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FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE October 23, 1998
H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 2, 1998
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 Sep. 28 Sep. 29 Sep. 30 Oct. 1 Oct. 2
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5863 0.5975 0.5930 0.5970 0.5940
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 11.809 11.797 11.754 11.615 11.481
BELGIUM FRANC 34.618 34.583 34.480 34.080 33.872
CANADA DOLLAR 1.5106 1.5012 1.5262 1.5364 1.5505
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.2783 8.2782 8.2780 8.2780 8.2780
DENMARK KRONE 6.3995 6.3750 6.3550 6.2760 6.2380
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1725 1.1743 1.1780 1.1913 1.1995
FINLAND MARKKA 5.1120 5.1020 5.0890 5.0280 4.9950
FRANCE FRANC 5.6235 5.6180 5.5990 5.5310 5.5070
GERMANY D. MARK 1.6781 1.6746 1.6702 1.6504 1.6428
GREECE DRACHMA 289.70 289.00 288.00 284.90 284.00
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7485 7.7487 7.7492 7.7484 7.7492
INDIA RUPEE 42.560 42.550 42.480 42.500 42.450
*IRELAND POUND 1.4880 1.4915 1.4940 1.5130 1.5280
ITALY LIRA 1659.50 1657.70 1651.20 1632.50 1620.60
JAPAN YEN 135.70 133.90 136.59 135.75 135.60
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000
MEXICO PESO 10.1100 10.1100 10.1960 10.3240 10.3100
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.8923 1.8903 1.8841 1.8625 1.8499
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4935 0.5025 0.5000 0.5030 0.4987
NORWAY KRONE 7.4250 7.4060 7.4020 7.3710 7.4660
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 172.45 171.85 171.40 169.20 168.15
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.70 1.68 1.69 1.69 1.69
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 5.8500 5.8300 5.8824 6.1100 6.1300
SOUTH KOREA WON 1383.80 1373.00 1393.00 1390.00 1390.00
SPAIN PESETA 142.600 142.350 142.050 140.250 139.200
SRI LANKA RUPEE 66.150 66.110 66.000 66.250 66.050
SWEDEN KRONA 7.8550 7.8310 7.8450 7.8560 7.9680
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3900 1.3895 1.3808 1.3640 1.3523
TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.610 34.540 34.700 34.370 34.050
THAILAND BAHT 39.300 39.080 39.630 39.650 39.600
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.7040 1.7068 1.6995 1.7045 1.7026
MEMO:
**UNITED STATES DOLLAR 96.34 96.00 96.27 95.52 95.33
*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.
THIS RELEASE AND HISTORIC RATES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.BOG.FRB.FED.US.
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.
FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE October 23, 1998
H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 9, 1998
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 Oct. 5 Oct. 6 Oct. 7 Oct. 8 Oct. 9
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5940 0.5887 0.6178 0.6183 0.6162
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 11.499 11.500 11.350 11.323 11.510
BELGIUM FRANC 33.710 33.710 33.360 33.190 33.730
CANADA DOLLAR 1.5570 1.5520 1.5288 1.5435 1.5460
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.2780 8.2779 8.2778 8.2777 8.2777
DENMARK KRONE 6.2210 6.2075 6.1355 6.1195 6.2150
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.2058 1.2050 1.2176 1.2262 1.2148
FINLAND MARKKA 4.9755 4.9697 4.9130 4.8995 4.9770
FRANCE FRANC 5.4810 5.4780 5.4080 5.3875 5.4730
GERMANY D. MARK 1.6352 1.6335 1.6137 1.6060 1.6328
GREECE DRACHMA 285.00 284.00 279.63 279.45 283.70
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7489 7.7486 7.7470 7.7479 7.7480
INDIA RUPEE 42.500 42.450 42.400 42.400 42.400
*IRELAND POUND 1.5275 1.5280 1.5478 1.5520 1.5275
ITALY LIRA 1616.70 1615.50 1596.00 1592.00 1619.00
JAPAN YEN 134.54 131.15 123.97 118.85 117.00
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000
MEXICO PESO 10.2000 10.1900 10.1950 10.3800 10.2300
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.8425 1.8416 1.8198 1.8142 1.8440
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4968 0.4930 0.5113 0.5195 0.5205
NORWAY KRONE 7.4815 7.4300 7.3335 7.3350 7.5000
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 167.60 167.52 165.45 164.85 167.55
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.68 1.68 1.65 1.65 1.65
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.0800 6.0100 5.8700 5.8200 5.7995
SOUTH KOREA WON 1389.00 1389.00 1382.00 1365.00 1335.00
SPAIN PESETA 138.950 138.890 137.200 136.800 138.850
SRI LANKA RUPEE 66.000 66.000 65.500 65.500 65.570
SWEDEN KRONA 8.0635 8.0200 7.7450 7.8560 7.9335
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3470 1.3442 1.3180 1.2935 1.3230
TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.750 33.540 33.400 33.000 32.950
THAILAND BAHT 39.150 38.830 38.750 38.700 38.400
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6901 1.6833 1.6968 1.7222 1.7030
MEMO:
**UNITED STATES DOLLAR 95.15 94.77 92.98 92.14 93.07
*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.
THIS RELEASE AND HISTORIC RATES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.BOG.FRB.FED.US.
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.
FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE October 23, 1998
H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 16, 1998
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 Oct. 12 Oct. 13 Oct. 14 Oct. 15 Oct. 16
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6273 0.6294 0.6310 0.6327
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 11.530 11.553 11.442 11.384
BELGIUM FRANC 33.830 33.858 33.553 33.430
CANADA DOLLAR 1.5485 1.5465 1.5463 1.5430
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.2776 8.2777 8.2778 8.2776
DENMARK KRONE 6.2310 6.2380 6.1870 6.1505
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU H 1.2025 1.2002 1.2105 1.2175
FINLAND MARKKA 4.9900 4.9940 4.9510 4.9228
FRANCE FRANC 5.4940 5.5025 5.4530 5.4280
GERMANY D. MARK O 1.6381 1.6408 1.6264 1.6185
GREECE DRACHMA 282.49 282.84 280.38 278.30
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7470 7.7465 7.7475 7.7470
INDIA RUPEE L 42.400 42.350 42.330 42.350
*IRELAND POUND 1.5190 1.5203 1.5320 1.5410
ITALY LIRA 1622.15 1624.20 1609.50 1601.70
JAPAN YEN I 118.85 119.27 117.50 115.45
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000
MEXICO PESO 10.1980 10.1800 10.1250 10.0850
NETHERLANDS GUILDER D 1.8479 1.8513 1.8353 1.8255
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5410 0.5395 0.5312 0.5357
NORWAY KRONE 7.5350 7.6079 7.6580 7.3920
PORTUGAL ESCUDO A 168.24 168.40 166.90 166.10
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.63 1.61 1.62 1.62
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 5.8125 5.6700 5.6750 5.6971
SOUTH KOREA WON Y 1350.00 1350.00 1336.00 1326.00
SPAIN PESETA 139.330 139.450 138.300 137.600
SRI LANKA RUPEE 65.820 66.000 66.300 66.330
SWEDEN KRONA 7.8930 7.9425 7.9725 7.7810
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3286 1.3325 1.3230 1.3148
TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.160 33.300 33.050 32.800
THAILAND BAHT 38.300 38.200 37.950 37.950
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.7015 1.7055 1.7028 1.7030
MEMO:
**UNITED STATES DOLLAR 93.44 93.56 92.90 92.30
*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.
THIS RELEASE AND HISTORIC RATES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.BOG.FRB.FED.US.
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.
FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE October 23, 1998
H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 23, 1998
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 Oct. 19 Oct. 20 Oct. 21 Oct. 22 Oct. 23
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6328 0.6285 0.6275 0.6253 0.6184
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 11.455 11.563 11.560 11.552 11.518
BELGIUM FRANC 33.610 33.907 33.900 33.900 33.800
CANADA DOLLAR 1.5490 1.5390 1.5550 1.5433 1.5445
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.2778 8.2779 8.2778 8.2782 8.2778
DENMARK KRONE 6.1920 6.2510 6.2475 6.2395 6.2275
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.2068 1.2000 1.1980 1.1985 1.2014
FINLAND MARKKA 4.9510 4.9948 4.9960 4.9900 4.9815
FRANCE FRANC 5.4590 5.5105 5.5080 5.5053 5.4915
GERMANY D. MARK 1.6279 1.6426 1.6442 1.6409 1.6373
GREECE DRACHMA 279.59 281.35 281.10 280.50 279.55
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7480 7.7490 7.7490 7.7493 7.7505
INDIA RUPEE 42.350 42.340 42.340 42.320 42.350
*IRELAND POUND 1.5290 1.5168 1.5170 1.5186 1.5226
ITALY LIRA 1611.60 1624.70 1625.25 1625.25 1619.70
JAPAN YEN 114.46 118.09 116.85 117.88 118.06
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000
MEXICO PESO 10.1000 10.0500 10.0400 9.9950 10.0400
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.8360 1.8529 1.8530 1.8515 1.8470
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5350 0.5263 0.5260 0.5255 0.5253
NORWAY KRONE 7.4455 7.4650 7.4100 7.3885 7.3130
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 167.05 168.58 168.50 168.35 167.75
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.62 1.63 1.62 1.62 1.62
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 5.6700 5.7500 5.6950 5.7250 5.7400
SOUTH KOREA WON 1328.00 1330.00 1326.00 1324.00 1322.00
SPAIN PESETA 138.360 139.640 139.650 139.410 139.130
SRI LANKA RUPEE 66.900 66.320 66.400 66.610 66.610
SWEDEN KRONA 7.7780 7.8075 7.7575 7.7450 7.6365
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3235 1.3462 1.3480 1.3423 1.3375
TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.990 33.000 33.000 32.920 32.960
THAILAND BAHT 38.200 38.050 37.900 37.700 37.490
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6995 1.7060 1.7005 1.6950 1.6900
MEMO:
**UNITED STATES DOLLAR 92.57 93.42 93.40 93.41 93.27
*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.
THIS RELEASE AND HISTORIC RATES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.BOG.FRB.FED.US.
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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