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Monthly Economic and Social Indicators

HISTORICAL SUPPLEMENT 1999

6.4a Exchange Rates

United States dollar (a) - cents

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

1963-64

111.77

111.70

111.65

111.69

111.66

111.62

111.68

111.68

111.70

111.76

111.69

111.41

1964-65

111.29

111.11

111.08

111.15

111.39

111.42

111.46

111.59

111.43

111.75

111.45

111.39

1965-66

111.45

111.38

111.79

111.91

111.89

111.87

111.92

111.78

111.54

111.50

111.40

111.38

1966-67

111.38

111.27

111.39

111.39

111.32

111.36

111.50

111.46

111.64

111.69

111.53

111.36

1967-68

111.20

111.25

111.10

111.07

112.68

112.08

112.28

112.01

111.71

111.59

110.99

110.95

1968-69

111.49

111.04

111.26

111.34

111.07

111.05

111.26

111.44

111.45

111.19

111.22

111.32

1969-70

111.38

110.91

110.94

111.58

111.61

111.82

111.85

112.09

112.07

112.06

111.86

111.59

1970-71

111.34

111.00

111.18

111.31

111.31

111.46

112.57

112.62

112.57

112.67

112.61

112.66

1971-72

112.64

114.87

115.70

116.14

116.15

119.10

119.10

119.10

119.10

119.10

119.10

119.10

1972-73

119.10

119.10

119.10

119.10

119.10

127.50

127.50

141.67

141.67

141.67

141.67

141.67

1973-74

141.67

141.67

148.75

148.75

148.75

148.75

148.75

148.75

148.75

148.75

148.75

148.75

1974-75

148.75

148.75

131.03

131.05

131.62

132.70

133.84

136.66

135.37

134.10

134.32

132.58

1975-76

129.77

127.94

125.60

127.10

125.94

125.71

125.88

126.07

124.86

123.90

122.71

123.56

1976-77

124.07

124.62

123.73

122.61

101.23

108.64

108.70

109.67

110.31

110.45

110.39

111.55

1977-78

112.25

110.51

110.76

112.36

112.74

114.14

113.82

113.65

114.31

113.62

113.02

114.75

1978-79

115.51

115.21

115.66

118.91

113.63

115.05

113.34

112.83

111.82

110.24

110.48

112.11

1979-80

113.02

112.84

112.98

109.74

109.42

110.55

110.69

109.87

108.31

111.45

114.26

115.76

1980-81

115.25

116.56

116.90

117.26

116.43

118.07

117.07

115.66

116.84

115.05

113.85

114.80

1981-82

113.56

115.08

114.14

113.50

115.14

112.79

109.94

107.40

105.03

106.08

104.82

102.23

1982-83

99.58

96.43

94.93

93.67

95.48

98.06

97.18

96.06

86.29

86.80

88.20

87.45

1983-84

88.10

87.85

89.65

91.60

91.28

90.20

91.78

94.29

93.50

92.01

89.92

86.13

1984-85

83.00

84.88

83.30

84.87

85.96

82.78

81.50

71.38

70.51

65.23

65.80

66.55

1985-86

72.71

70.34

70.77

70.02

68.50

68.09

71.55

70.12

71.19

73.91

71.66

67.72

1986-87

59.80

60.85

62.74

64.20

64.88

66.48

66.08

67.48

70.53

70.48

71.37

72.03

1987-88

69.78

71.24

71.94

67.57

70.52

72.25

71.38

71.98

73.88

75.85

80.51

79.40

1988-89

80.45

80.69

78.29

82.56

87.81

85.55

88.90

79.96

81.94

79.28

74.84

75.53

1989-90

75.24

76.56

77.64

78.31

78.15

79.27

77.08

75.94

75.42

75.09

76.91

78.90

1990-91

79.01

81.62

82.65

78.47

77.45

77.33

78.49

78.51

77.52

78.17

76.09

76.81

1991-92

77.75

78.48

79.95

78.37

78.48

75.98

74.98

75.46

76.84

75.93

75.89

74.88

1992-93

74.42

71.34

71.40

69.54

68.23

68.80

67.86

69.57

70.58

71.16

67.69

67.22

1993-94

68.34

67.08

64.53

66.61

65.86

67.71

71.12

71.78

70.08

71.24

73.61

72.91

1994-95

73.93

74.25

73.93

74.22

76.74

77.68

75.83

73.95

72.80

72.99

71.38

70.86

1995-96

73.89

75.24

75.50

75.66

74.69

74.50

74.47

76.35

77.93

78.54

79.83

78.90

1996-97

77.31

79.09

79.24

79.19

80.96

79.65

76.20

77.58

78.65

78.11

76.13

74.55

1997-98

74.52

73.44

71.98

70.36

68.03

65.27

66.93

67.45

66.34

64.99

62.36

61.35

1998-99

61.13

56.91

59.45

62.63

63.23

(a) US cents per Australian dollar. Rate at end of month.

Source: Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin, RBA

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