Norway Yearbook - 1996

International tables
540 Foreign exchange rates against U.S. dollar
Countiy Myntenhet 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
Norway Krone 6.570 6.615 5.907 5.973 6.924 7.518 6.762 6.319
Denmark 6.874 6.607 5.776 5.913 6.255 6.772 6.083 5.546
Finland Mark 4.169 4.059 3.634 4.133 5.245 5.784 4,743 4.359
Iceland Krone 46220 61.170 55.390 55.620 63.920 72. 730 68.300 65.230
Sweden 6.157 6.227 5.698 5.529 7.043 8.303 7.461 6.658
Belgium Franc 37.345 35.760 30.982 3 1.270 33.180 36.110 31.837 29.415
France 6.059 5.788 5.129 5.180 5.506 5.895 5.346 4.900
Italy Lire 1 305.8 1 270.5 1130.1 1151.1 1 470.9 1 704.0 1 629.7 1 584.7
Netherlands Gylden 1.999 1.9 15 1.690 1.7 10 1.814 1.941 1.735 1.604
United Kingdom L 0.553 0.623 0.5 19 0.535 0.661 0.675 0.640 0.645
Switzerland Franc 1.504 1.546 1.295 1.355 1.456 1.479 1.311 1.150
Germany Mark 1.780 1.698 1.494 1.5 16 1.614 1.726 1.549 1.433
South Africa. Rand 2.378 2.536 2 563 2.743 3.053 3.397 3.543 3.647
India Rupee 14.949 17,035 18.073 25.834 26.200 31 380 31.380 35.180
Japan Yen 125.85 143.45 134.40 125.20 124.75 111.85 99.74 102.83
Australia Austr.$ 1.169 1.262 1.293 1.3 16 1.452 1.477 1.477 1.287
1Ref ers as usual to sales or import rate or the average of sales arid buyers rate at the end of the year.
Source: UN: Monthly Bulletin of Statistics More information: Division for Public Finance and Credit Market Statistics.
L
Country
Norway
Finland
Sweden
Belgium
France
Italy
Netherlands2
United Kingdom
Switzerland
Germany
Canada
United States
India
Japan2
Market prices of industrial shares1. 1990=100
1989 1990 1991
81.0 100.0 93.0
132.5 100.0 73.1
108.0 1000 94.0
108.0 100.0 97.0
103.7 100.0 97.5
99.3 100.0 84.7
102.6 1000 102.8
101.9 100.0 109.8
105.8 1000 101.0
87.3 100.0 89.1
111.1 100.0 101.4
94.7 100.0 114.1
72.1 100.0 134.8
117.8 100.0 84.5
Average of the year ,2TotaI index.
Source: UN: Monthly Bulletin of Statistics arid IMF More information: Division for Public Finance and Credit Market Statistics.
1A
DL
Country
Government bonds1
1992 1993 1994
87.0 111.0 143.0
68.9 116.3 179.5
80.0 106.0 133.0
95.0 99.0 114.0
107.8 116.2
70.5 83.5 104.1
107.8 125.0 148.0
114.7 131.7 141.5
107.8 137.4 159.2
86.2 87.8 105.9
99.5 114.1 125.2
125.5 132.3 138.0
247.3 202.9 322.1
62.6 69.9 73.3
1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995*
Norway2 . .. . 13.56 12.97 10.53 10.72 9.87 9.78 6.52 7.13 6.82
Denmark 11.06 9.78 9.75 10.74 9.59 9.47 7.08 7.41 7.58
Sweden3 11.68 11 35 11.18 13.08 10.69 10.01 8.54 9.41
Belgium 7.82 7.85 8.64 10.06 9.28 8.64 7.18 7.76 7.34
France 9.43 9.06 8.79 9.96 9,05 860 6.91 7.35 7.59
Italy4 9.68 10.16 10.72 11.51 13.18 1327 11.31 10.56
Netherlands 6.40 6.42 7.21 8.93 8.74 8.10 6.51 7.20 7.19
United Kingdom 9.47 936 9.58 1108 9.92 9.15 7.87 8.05 8.25
Germany 5.84 6.10 7.09 8.88 8.63 7.96 6.28 6.67 6.49
Canada5 9.95 1022 9.92 10.85 976 8.76 7.84 8.63 8.28
United States6 8.38 8.85 8.50 8.55 7.86 7.01 5.82 7.11 6.58
Japan 4.21 4.27 5.05 7.36 6.53 4.94 3.69 3.71 2.53
Australia 13.47 12.31 13.41 13 18 10.69 9.22 7.28 9.04 9.17
As usual effective interest rate, Average of the year.2Maturity 17 years.3Maturity 15 years or more.4Matunty 15-20 years.5Maturrty 10 years
and over 6Maturity 10 years.
Source: UN. Monthly Bulletin of Statistics and IMF. More information: Division for Public Finance and Credit Market Statistics.
1995
152.0
199.0
149.0
107.0
160.0
147.3
166.0
129.6
164.1
63.3
435