435
2.7484
108.367
7.8159
11.0163
111.75
191.561
1696.32
230.48
2.3029
19 8.3523
3.0926
64.892
7.8100
14.2623
139.852

2.1006

78. 15
801.54
154.028
25.161
8.0782

2.2680

39.716
23.010
138.94
15.6613

133.99

•INDEX OF WEIGHTED AVERAGE EXCHANGE VALUE OF U.S. DOLLA2 AGAINST CURRENCIES OF OTHER
G-11 COUNTRIES. MARCH 1973 = 100. WEIGHTS ARE 1972-76 GLOBAL TRADE OF EACB OF THE
10 COUNTRIES. SERIES REVISED AS OF AUGUST 1978. FOR DESCRIPTION AND BACK DATA, SEE
"INDEX OF THE NEIGHTED-AVER AGE EXCHANGE VALUE OF THE U. S. DOLLAR: REVISION" ON PAGE
700 OF THE AUGUST 1978 FEDERAL RESERVE BULLETIN.
•VALUE IS 0^5. CENTS