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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release
G.5(405)

September 2 9 , 1989

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
SEPTEMBER 1989
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE I N SEPTEMBER 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 BANC OF NEW YORK.
(RATES I N CURRENCY UNITS PER DOLLAR)
1989
August

1989
July

1988
September

MONETARY
UNIT

1989
September

•AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
CANADA
CHINA,P.R.
DENMARK
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
GREECE
HONG KONG
INDIA
•IRELAND
ITALY
JAPAN
MALAYSIA
NETHERLANDS
*NEN 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

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

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

75.658
13.308
39.559
1.1891
3.7314
7.3527
4.2699
6.4105
1.8901
163.84
7.8040
16.416
141.26
1367.39
140.42
2.6809
2.1318
57.537
6.9478
158.31
1.9589
2.691
669.84
118.73
34.764
6.4653
1.6281
25.816
25.771
162.68

79.155
13.135
39.149
1.2267
3.7314
7.1764
4.4282
6.3515
1.8668
151.47
7.8106
14.490
143.60
1393.15
134.32
2.6643
2.1063
61.480
6.9150
154.18
2.0409
2.458
723.00
124.36
32.954
6.4448
1.5764
28.914
25.549
168.40

MEMO:
" U N I T E D STATES

DOLLAR

101.87

100.44

99.12

97.91

COUNTRY

•VALUE I S U.S. CENTS
• • I N D E X OF WEIGHTED AVERAGE EXCHANGE VALUE OF U . S . DOLLAR AGAINST CURRENCIES OF OTHER
G - 1 0 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.