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1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE                                       August 22, 1997



  H.10(512)                     FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING  AUGUST 1, 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       Jul. 28      Jul. 29      Jul. 30      Jul. 31      Aug. 1

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.7345       0.7450       0.7447       0.7451       0.7393
  AUSTRIA        SCHILLING     13.000       12.892       12.924       12.924       13.110
  BELGIUM        FRANC         38.180       37.860       37.880       38.020       38.660
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.3865       1.3855       1.3813       1.3820       1.3891
  CHINA,P.R.     YUAN           8.3003       8.2913       8.2911       8.2913       8.3203
  DENMARK        KRONE          7.0363       6.9800       6.9890       7.0090       7.1025
 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU            1.0679       1.0750       1.0760       1.0721       1.0590
  FINLAND        MARKKA         5.4591       5.4330       5.4600       5.4900       5.5590
  FRANCE         FRANC          6.2265       6.1750       6.1828       6.1960       6.2817
  GERMANY        D. MARK        1.8482       1.8321       1.8374       1.8379       1.8646
  GREECE         DRACHMA      288.98       287.00       287.01       287.25       290.60
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7411       7.7438       7.7450       7.7430       7.7430
  INDIA          RUPEE         35.750       35.737       35.720       35.720       35.800
 *IRELAND        POUND          1.4466       1.4615       1.4585       1.4535       1.4472
  ITALY          LIRA        1797.50      1788.00      1789.40      1793.40      1818.50
  JAPAN          YEN          117.76       118.00       118.33       118.37       118.47
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        2.6355       2.6190       2.6360       2.6390       2.6395
  MEXICO         PESO           7.7820       7.7990       7.7680       7.8250       7.8230
  NETHERLANDS    GUILDER        2.0816       2.0670       2.0660       2.0740       2.0990
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.6410       0.6495       0.6502       0.6498       0.6433
  NORWAY         KRONE         7.6311       7.5900       7.6100       7.6350       7.7115
  PORTUGAL       ESCUDO         186.55       185.30       185.53       185.65       188.50
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR           1.47         1.46         1.47         1.47         1.48
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND          4.5755       4.5875       4.5935       4.6130       4.6350
  SOUTH KOREA    WON          893.50       894.00       894.00       892.00       891.50
  SPAIN          PESETA       155.700      154.600      155.100      155.200      157.100
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE          58.870       58.830       59.920       58.850       59.080
  SWEDEN         KRONA          7.9508       7.9370       7.9925       7.9820       8.0295
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC         1.5200       1.5170       1.5150       1.5145       1.5260
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        28.000       28.250       28.800       28.900       28.900
  THAILAND       BAHT          32.020       31.400       31.800       32.300       32.200
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.6292       1.6275       1.6210       1.6388       1.6348

  MEMO:
**UNITED STATES  DOLLAR        99.94        99.51        99.67        99.66       100.61

  *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.




1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE                                       August 22, 1997



  H.10(512)                     FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING  AUGUST 8, 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       Aug. 4       Aug. 5       Aug. 6       Aug. 7       Aug. 8

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.7385       0.7392       0.7360       0.7333       0.7337
  AUSTRIA        SCHILLING     13.117       13.233       13.221       13.158       12.984
  BELGIUM        FRANC         38.510       38.820       38.820       38.670       38.200
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.3798       1.3815       1.3871       1.3875       1.3928
  CHINA,P.R.     YUAN           8.3205       8.3203       8.3200       8.3203       8.3197
  DENMARK        KRONE          7.1040       7.1647       7.1570       7.1300       7.0335
 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU            1.0585       1.0500       1.0482       1.0505       1.0645
  FINLAND        MARKKA         5.5580       5.5960       5.6000       5.5965       5.5140
  FRANCE         FRANC          6.2935       6.3475       6.3491       6.3014       6.2230
  GERMANY        D. MARK        1.8645       1.8810       1.8786       1.8702       1.8458
  GREECE         DRACHMA      291.00       293.20       293.60       292.55       289.00
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7433       7.7405       7.7420       7.7415       7.7420
  INDIA          RUPEE         35.800       35.737       35.735       35.727       35.740
 *IRELAND        POUND          1.4415       1.4345       1.4340       1.4308       1.4410
  ITALY          LIRA        1825.75      1838.05      1840.75      1829.90      1802.00
  JAPAN          YEN          118.34       119.26       118.65       118.40       115.30
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        2.6365       2.6430       2.6380       2.6430       2.7000
  MEXICO         PESO           7.8260       7.8050       7.7800       7.7920       7.8300
  NETHERLANDS    GUILDER        2.1000       2.1177       2.1170       2.1079       2.0801
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.6430       0.6448       0.6393       0.6385       0.6373
  NORWAY         KRONE         7.6990       7.7564       7.7330       7.6840       7.5690
  PORTUGAL       ESCUDO         188.90       190.40       190.22       189.35       186.60
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR           1.47         1.47         1.47         1.47         1.48
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND          4.6530       4.6530       4.6750       4.6790       4.6685
  SOUTH KOREA    WON          891.00       893.00       895.50       895.50       896.50
  SPAIN          PESETA       157.530      158.750      158.800      158.050      156.000
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE          58.900       59.100       59.000       59.100       59.150
  SWEDEN         KRONA          8.0460       8.0825       8.0550       8.0480       7.9040
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC         1.5255       1.5360       1.5317       1.5295       1.5070
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        28.750       28.750       28.750       28.800       28.850
  THAILAND       BAHT          31.700       31.400       31.050       31.000       31.050
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.6283       1.6250       1.6008       1.5875       1.5850

  MEMO:
**UNITED STATES  DOLLAR       100.62       101.29       101.40       101.16        99.95

  *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.

  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.




1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE                                       August 22, 1997



  H.10(512)                    FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING  AUGUST 15, 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       Aug. 11      Aug. 12      Aug. 13      Aug. 14      Aug. 15

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.7368       0.7381       0.7445       0.7427       0.7428
  AUSTRIA        SCHILLING     13.069       13.142       12.912       12.963       12.823
  BELGIUM        FRANC         38.330       38.550       37.900       38.060       37.660
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.3933       1.3932       1.3926       1.3907       1.3903
  CHINA,P.R.     YUAN           8.3196       8.3191       8.3116       8.3193       8.3119
  DENMARK        KRONE          7.0740       7.1115       6.9910       7.0200       6.9420
 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU            1.0600       1.0540       1.0705       1.0658       1.0790
  FINLAND        MARKKA         5.5460       5.5860       5.4920       5.5235       5.4650
  FRANCE         FRANC          6.2595       6.2925       6.1835       6.2120       6.1425
  GERMANY        D. MARK        1.8568       1.8675       1.8350       1.8417       1.8237
  GREECE         DRACHMA      290.95       292.00       288.66       288.95       286.00
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7430       7.7447       7.7442       7.7490       7.7435
  INDIA          RUPEE         35.727       35.730       35.732       35.740       35.810
 *IRELAND        POUND          1.4350       1.4300       1.4430       1.4467       1.4605
  ITALY          LIRA        1810.90      1822.20      1796.00      1799.19      1781.00
  JAPAN          YEN          115.85       116.21       115.78       117.75       117.80
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        2.7455       2.7830       2.7775       2.7835       2.7850
  MEXICO         PESO           7.8000       7.7800       7.7820       7.7700       7.7625
  NETHERLANDS    GUILDER        2.0915       2.1035       2.0675       2.0755       2.0300
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.6418       0.6380       0.6414       0.6415       0.6421
  NORWAY         KRONE         7.6475       7.6770       7.6120       7.6405       7.5884
  PORTUGAL       ESCUDO         188.10       188.90       186.01       186.87       185.10
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR           1.48         1.51         1.51         1.52         1.52
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND          4.6670       4.6705       4.6610       4.6880       4.6900
  SOUTH KOREA    WON          895.50       896.50       897.00       897.00       897.00
  SPAIN          PESETA       156.620      157.450      155.170      156.100      154.450
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE          59.000       59.200       59.030       59.100       59.100
  SWEDEN         KRONA          7.9840       8.0205       8.0110       8.0410       7.9660
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC         1.5230       1.5285       1.5101       1.5195       1.5055
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        28.850       28.950       28.850       28.850       28.900
  THAILAND       BAHT          31.250       31.450       31.350       31.600       31.970
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.5902       1.5775       1.5825       1.5865       1.6090

  MEMO:
**UNITED STATES  DOLLAR       100.37       100.87        99.75       100.19        99.26

  *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.




1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE                                       August 22, 1997



  H.10(512)                    FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING  AUGUST 22, 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       Aug. 18      Aug. 19      Aug. 20      Aug. 21      Aug. 22

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.7387       0.7415       0.7422       0.7483       0.7482
  AUSTRIA        SCHILLING     12.825       12.959       13.060       12.973       12.783
  BELGIUM        FRANC         37.650       38.040       38.330       38.070       37.450
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.3887       1.3951       1.3939       1.3955       1.3948
  CHINA,P.R.     YUAN           8.3185       8.3190       8.3200       8.3191       8.3190
  DENMARK        KRONE          6.9420       7.0140       7.0720       7.0290       6.9365
 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU            1.0785       1.0690       1.0604       1.0668       1.0840
  FINLAND        MARKKA         5.4600       5.5130       5.5405       5.5070       5.4275
  FRANCE         FRANC          6.1450       6.2050       6.2550       6.2120       6.1120
  GERMANY        D. MARK        1.8236       1.8423       1.8562       1.8426       1.8145
  GREECE         DRACHMA      286.00       288.40       290.80       289.00       285.00
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7395       7.7400       7.7430       7.7435       7.7445
  INDIA          RUPEE         35.740       35.730       36.200       36.300       36.400
 *IRELAND        POUND          1.4660       1.4545       1.4395       1.4494       1.4730
  ITALY          LIRA        1781.50      1796.66      1806.90      1795.35      1771.00
  JAPAN          YEN          117.81       118.45       118.08       117.78       117.26
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        2.8025       2.7900       2.7800       2.7600       2.7750
  MEXICO         PESO           7.7650       7.7600       7.7650       7.7600       7.7830
  NETHERLANDS    GUILDER        2.0535       2.0740       2.0905       2.0755       2.0425
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.6435       0.6443       0.6403       0.6403       0.6470
  NORWAY         KRONE         7.5950       7.6680       7.7270       7.6875       7.5810
  PORTUGAL       ESCUDO         184.95       186.60       188.10       186.90       184.10
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR           1.52         1.51         1.51         1.50         1.49
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND          4.6850       4.7030       4.7500       4.7450       4.6900
  SOUTH KOREA    WON          900.50       900.50       901.00       898.90       902.00
  SPAIN          PESETA       154.220      155.600      156.750      155.650      153.450
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE          60.100       59.400       59.400       59.000       59.100
  SWEDEN         KRONA          8.0210       8.0800       8.0650       8.0205       7.9430
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC         1.5120       1.5165       1.5270       1.5165       1.4978
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        28.800       28.800       28.850       28.850       28.800
  THAILAND       BAHT          32.600       32.650       32.400       32.900       33.650
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.6088       1.6035       1.5923       1.5905       1.6081

  MEMO:
**UNITED STATES  DOLLAR        99.40       100.16       100.63       100.17        99.00

  *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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