1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE September 19, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 29, 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. 25 Aug. 26 Aug. 27 Aug. 28 Aug. 29 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7463 0.7465 0.7400 0.7365 0.7345 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.815 12.663 12.720 12.640 12.691 BELGIUM FRANC 37.590 37.120 37.380 37.150 37.270 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3917 1.3951 1.3917 1.3878 1.3890 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3190 8.3190 8.3192 8.3185 8.3184 DENMARK KRONE 6.9400 6.8495 6.8950 6.8450 6.8760 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.0788 1.0916 1.0855 1.0927 1.0885 FINLAND MARKKA 5.4435 5.3890 5.4400 5.3965 5.4430 FRANCE FRANC 6.1330 6.0562 6.0940 6.0470 6.0750 GERMANY D. MARK 1.8205 1.7971 1.8104 1.7975 1.8050 GREECE DRACHMA 286.30 282.90 284.82 283.00 283.97 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7430 7.7435 7.7450 7.7467 7.7500 INDIA RUPEE 36.600 36.500 36.500 36.450 36.480 *IRELAND POUND 1.4665 1.4815 1.4742 1.4860 1.4870 ITALY LIRA 1775.65 1754.60 1768.70 1758.00 1766.82 JAPAN YEN 118.73 118.32 118.88 118.75 120.65 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.7735 2.7890 2.8390 2.9325 2.9200 MEXICO PESO 7.7600 7.7575 7.7590 7.7725 7.7850 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0410 2.0255 2.0397 2.0246 2.0328 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6465 0.6460 0.6435 0.6433 0.6385 NORWAY KRONE 7.5975 7.4920 7.4975 7.4285 7.4780 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 184.70 182.50 183.77 182.50 183.50 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.49 1.49 1.52 1.53 1.52 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.6955 4.6940 4.6975 4.7040 4.6930 SOUTH KOREA WON 907.00 902.00 905.00 905.00 905.00 SPAIN PESETA 154.000 152.100 153.140 151.900 152.790 SRI LANKA RUPEE 59.200 59.200 59.250 59.150 59.400 SWEDEN KRONA 7.9700 7.8850 7.8790 7.8320 7.8770 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4996 1.4875 1.4965 1.4833 1.4889 TAIWAN DOLLAR 28.800 28.800 28.780 28.800 28.820 THAILAND BAHT 33.700 33.650 33.900 34.400 34.500 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6052 1.6121 1.6103 1.6158 1.6203 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 99.34 98.52 98.99 98.46 98.92 *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 September 19, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 5, 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 Sep. 1 Sep. 2 Sep. 3 Sep. 4 Sep. 5 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7265 0.7258 0.7321 0.7308 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.903 12.766 12.790 12.668 BELGIUM FRANC 37.860 37.470 37.530 37.190 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3845 1.3837 1.3858 1.3824 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3183 8.3189 8.3191 8.3184 DENMARK KRONE 6.9810 6.9080 6.9180 6.8545 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU H 1.0727 1.0811 1.0798 1.0902 FINLAND MARKKA 5.5190 5.4546 5.4430 5.3950 FRANCE FRANC 6.1700 6.1044 6.1140 6.0560 GERMANY D. MARK O 1.8330 1.8148 1.8180 1.8001 GREECE DRACHMA 288.25 285.73 286.30 283.76 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7490 7.7478 7.7485 7.7477 INDIA RUPEE L 36.570 36.480 36.510 37.000 *IRELAND POUND 1.4658 1.4657 1.4690 1.4917 ITALY LIRA 1785.60 1770.90 1771.00 1756.20 JAPAN YEN I 121.55 121.03 120.72 121.09 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.9270 2.9820 2.9950 2.9500 MEXICO PESO 7.7780 7.7730 7.7890 7.8075 NETHERLANDS GUILDER D 2.0651 2.0448 2.0472 2.0270 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6335 0.6342 0.6378 0.6361 NORWAY KRONE 7.5860 7.5025 7.5040 7.3948 PORTUGAL ESCUDO A 185.80 183.90 184.30 182.70 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.52 1.52 1.52 1.52 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.7040 4.7015 4.7040 4.6920 SOUTH KOREA WON Y 905.60 907.00 909.00 909.00 SPAIN PESETA 154.550 153.040 153.370 152.000 SRI LANKA RUPEE 60.400 59.870 59.400 59.600 SWEDEN KRONA 7.9300 7.8536 7.8680 7.7910 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.5060 1.4986 1.4970 1.4753 TAIWAN DOLLAR 28.900 28.900 28.750 28.700 THAILAND BAHT 34.550 35.750 35.950 35.150 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5897 1.5846 1.5855 1.5920 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 100.14 99.48 99.54 98.87 *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 September 19, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 12, 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 Sep. 8 Sep. 9 Sep. 10 Sep. 11 Sep. 12 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7300 0.7300 0.7270 0.7200 0.7215 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.725 12.755 12.658 12.565 12.473 BELGIUM FRANC 37.360 37.430 37.150 36.780 36.610 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3830 1.3845 1.3852 1.3920 1.3935 CHINA,P.R. YUAN N.A. 8.3181 8.3187 8.3189 8.3181 DENMARK KRONE 6.8870 6.9000 6.8420 6.7755 6.7470 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.0845 1.0825 1.0906 1.1010 1.1065 FINLAND MARKKA 5.4275 5.4250 5.3810 5.3350 5.3100 FRANCE FRANC 6.0860 6.0950 6.0420 5.9840 5.9604 GERMANY D. MARK 1.8084 1.8120 1.7978 1.7815 1.7715 GREECE DRACHMA 284.40 284.45 283.00 280.00 278.90 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7475 7.7457 7.7453 7.7460 7.7460 INDIA RUPEE 36.560 36.660 36.470 36.650 36.600 *IRELAND POUND 1.4870 1.4905 1.4945 1.5022 1.5080 ITALY LIRA 1762.00 1766.10 1754.60 1738.50 1732.00 JAPAN YEN 121.02 119.05 119.26 119.58 120.93 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.9175 2.9150 2.9165 2.9575 2.9690 MEXICO PESO 7.7850 7.7800 7.7775 7.7800 7.7775 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0375 2.0415 2.0255 2.0052 1.9976 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6374 0.6360 0.6358 0.6330 0.6340 NORWAY KRONE 7.4468 7.4535 7.4140 7.3160 7.2925 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 183.40 183.85 182.40 181.06 180.20 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.51 1.50 1.51 1.51 1.51 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.6921 4.7025 4.7025 4.6960 4.6890 SOUTH KOREA WON 910.00 911.00 911.00 911.00 911.00 SPAIN PESETA 152.650 152.850 151.600 150.250 149.600 SRI LANKA RUPEE 59.520 59.550 59.750 59.750 59.800 SWEDEN KRONA 7.7685 7.7990 7.7985 7.7485 7.6630 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4875 1.4885 1.4774 1.4710 1.4662 TAIWAN DOLLAR 28.900 28.900 28.700 28.700 28.700 THAILAND BAHT 34.250 33.550 34.200 35.000 35.300 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5827 1.5882 1.5890 1.5968 1.6085 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 99.22 99.09 98.64 98.08 97.84 *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 September 19, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 19, 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 Sep. 15 Sep. 16 Sep. 17 Sep. 18 Sep. 19 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7199 0.7165 0.7163 0.7165 0.7203 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.393 12.438 12.468 12.475 12.480 BELGIUM FRANC 36.370 36.440 36.580 36.710 36.580 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3922 1.3914 1.3888 1.3911 1.3902 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3181 8.3171 8.3175 8.3173 8.3164 DENMARK KRONE 6.7090 6.7240 6.7440 6.7690 6.7490 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1125 1.1070 1.1065 1.1036 1.1065 FINLAND MARKKA 5.2550 5.2870 5.3080 5.3070 5.2830 FRANCE FRANC 5.9210 5.9320 5.9510 5.9710 5.9530 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7604 1.7680 1.7721 1.7780 1.7717 GREECE DRACHMA 278.30 279.30 280.15 280.93 279.80 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7455 7.7445 7.7452 7.7427 7.7422 INDIA RUPEE 36.460 36.650 36.460 36.400 36.500 *IRELAND POUND 1.5120 1.4920 1.4955 1.4930 1.4865 ITALY LIRA 1718.50 1723.20 1730.05 1735.80 1728.50 JAPAN YEN 120.40 121.10 120.99 121.98 121.93 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.9760 3.0000 3.0100 3.0200 3.0360 MEXICO PESO 7.7675 7.7670 7.7500 7.7650 7.7525 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9843 1.9880 1.9955 2.0023 1.9958 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6360 0.6337 0.6363 0.6305 0.6335 NORWAY KRONE 7.2630 7.2950 7.1910 7.2255 7.2175 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 179.20 179.55 180.17 180.76 180.05 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.51 1.51 1.52 1.52 1.52 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.6750 4.6800 4.6825 4.6780 4.6775 SOUTH KOREA WON 911.00 911.00 911.00 912.00 916.00 SPAIN PESETA 148.660 149.150 149.600 150.100 149.520 SRI LANKA RUPEE 59.700 59.680 59.700 59.600 59.650 SWEDEN KRONA 7.6200 7.6290 7.6210 7.6150 7.6050 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4494 1.4480 1.4593 1.4665 1.4588 TAIWAN DOLLAR 28.700 28.700 28.650 28.700 28.700 THAILAND BAHT 35.350 35.650 35.950 35.600 35.850 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6042 1.5941 1.5985 1.6137 1.6112 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 97.37 97.68 97.82 98.03 97.82 *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.