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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release
5.5(405)

SEPTEMBER 30, 1981

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
SEPTEMBER

1981

THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE A V E R A G E RATES OF EXCHANGE OF TWENTY-FOUR C U R R E N C I E S IN
SEPTEMBER
1981
TOGETHER WITH C O M P A R A B L E FIGURES FOR OTHER MONTHS. A V E R A G E S ARB
BASED ON DAILY NOON BUYING RATES FOR CABLE T R A N S F E R S IN NEW YORK CITY CERTIFIED
FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSES BY THE FEDERAL R E S E R V E BANK OF NEW YORK.
(RATES IN U.S. CENTS PER UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY)

COUNTRY

MONETARY
UNIT

1981
SEPTEMBER

1981
AUGUST

1981
JULY

AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
CANADA
DENMARK
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
INDIA
IRELAND
ITALY
JAPAN
MALAYSIA
MEXICO
NETHERLANDS
NEW ZEALAND
NORWAY
PORTUGAL
SOUTH AFRICA
SPAIN
SRI LANKA
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
UNITED KINGDOM

DOLLAR
SCHILLING
FRANC
DOLLAR
KRONE
MARKKA
FRANC
D. MARK
RUPEE
POUND
LIRA
YEN
DOLLAR
PESO
GUILDER
DOLLAR
KRONE
ESCUDO
RAND
PESETA
RUPEE
KRONA
FRANC
POUND

114-8628
6.05540
2.59777
83.2751
13.5520
22.2253
17.7692
42.5450
10.9712
155.0428
0.084244
0.435820
42.5267
3.9859
38.3287
82.6437
16.7793
1.52684
105.5585
1.04065
5.0056
18.4353
49.5114
181.4618

113*9866
5.69675
2.44661
81.7658
12.7317
21.6065
16.7204
39.9880
11.0379
146.0366
0.080381
0.428806
42.1186
4*0301
36.0091
82.3313
16.1772
1.49992
105.2704
0.99864
5.1932
18. 8697
46.0910
182.0309

114.2716
5,82252
2.50267
82.6012
13.0741
22.0445
17.2530
40.9772
11.2288
149.3955
0.082334
0.430545
42.5190
4.0650
36.8326
83.7708
16.3870
1.54285
108.4647
1-02478
5.3491
19.2930
47.6671
187.3690

MEMO: *
UNITED STATES*

DOLLAR

107.98

112.29

109.87

1980
SEPTEMBER
117.0380
7.89164
3.48443
85.8606
18.0682
27.4282
24.0560
55.8827
12.9033
210.3354"
0.117423
0.466438
47.1265
4.3443
51.3975
98.3085
20.6758
2.00964
132.7347
1.36385
6.3196
24.0723
61.0118
240.1233
85.50

•INDEX OF WEIGHTED A V E R A G E EXCHANGE VALUE OF U.S. DOLLAR AGAINST C U R R E N C I E S OF
OTHER 3-10 COUNTRIES PLUS SWITZERLAND. MARCH 1973 = 100. WEIGHTS ARE 1972-76
GLOBAL TRADE OF EACH OF T H E 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.