1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE May 9, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 18, 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 Apr. 14 Apr. 15 Apr. 16 Apr. 17 Apr. 18 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7790 0.7755 0.7716 0.7735 0.7740 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.136 12.202 12.168 12.141 12.086 BELGIUM FRANC 35.600 35.790 35.660 35.610 35.370 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3985 1.3967 1.3978 1.3975 1.3994 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3265 8.3261 8.3256 8.3251 8.3251 DENMARK KRONE 6.5675 6.6060 6.5850 6.5725 6.5380 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1339 1.1270 1.1302 1.1335 1.1390 FINLAND MARKKA 5.1510 5.1940 5.1875 5.1940 5.1720 FRANCE FRANC 5.8010 5.8300 5.8110 5.8070 5.7735 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7245 1.7339 1.7290 1.7245 1.7125 GREECE DRACHMA 271.10 272.75 271.90 271.20 270.75 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7496 7.7498 7.7499 7.7498 7.7490 INDIA RUPEE 35.850 35.837 35.800 35.830 35.800 *IRELAND POUND 1.5415 1.5395 1.5405 1.5435 1.5505 ITALY LIRA 1696.30 1706.00 1703.40 1700.00 1693.00 JAPAN YEN 126.48 126.35 125.75 126.05 125.88 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.5089 2.5132 2.5107 2.5148 2.5125 MEXICO PESO 7.9100 7.8810 7.8890 7.8880 7.8750 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9387 1.9497 1.9425 1.9387 1.9270 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6920 0.6873 0.6870 0.6893 0.6915 NORWAY KRONE 6.9705 7.0250 7.0580 7.0900 7.0580 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 172.10 173.55 173.20 172.90 172.39 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.44 1.44 1.44 1.44 1.44 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.4570 4.4640 4.4590 4.4555 4.4460 SOUTH KOREA WON 896.50 897.00 896.00 894.50 896.00 SPAIN PESETA 145.110 146.000 145.700 145.450 144.550 SRI LANKA RUPEE 58.900 58.860 59.000 58.920 58.860 SWEDEN KRONA 7.6360 7.7070 7.7230 7.7310 7.6780 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4689 1.4693 1.4715 1.4690 1.4589 TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.640 27.620 27.620 27.660 27.650 THAILAND BAHT 26.080 26.060 26.080 26.080 26.080 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6225 1.6255 1.6225 1.6310 1.6315 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 96.87 97.17 96.98 96.85 96.44 *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 May 9, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 25, 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 Apr. 21 Apr. 22 Apr. 23 Apr. 24 Apr. 25 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7760 0.7780 0.7765 0.7755 0.7768 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 11.983 12.061 12.055 12.073 12.138 BELGIUM FRANC 35.160 35.370 35.330 35.400 35.600 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3978 1.3957 1.3942 1.3928 1.3966 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3248 8.3249 8.3246 8.3248 8.3243 DENMARK KRONE 6.4910 6.5320 6.5270 6.5300 6.5740 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1425 1.1373 1.1373 1.1353 1.1292 FINLAND MARKKA 5.1540 5.1780 5.1560 5.1560 5.1880 FRANCE FRANC 5.7525 5.7885 5.7760 5.7900 5.8240 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7032 1.7147 1.7123 1.7165 1.7246 GREECE DRACHMA 270.00 272.08 272.23 272.25 274.35 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7476 7.7470 7.7480 7.7475 7.7480 INDIA RUPEE 35.780 35.790 35.760 35.770 35.782 *IRELAND POUND 1.5560 1.5545 1.5470 1.5515 1.5465 ITALY LIRA 1695.00 1705.70 1703.80 1700.20 1718.61 JAPAN YEN 125.66 126.25 126.16 125.96 125.88 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.5060 2.4995 2.4975 2.5054 2.5085 MEXICO PESO 7.8720 7.8700 7.8790 7.8560 7.7900 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9160 1.9280 1.9265 1.9300 1.9406 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6938 0.6938 0.6928 0.6920 0.6935 NORWAY KRONE 7.0750 7.0947 7.0481 7.0700 7.0810 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 171.40 172.46 172.10 172.11 173.10 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.44 1.44 1.44 1.44 1.44 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.4480 4.4490 4.4475 4.4440 4.4500 SOUTH KOREA WON 895.00 895.00 894.50 895.00 894.50 SPAIN PESETA 143.850 144.730 144.470 144.600 145.320 SRI LANKA RUPEE 58.900 58.820 59.100 59.160 59.160 SWEDEN KRONA 7.6430 7.6760 7.6450 7.6700 7.7780 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4496 1.4596 1.4624 1.4615 1.4690 TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.650 27.660 27.650 27.670 27.650 THAILAND BAHT 26.070 26.070 26.070 26.070 26.080 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6353 1.6362 1.6213 1.6250 1.6235 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 96.12 96.56 96.55 96.60 97.04 *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 May 9, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 2, 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 Apr. 28 Apr. 29 Apr. 30 May. 1 May. 2 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7797 0.7804 0.7795 0.7845 0.7840 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.165 12.133 12.193 12.106 12.158 BELGIUM FRANC 35.660 35.570 35.730 35.500 35.630 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3995 1.3979 1.3971 1.3895 1.3833 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3249 8.3249 8.3245 8.3245 8.3245 DENMARK KRONE 6.5820 6.5630 6.5960 6.5500 6.5780 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1280 1.1320 1.1258 1.1327 1.1290 FINLAND MARKKA 5.1980 5.2020 5.2030 5.1800 5.2030 FRANCE FRANC 5.8260 5.8160 5.8375 5.8010 5.8235 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7289 1.7227 1.7330 1.7207 1.7270 GREECE DRACHMA 273.93 273.20 275.17 274.10 274.40 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7475 7.7467 7.7467 7.7475 7.7475 INDIA RUPEE 35.770 35.770 35.780 35.770 35.760 *IRELAND POUND 1.5410 1.5380 1.4995 1.4890 1.4950 ITALY LIRA 1717.60 1710.25 1712.70 1703.50 1711.00 JAPAN YEN 126.68 126.81 127.03 126.64 126.57 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.5105 2.5115 2.5107 2.5078 2.5085 MEXICO PESO 7.9250 7.9710 7.9450 7.9450 7.9170 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9448 1.9393 1.9500 1.9355 1.9428 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6949 0.6940 0.6930 0.6890 0.6905 NORWAY KRONE 7.1010 7.0990 7.1240 7.0880 7.0980 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 173.12 172.55 173.96 172.70 173.40 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.45 1.44 1.45 1.45 1.45 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.4430 4.4430 4.4470 4.4470 4.4535 SOUTH KOREA WON 894.50 895.00 894.00 895.00 895.00 SPAIN PESETA 145.800 145.290 146.100 145.160 145.800 SRI LANKA RUPEE 59.280 59.300 59.250 59.250 59.270 SWEDEN KRONA 7.7930 7.8220 7.8500 7.7770 7.8370 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4690 1.4668 1.4745 1.4685 1.4700 TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.690 27.690 27.680 27.680 27.690 THAILAND BAHT 26.110 26.120 26.130 26.110 26.090 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6232 1.6312 1.6200 1.6238 1.6215 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 97.23 97.01 97.40 96.86 97.08 *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 May 9, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 9, 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 May. 5 May. 6 May. 7 May. 8 May. 9 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7800 0.7772 0.7764 0.7800 0.7784 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.191 12.120 12.114 12.050 11.890 BELGIUM FRANC 35.730 35.530 35.540 35.230 34.830 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3813 1.3781 1.3817 1.3835 1.3910 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3247 8.3243 8.3238 8.3234 8.3231 DENMARK KRONE 6.6000 6.5600 6.5550 6.4970 6.4290 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1263 1.1322 1.1328 1.1392 1.1510 FINLAND MARKKA 5.2250 5.1900 5.1955 5.1630 5.1000 FRANCE FRANC 5.8440 5.8110 5.8060 5.7590 5.6992 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7317 1.7225 1.7215 1.7079 1.6903 GREECE DRACHMA 275.20 273.63 273.30 271.75 269.65 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7475 7.7480 7.7469 7.7464 7.7456 INDIA RUPEE 35.800 35.860 35.889 35.872 35.860 *IRELAND POUND 1.4850 1.5010 1.5085 1.5065 1.5205 ITALY LIRA 1712.00 1706.50 1702.40 1689.60 1676.10 JAPAN YEN 126.70 125.45 125.09 123.85 120.73 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.5070 2.5065 2.5109 2.5069 2.5065 MEXICO PESO 7.9100 7.8800 7.9240 7.9180 7.9005 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9470 1.9367 1.9370 1.9210 1.8983 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6885 0.6870 0.6847 0.6858 0.6877 NORWAY KRONE 7.1650 7.1360 7.1220 7.0730 7.0420 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 174.00 173.15 173.10 171.60 170.10 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.45 1.45 1.45 1.44 1.44 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.4580 4.4555 4.4550 4.4690 4.4625 SOUTH KOREA WON 895.00 897.00 897.50 896.00 896.00 SPAIN PESETA 146.000 145.460 145.450 144.180 142.900 SRI LANKA RUPEE 59.680 59.340 59.700 59.330 59.350 SWEDEN KRONA 7.9150 7.8135 7.7505 7.6950 7.6580 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4741 1.4615 1.4621 1.4440 1.4230 TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.750 27.760 27.760 27.710 27.710 THAILAND BAHT 26.100 26.080 26.070 26.050 25.990 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6200 1.6375 1.6364 1.6200 1.6210 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 97.28 96.64 96.56 96.03 95.10 *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.