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Exchange Rate Movement
of East & South East Asian & South Asian Countries Currencies
over 1997-1998
Countries
|
National
Currency Units Per US $
|
%
Change Between
|
|
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As On March 4, 1998
|
As
On July 1, 1997
|
July
1997 – March 1998
|
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Thailand
|
44.55
|
25.17
|
-77.00
|
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Indonesia
|
9700.00
|
2431.00
|
-299.01
|
|
Philippines
|
39.85
|
26.29
|
-51.58
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Malaysia
|
3.81
|
2.52
|
-51.19
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|
South Korea
|
1564.00
|
895.00
|
-74.75
|
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Bangladesh
|
46.45
|
43.83
|
-5.98
|
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Bhutan
|
39.51
|
35.74
|
-10.56
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|
India
|
39.51
|
35.74
|
-10.56
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Maldives
|
11.77
|
11.77
|
-0.00
|
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Nepal
|
63.36
|
57.03
|
-11.10
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Pakistan
|
44.05
|
40.50
|
-8.76
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Sri Lanka
|
62.30
|
59.19
|
-5.25
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Data
Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics, May 1998 & SAARC
Survey of Development & Co-operation : 1998 / 99, RISNODC, New
Delhi, 1999
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