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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release
6.5(405)

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O c t o b e r 3 0 , 1992

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
OCTOBER 1992
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE I N OCTOBER 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.
CRATES I N CURRENCY UNITS PER DOLLAR)

COUNTRY
^AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
CANADA
CHINA,P.R.
DENMARK
*EURO COMMUNITY
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
GREECE
HONG KONG
INDIA
^IRELAND
ITALY
JAPAN
MALAYSIA
NETHERLANDS
*NEH ZEALAND
NORWAY
PORTUGAL
SINGAPORE
SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH KOREA
SPAIN
SRI LANKA
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
TAIWAN
THAILAND
*UNITED KINGDOM
MEMO:
**UNITED STATES

MONETARY
UNIT
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
DOLLAR

1992
August

1991
October

1992
October

1992
September

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

0.7225
10.214
29.917
1.2225
5.5048
5.6203
1.3722
4.4764
4.9378
1.4514
182.70
7.7298
28.476
1.8190
1176.21
122.60
2.5029
1.6348
0.5411
5.8116
127.86
1.5988
2.8037
788.76
98.19
44.159
5.3685
1.2780
25.227
25.209
1.8465

0.7248
10.199
29.824
1.1907
5.4417
5.5851
1.4039
3.9773
4.9119
1.4475
179.12
7.7318
28.464
1.8326
1100.00
126.23
2.4977
1.6322
0.5406
5.7120
124.98
1.6077
2.7629
792.56
93.05
44.050
5.2745
1.2966
25.120
25.265
1.9434

0.7925
11.887
34.787
1.1279
5.3917
6.5246
1.2122
4.1155
5.7583
1.6893
188.50
7.7542
25.797
1.5821
1263.20
130.77
2.7469
1.9039
0.5631
6.6136
145.41
1.6940
2.8314
753.54
106.54
42.179
6.1552
1.4781
26.406
25.397
1.7231

85.03

81.98

80.97

90.69

*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 = 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.
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