1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE July 12, 1996 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 21, 1996 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 Jun. 17 Jun. 18 Jun. 19 Jun. 20 Jun. 21 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7920 0.7892 0.7876 0.7885 0.7905 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 10.680 10.665 10.705 10.720 10.784 BELGIUM FRANC 31.240 31.180 31.310 31.340 31.530 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3664 1.3690 1.3682 1.3676 1.3655 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3422 8.3424 8.3418 8.3412 8.3403 DENMARK KRONE 5.8525 5.8400 5.8570 5.8660 5.9000 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.2445 1.2458 1.2430 1.2420 1.2372 FINLAND MARKKA 4.6510 4.6340 4.6360 4.6350 4.6700 FRANCE FRANC 5.1490 5.1455 5.1610 5.1640 5.1925 GERMANY D. MARK 1.5168 1.5158 1.5213 1.5229 1.5319 GREECE DRACHMA 240.78 240.25 240.95 241.20 242.00 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7430 7.7415 7.7413 7.7408 7.7409 INDIA RUPEE 35.100 35.150 35.100 35.100 35.050 *IRELAND POUND 1.5897 1.5870 1.5880 1.5860 1.5810 ITALY LIRA 1539.00 1536.30 1535.00 1534.10 1540.00 JAPAN YEN 108.85 108.04 108.05 108.10 109.10 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.4953 2.4947 2.4932 2.4948 2.4980 MEXICO PESO 7.5850 7.5850 7.5300 7.5550 7.5780 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.6995 1.6982 1.7050 1.7075 1.7173 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6748 0.6749 0.6773 0.6786 0.6787 NORWAY KRONE 6.5175 6.5080 6.5130 6.5190 6.5520 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 156.23 156.05 156.50 156.70 157.50 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.41 1.41 1.41 1.41 1.41 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.3450 4.3500 4.3560 4.3650 4.3675 SOUTH KOREA WON 798.90 798.40 799.20 807.00 807.30 SPAIN PESETA 128.200 128.100 128.350 128.300 128.900 SRI LANKA RUPEE 55.600 55.570 55.550 55.100 56.000 SWEDEN KRONA 6.6610 6.6430 6.6210 6.6300 6.6520 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2485 1.2491 1.2535 1.2541 1.2637 TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.670 27.650 27.650 27.650 27.620 THAILAND BAHT 25.340 25.310 25.310 25.320 25.360 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5450 1.5435 1.5433 1.5418 1.5383 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 87.79 87.66 87.81 87.86 88.30 *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. 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 July 12, 1996 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 28, 1996 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 Jun. 24 Jun. 25 Jun. 26 Jun. 27 Jun. 28 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7903 0.7906 0.7911 0.7890 0.7856 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 10.768 10.773 10.747 10.715 10.704 BELGIUM FRANC 31.500 31.490 31.440 31.320 31.310 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3618 1.3600 1.3613 1.3628 1.3657 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3401 8.3406 8.3406 8.3410 8.3421 DENMARK KRONE 5.9025 5.8927 5.8910 5.8655 5.8630 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.2367 1.2380 1.2398 1.2450 1.2455 FINLAND MARKKA 4.6400 4.6430 4.6375 4.6340 4.6400 FRANCE FRANC 5.1890 5.1860 5.1662 5.1485 5.1440 GERMANY D. MARK 1.5304 1.5299 1.5277 1.5223 1.5210 GREECE DRACHMA 242.10 242.05 241.85 241.00 240.70 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7393 7.7390 7.7385 7.7415 7.7410 INDIA RUPEE 35.100 35.100 35.100 35.200 35.430 *IRELAND POUND 1.5819 1.5805 1.5820 1.5970 1.5960 ITALY LIRA 1538.60 1536.60 1536.00 1534.00 1532.25 JAPAN YEN 108.94 109.03 109.50 109.45 109.48 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.4989 2.4985 2.4960 2.4945 2.4945 MEXICO PESO 7.6475 7.6075 7.6240 7.6360 7.5850 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.7153 1.7155 1.7130 1.7065 1.7060 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6770 0.6798 0.6823 0.6830 0.6860 NORWAY KRONE 6.5490 6.5350 6.5310 6.5020 6.4955 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 157.30 157.20 157.10 156.55 156.50 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.41 1.41 1.41 1.40 1.41 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.3580 4.3550 4.3300 4.3390 4.3330 SOUTH KOREA WON 811.60 811.00 808.80 809.00 811.40 SPAIN PESETA 128.750 128.700 128.480 128.000 128.050 SRI LANKA RUPEE 56.100 55.800 55.750 55.710 55.440 SWEDEN KRONA 6.6510 6.6300 6.6075 6.6325 6.6275 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2618 1.2615 1.2590 1.2515 1.2505 TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.630 27.690 27.640 27.600 27.550 THAILAND BAHT 25.350 25.360 25.380 25.380 25.400 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5400 1.5405 1.5414 1.5462 1.5529 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 88.19 88.15 88.09 87.90 87.83 *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 July 12, 1996 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 5, 1996 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 Jul. 1 Jul. 2 Jul. 3 Jul. 4 Jul. 5 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7872 0.7827 0.7813 0.7960 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 10.725 10.736 10.720 10.775 BELGIUM FRANC 31.360 31.390 31.320 31.520 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3635 1.3637 1.3610 1.3683 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3417 8.3411 8.3401 8.3400 DENMARK KRONE 5.8710 5.8790 5.8670 5.8975 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.2440 1.2420 1.2450 H 1.2396 FINLAND MARKKA 4.6600 4.6730 4.6700 4.6790 FRANCE FRANC 5.1530 5.1590 5.1485 5.1745 GERMANY D. MARK 1.5240 1.5255 1.5227 O 1.5320 GREECE DRACHMA 239.73 239.80 239.10 240.37 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7408 7.7410 7.7406 7.7410 INDIA RUPEE 35.100 35.150 35.150 L 35.200 *IRELAND POUND 1.5990 1.5980 1.5965 1.5936 ITALY LIRA 1533.90 1536.00 1531.75 1537.10 JAPAN YEN 109.56 110.10 110.31 I 110.95 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.4925 2.4950 2.4927 2.4915 MEXICO PESO 7.6075 7.5910 7.6000 7.6330 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.7090 1.7110 1.7070 D 1.7170 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6846 0.6843 0.6823 0.6880 NORWAY KRONE 6.5020 6.5070 6.4950 6.5330 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 156.77 156.83 156.49 A 157.28 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.41 1.41 1.41 1.41 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.3325 4.3330 4.3300 4.3380 SOUTH KOREA WON 809.90 812.80 806.00 Y 813.70 SPAIN PESETA 128.160 128.300 128.030 128.780 SRI LANKA RUPEE 55.500 55.600 55.080 55.210 SWEDEN KRONA 6.6525 6.6940 6.6630 6.6900 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2495 1.2513 1.2530 1.2660 TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.540 27.510 27.580 27.570 THAILAND BAHT 25.380 25.390 25.420 25.420 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5545 1.5583 1.5587 1.5522 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 87.91 88.03 87.91 88.39 *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 July 12, 1996 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 12, 1996 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 Jul. 8 Jul. 9 Jul. 10 Jul. 11 Jul. 12 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7934 0.7922 0.7975 0.7982 0.7973 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 10.758 10.730 10.738 10.705 10.710 BELGIUM FRANC 31.500 31.410 31.430 31.360 31.240 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3711 1.3695 1.3690 1.3704 1.3695 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3387 8.3372 8.3361 8.3360 8.3359 DENMARK KRONE 5.8915 5.8705 5.8790 5.8800 5.8645 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.2390 1.2420 1.2415 1.2450 1.2440 FINLAND MARKKA 4.6650 4.6575 4.6800 4.6480 4.6540 FRANCE FRANC 5.1745 5.1600 5.1647 5.1465 5.1515 GERMANY D. MARK 1.5288 1.5245 1.5260 1.5210 1.5215 GREECE DRACHMA 240.40 239.65 239.90 238.90 239.36 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7411 7.7400 7.7407 7.7392 7.7397 INDIA RUPEE 35.450 35.400 35.450 35.600 35.600 *IRELAND POUND 1.5925 1.5900 1.5903 1.5960 1.5930 ITALY LIRA 1537.00 1532.70 1535.50 1533.00 1533.70 JAPAN YEN 110.94 110.28 110.18 110.18 110.69 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.4933 2.4923 2.4920 2.4910 2.4927 MEXICO PESO 7.6700 7.6400 7.6250 7.6480 7.6425 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.7155 1.7108 1.7125 1.7080 1.7083 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6888 0.6875 0.6880 0.6885 0.6875 NORWAY KRONE 6.5330 6.5240 6.5280 6.5000 6.5050 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 157.27 156.75 156.72 156.25 156.43 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.41 1.41 1.41 1.42 1.42 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.3440 4.3330 4.3325 4.3470 4.4110 SOUTH KOREA WON 814.20 810.30 811.20 812.60 814.00 SPAIN PESETA 128.700 128.300 128.350 127.900 128.060 SRI LANKA RUPEE 55.000 55.700 55.550 55.330 55.300 SWEDEN KRONA 6.7070 6.6880 6.6710 6.6730 6.7070 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2635 1.2612 1.2645 1.2570 1.2580 TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.680 27.550 27.600 27.610 27.560 THAILAND BAHT 25.430 25.410 25.420 25.420 25.430 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5530 1.5495 1.5504 1.5555 1.5525 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 88.36 88.14 88.17 87.98 88.07 *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. 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.