1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE November 12, 1996 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 18, 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 Oct. 14 Oct. 15 Oct. 16 Oct. 17 Oct. 18 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7907 0.7914 0.7920 0.7962 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 10.840 10.816 10.853 10.845 BELGIUM FRANC 31.740 31.680 31.800 31.780 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3539 1.3555 1.3522 1.3493 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3281 8.3275 8.3270 8.3278 DENMARK KRONE 5.9040 5.8940 5.9130 5.9000 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU H 1.2451 1.2476 1.2430 1.2460 FINLAND MARKKA 4.5980 4.5950 4.6120 4.6130 FRANCE FRANC 5.2075 5.2025 5.2190 5.2100 GERMANY D. MARK O 1.5404 1.5380 1.5435 1.5417 GREECE DRACHMA 240.97 240.50 241.22 241.05 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7320 7.7320 7.7322 7.7323 INDIA RUPEE L 35.750 35.750 35.800 35.730 *IRELAND POUND 1.6035 1.5998 1.5975 1.6005 ITALY LIRA 1530.70 1535.60 1540.00 1534.50 JAPAN YEN I 112.28 112.14 112.22 112.54 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.5065 2.5060 2.5057 2.5070 MEXICO PESO 7.7500 7.7950 7.7720 7.7730 NETHERLANDS GUILDER D 1.7289 1.7260 1.7322 1.7308 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6965 0.6965 0.7002 0.7065 NORWAY KRONE 6.5330 6.5240 6.5430 6.5280 PORTUGAL ESCUDO A 155.73 154.95 155.70 155.35 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.41 1.41 1.41 1.41 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.5420 4.5540 4.5480 4.5530 SOUTH KOREA WON Y 829.50 828.20 826.70 827.40 SPAIN PESETA 129.590 129.250 130.000 129.690 SRI LANKA RUPEE 57.020 56.990 57.400 57.450 SWEDEN KRONA 6.6280 6.6300 6.6610 6.6430 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2680 1.2658 1.2695 1.2717 TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.500 27.510 27.500 27.510 THAILAND BAHT 25.480 25.480 25.500 25.500 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5823 1.5835 1.5863 1.5903 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 88.45 88.39 88.56 88.47 *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 November 12, 1996 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 25, 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 Oct. 21 Oct. 22 Oct. 23 Oct. 24 Oct. 25 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7967 0.7957 0.7945 0.7927 0.7918 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 10.804 10.796 10.710 10.706 10.697 BELGIUM FRANC 31.640 31.610 31.360 31.340 31.350 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3475 1.3448 1.3439 1.3457 1.3445 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3300 8.3300 8.3300 8.3300 8.3300 DENMARK KRONE 5.8830 5.8760 5.8370 5.8400 5.8280 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.2510 1.2513 1.2585 1.2597 1.2614 FINLAND MARKKA 4.5970 4.6020 4.5680 4.5740 4.5410 FRANCE FRANC 5.1920 5.1870 5.1460 5.1400 5.1325 GERMANY D. MARK 1.5357 1.5345 1.5227 1.5217 1.5201 GREECE DRACHMA 240.20 240.00 238.50 238.78 237.30 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7323 7.7320 7.7320 7.7325 7.7323 INDIA RUPEE 35.850 35.850 35.650 35.750 35.750 *IRELAND POUND 1.6010 1.6070 1.6120 1.6075 1.6185 ITALY LIRA 1532.00 1531.25 1527.70 1527.10 1517.50 JAPAN YEN 112.76 112.86 112.97 112.85 113.33 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.5075 2.5048 2.5067 2.5040 2.5058 MEXICO PESO 7.7390 7.7700 7.8550 7.8390 7.9600 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.7231 1.7215 1.7080 1.7060 1.7061 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7131 0.7098 0.7102 0.7008 0.7030 NORWAY KRONE 6.5080 6.5010 6.4610 6.4550 6.4210 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 153.90 154.55 153.70 153.60 153.20 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.41 1.42 1.42 1.42 1.42 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.5700 4.5735 4.5820 4.5900 4.6230 SOUTH KOREA WON 829.30 827.70 827.00 827.50 829.50 SPAIN PESETA 129.250 129.150 128.300 128.180 127.850 SRI LANKA RUPEE 57.140 57.130 56.250 57.450 57.070 SWEDEN KRONA 6.6150 6.6115 6.5670 6.5790 6.5710 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2640 1.2648 1.2546 1.2565 1.2600 TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.510 27.570 27.630 27.580 27.600 THAILAND BAHT 25.490 25.480 25.470 25.490 25.500 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5916 1.5953 1.5968 1.5918 1.6062 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 88.25 88.18 87.78 87.78 87.65 *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 November 12, 1996 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 1, 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 Oct. 28 Oct. 29 Oct. 30 Oct. 31 Nov. 1 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7904 0.7909 0.7918 0.7930 0.7892 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 10.683 10.614 10.620 10.658 10.651 BELGIUM FRANC 31.260 31.090 31.090 31.200 31.190 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3448 1.3454 1.3417 1.3409 1.3348 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3300 8.3300 8.3300 8.3300 8.3285 DENMARK KRONE 5.8270 5.8000 5.7980 5.8175 5.8180 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.2625 1.2690 1.2705 1.2670 1.2665 FINLAND MARKKA 4.5460 4.5200 4.5170 4.5315 4.5393 FRANCE FRANC 5.1290 5.1065 5.0990 5.1110 5.1180 GERMANY D. MARK 1.5178 1.5090 1.5098 1.5141 1.5150 GREECE DRACHMA 237.90 237.20 236.95 237.85 238.25 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7320 7.7320 7.7321 7.7323 7.7325 INDIA RUPEE 35.800 35.850 35.850 35.900 35.840 *IRELAND POUND 1.6257 1.6235 1.6355 1.6265 1.6365 ITALY LIRA 1521.00 1516.80 1514.00 1515.90 1519.00 JAPAN YEN 114.12 114.11 113.97 113.79 113.28 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.5125 2.5153 2.5275 2.5268 2.5288 MEXICO PESO 7.9100 7.9200 8.0100 8.0450 7.9700 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.7035 1.6920 1.6930 1.6970 1.6985 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7054 0.7055 0.7058 0.7070 0.7083 NORWAY KRONE 6.4160 6.3920 6.3740 6.3770 6.3768 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 153.35 152.80 151.10 153.10 153.25 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.42 1.41 1.41 1.41 1.41 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.6680 4.6900 4.7490 4.6900 4.6860 SOUTH KOREA WON 833.00 834.50 833.50 828.50 827.00 SPAIN PESETA 127.910 127.250 127.230 127.650 127.600 SRI LANKA RUPEE 57.010 56.940 57.450 57.600 57.020 SWEDEN KRONA 6.5760 6.5490 6.5530 6.5750 6.5820 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2585 1.2545 1.2530 1.2623 1.2700 TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.600 27.570 27.560 27.560 27.530 THAILAND BAHT 25.530 25.520 25.500 25.510 25.510 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6122 1.6099 1.6326 1.6278 1.6358 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 87.65 87.38 87.18 87.35 87.28 *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 November 12, 1996 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 8, 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 Nov. 4 Nov. 5 Nov. 6 Nov. 7 Nov. 8 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7868 0.7870 0.7921 0.7830 0.7885 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 10.660 10.690 10.690 10.610 10.595 BELGIUM FRANC 31.200 31.310 31.290 31.070 31.020 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3359 1.3330 1.3310 1.3322 1.3320 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3279 8.3277 8.3275 8.3273 8.3270 DENMARK KRONE 5.8200 5.8355 5.8345 5.7940 5.7885 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.2668 1.2630 1.2622 1.2691 1.2705 FINLAND MARKKA 4.5490 4.5660 4.5650 4.5450 4.5430 FRANCE FRANC 5.1210 5.1360 5.1290 5.0975 5.0915 GERMANY D. MARK 1.5144 1.5206 1.5182 1.5072 1.5055 GREECE DRACHMA 239.00 238.20 239.15 237.95 238.16 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7320 7.7323 7.7325 7.7325 7.7325 INDIA RUPEE 35.750 35.740 35.850 35.850 36.120 *IRELAND POUND 1.6455 1.6455 1.6430 1.6502 1.6520 ITALY LIRA 1520.00 1523.00 1523.50 1518.00 1515.80 JAPAN YEN 113.97 114.22 113.98 111.54 111.63 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.5260 2.5247 2.5235 2.5190 2.5180 MEXICO PESO 7.9250 7.8970 7.9025 7.9580 7.9200 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.6979 1.7035 1.7026 1.6960 1.6883 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7085 0.7105 0.7113 0.7062 0.7091 NORWAY KRONE 6.3640 6.3850 6.3835 6.3430 6.3212 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 153.40 153.70 153.45 152.67 152.24 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.41 1.41 1.41 1.40 1.40 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.7025 4.7090 4.7120 4.7025 4.7090 SOUTH KOREA WON 828.00 828.00 830.00 833.10 833.50 SPAIN PESETA 127.610 127.850 127.800 127.050 126.700 SRI LANKA RUPEE 57.100 57.200 57.090 57.100 57.040 SWEDEN KRONA 6.6070 6.6260 6.6100 6.6020 6.5890 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2718 1.2778 1.2784 1.2670 1.2660 TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.520 27.520 27.550 27.520 27.540 THAILAND BAHT 25.490 25.510 25.500 25.450 25.450 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6435 1.6450 1.6400 1.6475 1.6470 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 87.33 87.52 87.46 86.83 86.75 *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.