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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release
May 2 4 , 1991

H.10(512)

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
FOR THE WEEK ENDING

MAY 2 4 , 1991

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is advised that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has certified
for customs purposes the following noon buying rates in New York City for cable transfers payable in foreign currencies:

COUNTRY

MONETARY
UNIT

•AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
CANADA
CHINA,P.R.
DENMARK
•EURO COMMUNITY
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
GREECE
HONG KONG
INDIA
•IRELAND
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
ECU
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:
HHJNITED STATES

DOLLAR

May. 20

(CURRENCY UNITS PER DOLLAR)
May. 23
May. 2 1
May. 22

May. 24

0.7824
12.150
35.530
1.1496
5.3332
6.6055
1.1895
4.0520
5.8575
1.7275
188.95
7.7915
20.700
1.5510
1282.00
138.22
2.7655
1.9463
0.5882
6.7170
150.95
1.7735
2.7920
728.30
106.98
41.018
6.2055
1.4587
27.280
25.690
1.7190

0.7765
12.048
35.230
1.1488
5.3332
6.5500
1.1995
4.0230
5.8120
1.7125
187.95
7.7915
20.650
1.5625
1271.00
137.50
2.7620
1.9296
0.5888
6.6705
149.55
1.7720
2.7850
N. A.
106.18
41.028
6.1400
1.4495
27.255
25.650
1.7365

0.7715
12.115
35.450
1.1492
5.3296
6.5900
1.1940
4.0490
5.8450
1.7220
189.05
7.7885
20.660
1.5535
1279.00
138.05
2.7570
1.9403
0.5875
6.7040
150.65
1.7720
2.8225
728.80
106.83
N. A .
6.1780
1.4600
27.265
25.630
1.7270

0.7565
12.060
35.280
1.1509
5.3359
6.5610
1.1980
4.0600
5.8220
1.7140
187.95
7.7870
20.670
1.5610
1274.25
137.73
2.7580
1.9313
0.5785
6.6740
149.95
1.7710
2.7875
729.60
106.23
N. A.
6.1455
1.4563
27.280
25.650
1.7345

0.7590
12.025
35.160
1.1495
5.3359
6.5500
1.2013
4.0550
5.8090
1.7081
187.85
7.7540
20.700
1.5665
1271.50
138.40
2.7590
1.9248
0.5820
6.6600
149.65
1.7685
2.8025
728.90
106.03
N. A.
6.1280
1.4546
27.250
25.640
1.7310

92.60

91.90

92.37

92.04

91.95

•VALUE I S U . S . DOLLARS
**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 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.
THIS RELEASE I S NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH THE F A C I L I T I E S OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE'S
ECONOMIC BULLETIN BOARD. FOR INFORMATION, CALL 1202) 3 7 7 - 1 9 8 6 .