The data below is in a format known as tab-delimited values. You can open this file with any spreadsheet application and the data will be distributed into the appropriate rows and columns. 

Year	Spot exchange rate (Yen per $US)
1971	347.79
1972	303.12
1973	271.31
1974	291.84
1975	296.78
1976	296.42
1977	268.62
1978	210.39
1979	219.02
1980	226.58
1981	220.63
1982	249.06
1983	237.55
1984	237.46
1985	238.47
1986	168.35
1987	144.60
1988	128.17
1989	138.07

Source: US Federal Reserve

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