Full text of G.5 Foreign Exchange Rates : October 31, 1989

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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release
G.51405)

O c t o b e r 3 1 , 1989

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
OCTOBER 1989
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE I N OCTOBER 1989 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)

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
October

1989
September

77.421
13.140
39.197
1.1749
3.7314
7.2781
4.2817
6.3339
1.8662
165.88
7.8081
16.819
142.50
1369.24
142.21
2.6945
2.1072
55.937
6.9502
159.08
2.0098
2.640
673.86
118.77
40.018
6.4580
1.6302
25.739
25.868
158.74

77.270
13.733
40.840
1.1828
3.7314
7.5872
4.4219
6.5855
1.9502
169.03
7.8078
16.745
136.70
1404.18
145.07
2.6980
2.1992
59.143
7.1264
163.36
1.9769
2.788
672.73
122.14
39.572
6.6103
1.6865
25.737
26.012
157.15

98.92

101.87

1989
August
76.345
13.570
40.310
1.1758
3.7314
7.4938
4.3504
6.5085
1.9268
166.26
7.8078
16.609
138.43
1384.24
141.49
2.6825
2.1726
59.217
7.0480
161.15
1.9604
2.725
671.13
120.64
36.276
6.5481
1.6605
25.685
25.912
159.47

100.44

1988
October
80.957
12.777
38.077
1.2055
3.7314
7.0055
4.3041
6.1976
1.8165
148.71
7.8133
14.720
147.30
1353.36
128.68
2.6785
2.0486
62.114
6.7400
150.13
2.0202
2.466
712.72
120.02
32.989
6.2694
1.5372
28.880
25.365
173.88

95.10

*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.