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RESERVE

statistical

SEPTEMBER

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5, i973

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
AUGUST 1973
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE OF TWENTY-FOUR CURRENCIES IN
AUGUST
1°73 TOGETHER WITH COMPARABLE FIGURES FOR OTHER MONTHS.
AVERAGES ARE
BASED ON DAILY NOON BUYING RATES FOR CABLE TRANSFERS IN NEW YORK CITY CERTIFIED
FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSES BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK.
(RATES IN U.S. CENTS PER UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY)

COUNTRY
AUSTRALIA
AUSTPIA
BELGIUM
CANADA
CEYLON
DENMARK
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
INDIA
IRELAND
ITALY
JAPAN
MALAYSIA
MEXICO
NETHEPL ANDS
NEW ZEALAND
NPRWAw
PORTUGAL
SOUTH AFRICA
SPAIN
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
UNITED KINGDOM



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

1973
AUGUST
141.4-8 1700
5.591740
2.703490
99.605200
15.947800
17.521300
27.313500
23.527000
41.219100
13.220400
247.567400
0.174226
0.377043
43.858700
8.000000
37.595600
135.332600
18.145200
u •324300
148.519600
1.755270
24.069600
33.656500
247.567400

1973
JULY
141.783300
5.812380
2.815050
100.048600
16.431000
18.041400
27.202400
24.655200
42.821400
13.604800
253.747600
0.171995
0.378005
43.121400
8.000000
38.700000
135.019000
18.932400
4.462380
148.628100
1.738530
24.731900
3 5.4-27600
253.747600

1973
JUNE
141.581000
5 .240750
2.664280
100.160500
16.538100
17.130500
26.731000
23.472400
38.785700
13.753300
257.615200
0.167924
0.378076
40.865200
8.000000
36.581900
132.397600
18.191900
4.217500
148.066200
1.722900
23.7^6200
32 .757100
257.615200

1972
AUGUST
119.113000
4.347010
2.279540
101.789100
15.610900
14.438400
24.019600
19.985800
31.382200
13.030400
245.023900
0.172028
0.332043
36.026100
8.000000
31.158200
119.452200
15.334800
3.721090
125.282600
1.575250
21.1603C0
26.449A0G
245.023700