1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE March 21, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 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 Feb. 24 Feb. 25 Feb. 26 Feb. 27 Feb. 28 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7770 0.7768 0.7742 0.7778 0.7765 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 11.770 11.797 11.880 11.888 11.877 BELGIUM FRANC 34.490 34.610 34.840 34.840 34.820 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3623 1.3612 1.3660 1.3671 1.3670 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3238 8.3200 8.3248 8.3248 8.3254 DENMARK KRONE 6.3796 6.3990 6.4406 6.4390 6.4340 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1595 1.1574 1.1505 1.1495 1.1490 FINLAND MARKKA 4.9935 4.9970 5.0225 5.0320 5.0300 FRANCE FRANC 5.6495 5.6580 5.6921 5.6973 5.6930 GERMANY D. MARK 1.6730 1.6772 1.6873 1.6885 1.6872 GREECE DRACHMA 261.86 262.06 263.15 264.23 264.70 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7456 7.7453 7.7445 7.7440 7.7437 INDIA RUPEE 35.900 35.900 35.860 35.900 35.910 *IRELAND POUND 1.5875 1.5875 1.5835 1.5796 1.5800 ITALY LIRA 1659.20 1668.58 1678.00 1678.10 1689.30 JAPAN YEN 122.18 121.93 121.90 120.80 120.83 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.4799 2.4815 2.4876 2.4832 2.4830 MEXICO PESO 7.7500 7.7550 7.7870 7.8380 7.9650 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.8800 1.8858 1.8985 1.8995 1.8980 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6970 0.6965 0.6942 0.6908 0.6924 NORWAY KRONE 6.6490 6.6640 6.6970 6.7327 6.7268 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 167.85 168.38 169.49 169.49 169.80 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.42 1.42 1.43 1.43 1.43 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.4250 4.4210 4.4360 4.4730 4.4820 SOUTH KOREA WON 867.00 864.00 864.00 866.00 866.00 SPAIN PESETA 141.650 142.050 142.990 143.250 143.400 SRI LANKA RUPEE 57.500 57.500 57.500 57.900 57.550 SWEDEN KRONA 7.3864 7.4330 7.4699 7.4770 7.4909 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4556 1.4642 1.4773 1.4780 1.4735 TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.570 27.570 27.520 27.540 27.540 THAILAND BAHT 25.890 25.900 25.900 25.890 25.900 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6333 1.6323 1.6330 1.6265 1.6287 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 94.39 94.57 94.98 94.95 94.95 *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 March 21, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 7, 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 Mar. 3 Mar. 4 Mar. 5 Mar. 6 Mar. 7 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7863 0.7894 0.7841 0.7873 0.7880 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 11.933 12.060 12.053 12.083 12.095 BELGIUM FRANC 35.010 35.350 35.320 35.420 35.450 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3675 1.3700 1.3683 1.3649 1.3680 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3260 8.3253 8.3250 8.3257 8.3257 DENMARK KRONE 6.4650 6.5340 6.5320 6.5480 6.5510 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1430 1.1348 1.1347 1.1342 1.1328 FINLAND MARKKA 5.0791 5.1080 5.1200 5.1200 5.1300 FRANCE FRANC 5.7285 5.7790 5.7795 5.7885 5.7905 GERMANY D. MARK 1.6967 1.7134 1.7128 1.7172 1.7190 GREECE DRACHMA 266.72 268.90 268.55 269.30 269.80 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7445 7.7445 7.7410 7.7435 7.7430 INDIA RUPEE 35.860 35.895 35.880 35.880 35.870 *IRELAND POUND 1.5700 1.5655 1.5610 1.5590 1.5521 ITALY LIRA 1692.90 1708.00 1705.25 1701.10 1703.80 JAPAN YEN 121.15 121.95 121.50 121.28 121.88 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.4805 2.4745 2.4730 2.4763 2.4815 MEXICO PESO 7.9850 7.9720 8.0490 8.0140 8.0030 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9085 1.9275 1.9268 1.9328 1.9363 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7007 0.7040 0.7025 0.7031 0.7040 NORWAY KRONE 6.8447 6.9730 6.9495 6.9355 6.9350 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 170.41 172.00 172.03 172.20 172.38 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.43 1.43 1.43 1.43 1.43 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.4730 4.4500 4.4490 4.4560 4.4610 SOUTH KOREA WON 864.50 866.50 870.00 871.50 871.50 SPAIN PESETA 143.920 145.000 145.050 145.200 145.610 SRI LANKA RUPEE 57.640 57.610 57.850 57.850 57.800 SWEDEN KRONA 7.5849 7.6750 7.6480 7.6630 7.6930 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4770 1.4872 1.4812 1.4860 1.4852 TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.550 27.540 27.540 27.530 27.520 THAILAND BAHT 25.890 25.940 25.950 25.960 25.950 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6175 1.6155 1.6117 1.6131 1.6032 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 95.41 96.12 96.03 96.09 96.31 *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 March 21, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 14, 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 Mar. 10 Mar. 11 Mar. 12 Mar. 13 Mar. 14 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7875 0.7927 0.7940 0.7923 0.7978 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 11.985 11.991 11.965 12.003 11.938 BELGIUM FRANC 35.100 35.140 35.080 35.190 35.010 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3710 1.3667 1.3640 1.3633 1.3636 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3253 8.3252 8.3253 8.3255 8.3255 DENMARK KRONE 6.4960 6.4965 6.4915 6.5100 6.4734 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1402 1.1413 1.1414 1.1385 1.1446 FINLAND MARKKA 5.0830 5.0905 5.0815 5.0880 5.0689 FRANCE FRANC 5.7475 5.7445 5.7415 5.7599 5.7212 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7031 1.7036 1.7020 1.7055 1.6962 GREECE DRACHMA 267.80 267.20 266.82 268.00 267.00 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7430 7.7432 7.7435 7.7439 7.7455 INDIA RUPEE 35.900 35.860 35.850 35.870 35.850 *IRELAND POUND 1.5560 1.5615 1.5550 1.5575 1.5646 ITALY LIRA 1692.00 1696.25 1696.35 1696.60 1689.90 JAPAN YEN 121.70 121.77 122.68 123.24 123.46 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.4782 2.4742 2.4748 2.4765 2.4765 MEXICO PESO 7.9525 7.9770 7.9610 7.9970 7.9800 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9172 1.9175 1.9150 1.9201 1.9080 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7026 0.7045 0.7040 0.6995 0.6987 NORWAY KRONE 6.8275 6.8130 6.8015 6.8500 6.8384 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 170.94 170.95 170.70 171.10 170.70 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.43 1.43 1.43 1.44 1.43 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.4330 4.4325 4.4030 4.4010 4.4400 SOUTH KOREA WON 877.00 880.50 879.50 880.50 881.50 SPAIN PESETA 144.540 144.580 144.320 144.500 143.920 SRI LANKA RUPEE 57.900 57.650 57.730 56.750 57.720 SWEDEN KRONA 7.6090 7.6276 7.6900 7.6925 7.7699 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4732 1.4726 1.4656 1.4642 1.4582 TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.540 27.540 27.560 27.550 27.550 THAILAND BAHT 25.940 25.960 25.920 25.950 25.970 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6005 1.6058 1.5932 1.5965 1.6022 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 95.78 95.76 95.90 96.05 95.75 *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. 1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE March 21, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 21, 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 Mar. 17 Mar. 18 Mar. 19 Mar. 20 Mar. 21 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7935 0.7860 0.7860 0.7871 0.7841 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 11.907 11.804 11.845 11.893 11.886 BELGIUM FRANC 34.850 34.520 34.720 34.890 34.840 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3694 1.3746 1.3790 1.3795 1.3802 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3258 8.3258 8.3259 8.3259 8.3256 DENMARK KRONE 6.4530 6.3900 6.4195 6.4440 6.4375 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1456 1.1555 1.1503 1.1472 1.1493 FINLAND MARKKA 5.0825 5.0500 5.0600 5.0866 5.0410 FRANCE FRANC 5.7040 5.6468 5.6787 5.6995 5.6947 GERMANY D. MARK 1.6903 1.6731 1.6829 1.6890 1.6882 GREECE DRACHMA 266.85 263.98 265.60 266.50 265.80 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7455 7.7476 7.7470 7.7460 7.7480 INDIA RUPEE 35.890 35.890 35.900 35.910 35.900 *IRELAND POUND 1.5525 1.5657 1.5683 1.5653 1.5706 ITALY LIRA 1693.75 1684.70 1686.80 1692.00 1690.25 JAPAN YEN 123.65 122.45 122.80 123.59 122.82 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.4777 2.4725 2.4726 2.4780 2.4790 MEXICO PESO 7.9900 7.9500 7.9200 7.9400 7.9150 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9025 1.8845 1.8955 1.9025 1.9002 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6948 0.6937 0.6903 0.6914 0.6921 NORWAY KRONE 6.8525 6.8050 6.7680 6.7750 6.7025 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 170.10 168.90 169.50 170.15 169.80 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.43 1.44 1.44 1.45 1.45 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.4320 4.4170 4.4265 4.4300 4.4290 SOUTH KOREA WON 882.00 885.00 887.00 886.50 887.00 SPAIN PESETA 143.630 142.440 142.950 143.450 143.000 SRI LANKA RUPEE 57.780 57.670 57.900 57.720 57.840 SWEDEN KRONA 7.7350 7.6900 7.6770 7.6600 7.6355 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4585 1.4395 1.4469 1.4494 1.4595 TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.540 27.540 27.540 27.540 27.560 THAILAND BAHT 25.960 25.920 25.930 25.960 25.960 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5900 1.5890 1.5968 1.5948 1.6015 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 95.74 95.08 95.38 95.68 95.52 *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.