Full text of G.5a Foreign Exchange Rates : January 8, 2001

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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release
G.5A(405)

January 8* 2001

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN 2000 TOGETHER
WITH COMPARABLE FIGURES FOR OTHER YEARS. 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.
(Currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted)

COUNTRY
^AUSTRALIA
BRAZIL
CANADA
CHINA *P .R .
DENMARK
*EMU MEMBERS
GREECE
HONG KONG
INDIA
JAPAN
MALAYSIA
MEXICO
*NEW ZEALAND
NORWAY
SINGAPORE
SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH KOREA
SRI LANKA
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
TAIWAN
THAILAND
^UNITED KINGDOM
VENEZUELA
MEMO:
UNITED STATES
DBROAD
2)MAJOR CURRENCY
3)0ITP

MONETARY
UNIT
DOLLAR
REAL
DOLLAR
YUAN
KRONE
EURO
DRACHMA
DOLLAR
RUPEE
YEN
RINGGIT
PESO
DOLLAR
KRONE
DOLLAR
RAND
WON
RUPEE
KRONA
FRANC
DOLLAR
BAHT
POUND
BOLIVAR
DOLLAR
JAN97=100
MAR73=100
JAN97=100

2000

1999

1998

0.5815
1.8301
1.4855
8.2784
8.0953
0.9232
365.92
7.7924
45.00
107.80
3.8000
9.459
0.4568
8.8131
1.7250
6.9468
1130.90
76.964
9.1735
1.6904
31.260
40.210
1.5156
680.52

0.6454
1.8207
1.4858
8.2783
6.9900
1.0653
306.30
7.7594
43.13
113.73
3.8000
9.553
0.5294
7.8071
1.6951
6.1191
1189.84
70.868
8.2740
1.5045
32.322
37.887
1.6172
606.82

0.6291
1.1605
1.4836
8.3008
6.7030
N.A.
295.70
7.7467
41.36
130.99
3.9254
9.152
0.5361
7.5521
1.6722
5.5417
1400.40
65.005
7.9522
1.4506
33.547
41.262
1.6573
548.39

120.30
98.40
130.97

116.87
94.06
129.94

116.48
95.79
126.03

1997
0.7437
1.0779
1.3849
8.3193
6.6092
N.A.
273.28
7.7431
36.36
121.06
2.8173
7.918
0.6625
7.0857
1.4857
4.6072
947.65
59.026
7.6446
1.4514
28.775
31.072
1.6376
488.87

104.44
91.24
104.67

This release is available online at http://wvrvr.federalreserve.gov/release/.
For no re infornation on exchange rate indexes for the U.S. dollar* see "New Sunnary Measures
of the Foreign Exchange Value of the Dollar*” Federal Reserve Bulletin* vol. 84 (October 1998)*
pp. 811-18 (http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/bulletin/) and "Index of the Weighted-Average
Exchange Value of the U.S. Dollar: Revision*” Federal Reserve Bulletin* vol. 64 (August 1978)*
p. 700. Weights for broad index can be found at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/
HlO/Weights; weights for the najor currencies index and the other inportant trading partners
(OITP) index are derived fron the broad index weights.
* U.S. dollars per currency unit.
1) A weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against
of a broad group of najor U.S. trading partners.
2) A weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against
the broad index currencies that circulate widely outside the country of issue.
3) A weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against
the broad index currencies that do not circulate widely outside the country of




the currencies
a subset of
a subset of
issue.

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As of the January 3, 2000 release the euro is reported in place of the individual euro-area
currencies. These currency rates can be derived from the euro rate by using the fixed
conversion rates (in currencies per euro) given below:
1




EUR

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13.7603
40.3399
5.94573
6.55957
1.95583
.787564
1936.27
40.3399
2.20371
200.482
166.386

AUSTRIAN SCHILLINGS
BELGIAN FRANCS
FINNISH MARKKAS
FRENCH FRANCS
GERMAN MARKS
IRISH POUNDS
ITALIAN LIRE
LUXEMBOURG FRANCS
NETHERLANDS GUILDERS
PORTUGUESE ESCUDOS
SPANISH PESETAS