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FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE May 29, 1998
H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 8, 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 May. 4 May. 5 May. 6 May. 7 May. 8
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6450 0.6412 0.6370 0.6373 0.6355
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.525 12.475 12.425 12.410 12.465
BELGIUM FRANC 36.720 36.563 36.423 36.500 36.520
CANADA DOLLAR 1.4350 1.4390 1.4391 1.4400 1.4367
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100
DENMARK KRONE 6.7895 6.7620 6.7330 6.7230 6.7520
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1092 1.1127 1.1165 1.1160 1.1112
FINLAND MARKKA 5.4122 5.3850 5.3670 5.3620 5.3820
FRANCE FRANC 5.9690 5.9440 5.9200 5.9135 5.9380
GERMANY D. MARK 1.7802 1.7721 1.7656 1.7636 1.7707
GREECE DRACHMA 309.03 307.01 306.98 308.87 308.63
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7486 7.7490 7.7490 7.7497 7.7500
INDIA RUPEE 39.750 39.800 39.840 39.800 39.805
*IRELAND POUND 1.4120 1.4175 1.4239 1.4235 1.4205
ITALY LIRA 1758.20 1747.50 1740.72 1739.50 1747.40
JAPAN YEN 132.98 131.74 132.73 133.09 132.88
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.6700 3.6900 3.8900 3.8700 3.8200
MEXICO PESO 8.4790 8.4750 8.4800 8.5010 8.4780
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0060 1.9972 1.9897 1.9870 1.9955
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5535 0.5515 0.5450 0.5437 0.5448
NORWAY KRONE 7.3986 7.3570 7.3375 7.3645 7.4125
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 182.40 181.55 180.91 180.81 181.43
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.58 1.59 1.61 1.63 1.62
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 5.0600 5.0600 5.0570 5.0655 5.0630
SOUTH KOREA WON 1349.00 1349.00 1371.00 1406.00 1389.00
SPAIN PESETA 151.360 150.550 150.060 149.870 150.570
SRI LANKA RUPEE 63.450 63.690 63.500 63.950 64.050
SWEDEN KRONA 7.6800 7.6300 7.5800 7.5850 7.6136
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4895 1.4835 1.4735 1.4703 1.4795
TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.010 33.010 33.040 33.170 33.250
THAILAND BAHT 38.600 38.550 39.200 38.950 38.700
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6660 1.6605 1.6610 1.6485 1.6380
MEMO:
**UNITED STATES DOLLAR 99.34 98.97 98.80 98.88 99.17
*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 May 29, 1998
H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 15, 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 May. 11 May. 12 May. 13 May. 14 May. 15
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6371 0.6330 0.6276 0.6270 0.6270
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.513 12.488 12.516 12.538 12.570
BELGIUM FRANC 36.675 36.610 36.695 36.755 36.845
CANADA DOLLAR 1.4335 1.4323 1.4448 1.4480 1.4508
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100
DENMARK KRONE 6.7766 6.7630 6.7770 6.7870 6.8020
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1070 1.1095 1.1070 1.1055 1.1046
FINLAND MARKKA 5.4060 5.3960 5.4060 5.4175 5.4280
FRANCE FRANC 5.9620 5.9510 5.9647 5.9755 5.9900
GERMANY D. MARK 1.7796 1.7745 1.7780 1.7817 1.7861
GREECE DRACHMA 309.32 308.34 308.25 308.03 309.17
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7499 7.7485 7.7490 7.7485 7.7490
INDIA RUPEE 39.790 39.850 39.850 40.650 40.650
*IRELAND POUND 1.4130 1.4200 1.4148 1.4122 1.4130
ITALY LIRA 1753.60 1749.25 1753.00 1757.50 1761.80
JAPAN YEN 132.84 134.00 134.18 134.23 134.39
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8725 3.8925 3.8900 3.7900 3.7578
MEXICO PESO 8.4700 8.5100 8.5150 8.5050 8.5200
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0035 2.0000 2.0045 2.0078 2.0127
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5410 0.5365 0.5345 0.5330 0.5352
NORWAY KRONE 7.4420 7.4220 7.4620 7.4760 7.4980
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 182.20 181.70 182.30 182.61 183.03
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.63 1.65 1.66 1.66 1.65
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 5.0650 5.0750 5.0840 5.0840 5.0895
SOUTH KOREA WON 1393.00 1393.00 1420.00 1425.00 1440.00
SPAIN PESETA 151.000 150.650 151.150 151.270 151.750
SRI LANKA RUPEE 63.920 63.950 64.200 64.180 64.500
SWEDEN KRONA 7.6347 7.6140 7.7040 7.7230 7.7450
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4860 1.4805 1.4809 1.4840 1.4879
TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.210 33.420 33.450 33.250 33.250
THAILAND BAHT 38.650 38.770 39.050 38.850 39.150
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6300 1.6347 1.6308 1.6306 1.6278
MEMO:
**UNITED STATES DOLLAR 99.48 99.40 99.70 99.85 100.07
*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 May 29, 1998
H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 22, 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 May. 18 May. 19 May. 20 May. 21 May. 22
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6221 0.6236 0.6255 0.6304 0.6315
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.579 12.560 12.454 12.376 12.381
BELGIUM FRANC 36.875 36.813 36.510 36.269 36.290
CANADA DOLLAR 1.4497 1.4502 1.4498 1.4475 1.4496
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100
DENMARK KRONE 6.8105 6.7985 6.7490 6.7032 6.7060
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1022 1.1034 1.1124 1.1185 1.1175
FINLAND MARKKA 5.4370 5.4250 5.3800 5.3480 5.3500
FRANCE FRANC 5.9950 5.9830 5.9370 5.8940 5.8995
GERMANY D. MARK 1.7871 1.7838 1.7704 1.7590 1.7593
GREECE DRACHMA 309.10 308.90 305.70 303.20 302.27
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7497 7.7495 7.7490 7.7495 7.7480
INDIA RUPEE 40.570 40.572 40.530 40.546 40.700
*IRELAND POUND 1.4085 1.4091 1.4210 1.4310 1.4290
ITALY LIRA 1762.30 1760.20 1745.00 1734.90 1736.00
JAPAN YEN 135.95 136.34 135.99 135.65 135.77
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8450 3.8650 3.8300 3.7850 3.8100
MEXICO PESO 8.5360 8.5800 8.6400 8.6350 8.6500
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0147 2.0112 1.9947 1.9817 1.9825
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5324 0.5312 0.5323 0.5350 0.5355
NORWAY KRONE 7.5250 7.5130 7.4925 7.4410 7.4190
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 183.25 182.93 181.30 180.15 180.16
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.65 1.65 1.65 1.64 1.64
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 5.0980 5.1101 5.1060 5.0840 5.0940
SOUTH KOREA WON 1448.00 1445.00 1412.00 1393.00 1385.00
SPAIN PESETA 151.950 151.630 150.400 149.380 149.480
SRI LANKA RUPEE 64.550 64.720 64.550 64.250 64.400
SWEDEN KRONA 7.7940 7.7680 7.7140 7.6700 7.6970
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4880 1.4825 1.4758 1.4645 1.4650
TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.790 33.830 33.690 33.600 33.620
THAILAND BAHT 39.450 39.600 39.450 39.250 39.450
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6235 1.6232 1.6332 1.6305 1.6318
MEMO:
**UNITED STATES DOLLAR 100.32 100.23 99.62 99.17 99.23
*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 May 29, 1998
H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 29, 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 May. 25 May. 26 May. 27 May. 28 May. 29
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6225 0.6215 0.6219 0.6260
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.442 12.507 12.535 12.550
BELGIUM FRANC 36.471 36.730 36.720 36.790
CANADA DOLLAR 1.4549 1.4568 1.4556 1.4571
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100
DENMARK KRONE 6.7460 6.7855 6.7900 6.7935
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU H 1.1139 1.1061 1.1053 1.1040
FINLAND MARKKA 5.3780 5.4180 5.4170 5.4200
FRANCE FRANC 5.9305 5.9760 5.9696 5.9830
GERMANY D. MARK O 1.7684 1.7816 1.7817 1.7840
GREECE DRACHMA 304.00 307.35 305.40 305.01
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7478 7.7490 7.7480 7.7495
INDIA RUPEE L 41.300 41.450 42.350 41.750
*IRELAND POUND 1.4231 1.4125 1.4145 1.4135
ITALY LIRA 1744.10 1754.90 1755.50 1758.60
JAPAN YEN I 137.38 137.36 138.91 138.50
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8450 3.8500 3.8900 3.8702
MEXICO PESO 8.7273 8.8900 8.7850 8.8250
NETHERLANDS GUILDER D 1.9928 2.0095 2.0075 2.0105
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5335 0.5330 0.5325 0.5358
NORWAY KRONE 7.4700 7.5740 7.5500 7.5327
PORTUGAL ESCUDO A 181.06 182.35 182.40 182.70
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.66 1.67 1.68 1.68
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 5.1190 5.1545 5.1800 5.1540
SOUTH KOREA WON Y 1397.00 1415.00 1404.00 1409.00
SPAIN PESETA 150.200 151.150 151.400 151.480
SRI LANKA RUPEE 64.800 64.750 64.900 65.450
SWEDEN KRONA 7.7480 7.8200 7.8120 7.8350
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4700 1.4722 1.4755 1.4820
TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.890 33.900 33.880 34.000
THAILAND BAHT 39.300 39.700 40.250 40.440
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6365 1.6322 1.6277 1.6308
MEMO:
**UNITED STATES DOLLAR 99.71 100.22 100.39 100.46
*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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