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1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE May 16, 1997
H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 25, 1997
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:
MONETARY (CURRENCY UNITS PER DOLLAR)
COUNTRY UNIT Apr. 21 Apr. 22 Apr. 23 Apr. 24 Apr. 25
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7760 0.7780 0.7765 0.7755 0.7768
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 11.983 12.061 12.055 12.073 12.138
BELGIUM FRANC 35.160 35.370 35.330 35.400 35.600
CANADA DOLLAR 1.3978 1.3957 1.3942 1.3928 1.3966
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3248 8.3249 8.3246 8.3248 8.3243
DENMARK KRONE 6.4910 6.5320 6.5270 6.5300 6.5740
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1425 1.1373 1.1373 1.1353 1.1292
FINLAND MARKKA 5.1540 5.1780 5.1560 5.1560 5.1880
FRANCE FRANC 5.7525 5.7885 5.7760 5.7900 5.8240
GERMANY D. MARK 1.7032 1.7147 1.7123 1.7165 1.7246
GREECE DRACHMA 270.00 272.08 272.23 272.25 274.35
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7476 7.7470 7.7480 7.7475 7.7480
INDIA RUPEE 35.780 35.790 35.760 35.770 35.782
*IRELAND POUND 1.5560 1.5545 1.5470 1.5515 1.5465
ITALY LIRA 1695.00 1705.70 1703.80 1700.20 1718.61
JAPAN YEN 125.66 126.25 126.16 125.96 125.88
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.5060 2.4995 2.4975 2.5054 2.5085
MEXICO PESO 7.8720 7.8700 7.8790 7.8560 7.8900
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9160 1.9280 1.9265 1.9300 1.9406
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6938 0.6938 0.6928 0.6920 0.6935
NORWAY KRONE 7.0750 7.0947 7.0481 7.0700 7.0810
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 171.40 172.46 172.10 172.11 173.10
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.44 1.44 1.44 1.44 1.44
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.4480 4.4490 4.4475 4.4440 4.4500
SOUTH KOREA WON 895.00 895.00 894.50 895.00 894.50
SPAIN PESETA 143.850 144.730 144.470 144.600 145.320
SRI LANKA RUPEE 58.900 58.820 59.100 59.160 59.160
SWEDEN KRONA 7.6430 7.6760 7.6450 7.6700 7.7780
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4496 1.4596 1.4624 1.4615 1.4690
TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.650 27.660 27.650 27.670 27.650
THAILAND BAHT 26.070 26.070 26.070 26.070 26.080
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6353 1.6362 1.6213 1.6250 1.6235
MEMO:
**UNITED STATES DOLLAR 96.12 96.56 96.55 96.60 97.04
*VALUE IS U.S. DOLLARS
**INDEX OF WEIGHTED AVERAGE EXCHANGE VALUE OF U.S. DOLLAR AGAINST CURRENCIES OF OTHER G-10
COUNTRIES. MARCH 1973 = 100. WEIGHTS ARE 1972-76 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.
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS RELEASE OR ABOUT RECEIVING IT IN DOCUMENT
FORM, PLEASE CALL PUBLICATIONS SERVICES AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD AT (202) 452-3244.
1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE May 16, 1997
H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 2, 1997
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:
MONETARY (CURRENCY UNITS PER DOLLAR)
COUNTRY UNIT Apr. 28 Apr. 29 Apr. 30 May. 1 May. 2
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7797 0.7804 0.7795 0.7845 0.7840
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.165 12.133 12.193 12.106 12.158
BELGIUM FRANC 35.660 35.570 35.730 35.500 35.630
CANADA DOLLAR 1.3995 1.3979 1.3971 1.3895 1.3833
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3249 8.3249 8.3245 8.3245 8.3245
DENMARK KRONE 6.5820 6.5630 6.5960 6.5500 6.5780
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1280 1.1320 1.1258 1.1327 1.1290
FINLAND MARKKA 5.1980 5.2020 5.2030 5.1800 5.2030
FRANCE FRANC 5.8260 5.8160 5.8375 5.8010 5.8235
GERMANY D. MARK 1.7289 1.7227 1.7330 1.7207 1.7270
GREECE DRACHMA 273.93 273.20 275.17 274.10 274.40
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7475 7.7467 7.7467 7.7475 7.7475
INDIA RUPEE 35.770 35.770 35.780 35.770 35.760
*IRELAND POUND 1.5410 1.5380 1.4995 1.4890 1.4950
ITALY LIRA 1717.60 1710.25 1712.70 1703.50 1711.00
JAPAN YEN 126.68 126.81 127.03 126.64 126.57
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.5105 2.5115 2.5107 2.5078 2.5085
MEXICO PESO 7.9250 7.9710 7.9450 7.9450 7.9170
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9448 1.9393 1.9500 1.9355 1.9428
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6949 0.6940 0.6930 0.6890 0.6905
NORWAY KRONE 7.1010 7.0990 7.1240 7.0880 7.0980
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 173.12 172.55 173.96 172.70 173.40
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.45 1.44 1.45 1.45 1.45
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.4430 4.4430 4.4470 4.4470 4.4535
SOUTH KOREA WON 894.50 895.00 894.00 895.00 895.00
SPAIN PESETA 145.800 145.290 146.100 145.160 145.800
SRI LANKA RUPEE 59.280 59.300 59.250 59.250 59.270
SWEDEN KRONA 7.7930 7.8220 7.8500 7.7770 7.8370
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4690 1.4668 1.4745 1.4685 1.4700
TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.690 27.690 27.680 27.680 27.690
THAILAND BAHT 26.110 26.120 26.130 26.110 26.090
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6232 1.6312 1.6200 1.6238 1.6215
MEMO:
**UNITED STATES DOLLAR 97.23 97.01 97.40 96.86 97.08
*VALUE IS U.S. DOLLARS
**INDEX OF WEIGHTED AVERAGE EXCHANGE VALUE OF U.S. DOLLAR AGAINST CURRENCIES OF OTHER G-10
COUNTRIES. MARCH 1973 = 100. WEIGHTS ARE 1972-76 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.
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS RELEASE OR ABOUT RECEIVING IT IN DOCUMENT
FORM, PLEASE CALL PUBLICATIONS SERVICES AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD AT (202) 452-3244.
1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE May 16, 1997
H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 9, 1997
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:
MONETARY (CURRENCY UNITS PER DOLLAR)
COUNTRY UNIT May. 5 May. 6 May. 7 May. 8 May. 9
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7800 0.7772 0.7764 0.7800 0.7784
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.191 12.120 12.114 12.050 11.890
BELGIUM FRANC 35.730 35.530 35.540 35.230 34.830
CANADA DOLLAR 1.3813 1.3781 1.3817 1.3835 1.3910
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3247 8.3243 8.3238 8.3234 8.3231
DENMARK KRONE 6.6000 6.5600 6.5550 6.4970 6.4290
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1263 1.1322 1.1328 1.1392 1.1510
FINLAND MARKKA 5.2250 5.1900 5.1955 5.1630 5.1000
FRANCE FRANC 5.8440 5.8110 5.8060 5.7590 5.6992
GERMANY D. MARK 1.7317 1.7225 1.7215 1.7079 1.6903
GREECE DRACHMA 275.20 273.63 273.30 271.75 269.65
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7475 7.7480 7.7469 7.7464 7.7456
INDIA RUPEE 35.800 35.860 35.889 35.872 35.860
*IRELAND POUND 1.4850 1.5010 1.5085 1.5065 1.5205
ITALY LIRA 1712.00 1706.50 1702.40 1689.60 1676.10
JAPAN YEN 126.70 125.45 125.09 123.85 120.73
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.5070 2.5065 2.5109 2.5069 2.5065
MEXICO PESO 7.9100 7.8800 7.9240 7.9180 7.9005
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9470 1.9367 1.9370 1.9210 1.8983
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6885 0.6870 0.6847 0.6858 0.6877
NORWAY KRONE 7.1650 7.1360 7.1220 7.0730 7.0420
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 174.00 173.15 173.10 171.60 170.10
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.45 1.45 1.45 1.44 1.44
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.4580 4.4555 4.4550 4.4690 4.4625
SOUTH KOREA WON 895.00 897.00 897.50 896.00 896.00
SPAIN PESETA 146.000 145.460 145.450 144.180 142.900
SRI LANKA RUPEE 59.680 59.340 59.700 59.330 59.350
SWEDEN KRONA 7.9150 7.8135 7.7505 7.6950 7.6580
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4741 1.4615 1.4621 1.4440 1.4230
TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.750 27.760 27.760 27.710 27.710
THAILAND BAHT 26.100 26.080 26.070 26.050 25.990
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6200 1.6375 1.6364 1.6200 1.6210
MEMO:
**UNITED STATES DOLLAR 97.28 96.64 96.56 96.03 95.10
*VALUE IS U.S. DOLLARS
**INDEX OF WEIGHTED AVERAGE EXCHANGE VALUE OF U.S. DOLLAR AGAINST CURRENCIES OF OTHER G-10
COUNTRIES. MARCH 1973 = 100. WEIGHTS ARE 1972-76 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.
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS RELEASE OR ABOUT RECEIVING IT IN DOCUMENT
FORM, PLEASE CALL PUBLICATIONS SERVICES AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD AT (202) 452-3244.
1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE May 16, 1997
H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 16, 1997
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:
MONETARY (CURRENCY UNITS PER DOLLAR)
COUNTRY UNIT May. 12 May. 13 May. 14 May. 15 May. 16
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7787 0.7767 0.7780 0.7765 0.7748
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 11.995 11.950 11.962 11.960 11.920
BELGIUM FRANC 35.170 35.060 35.110 35.070 34.960
CANADA DOLLAR 1.3900 1.3862 1.3856 1.3791 1.3705
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3230 8.3228 8.3225 8.3221 8.3218
DENMARK KRONE 6.4900 6.4640 6.4780 6.4770 6.4510
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1410 1.1480 1.1460 1.1480 1.1515
FINLAND MARKKA 5.1440 5.1210 5.1350 5.1470 5.1130
FRANCE FRANC 5.7435 5.7170 5.7270 5.7220 5.7050
GERMANY D. MARK 1.7038 1.6972 1.7001 1.6987 1.6929
GREECE DRACHMA 272.50 270.80 271.80 271.50 270.10
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7440 7.7405 7.7380 7.7385 7.7385
INDIA RUPEE 35.860 35.860 35.855 35.840 35.840
*IRELAND POUND 1.5100 1.5160 1.5215 1.5294 1.5267
ITALY LIRA 1691.00 1678.80 1675.60 1677.10 1670.75
JAPAN YEN 118.95 118.75 118.33 116.28 115.43
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.5125 2.5175 2.5231 2.4977 2.4835
MEXICO PESO 7.9250 7.9050 7.8940 7.8990 7.8950
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9170 1.9095 1.9125 1.9105 1.9045
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6950 0.6945 0.6956 0.6962 0.6930
NORWAY KRONE 7.1030 7.0260 7.0450 7.0700 7.0520
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 171.70 170.88 171.20 171.26 170.65
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.44 1.44 1.44 1.43 1.43
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.4635 4.4680 4.4820 4.4840 4.4775
SOUTH KOREA WON 894.00 895.50 895.00 894.00 894.00
SPAIN PESETA 144.200 143.400 143.640 143.330 142.800
SRI LANKA RUPEE 59.210 58.720 58.650 58.500 58.600
SWEDEN KRONA 7.6940 7.6585 7.6060 7.6050 7.6220
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4385 1.4376 1.4395 1.4355 1.4205
TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.780 27.800 27.790 27.810 27.760
THAILAND BAHT 25.940 25.950 25.900 25.370 25.890
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6235 1.6319 1.6400 1.6385 1.6335
MEMO:
**UNITED STATES DOLLAR 95.41 95.04 94.97 94.67 94.35
*VALUE IS U.S. DOLLARS
**INDEX OF WEIGHTED AVERAGE EXCHANGE VALUE OF U.S. DOLLAR AGAINST CURRENCIES OF OTHER G-10
COUNTRIES. MARCH 1973 = 100. WEIGHTS ARE 1972-76 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.
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS RELEASE OR ABOUT RECEIVING IT IN DOCUMENT
FORM, PLEASE CALL PUBLICATIONS SERVICES AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD AT (202) 452-3244.
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