1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE October 31, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 10, 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 Oct. 6 Oct. 7 Oct. 8 Oct. 9 Oct. 10 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7235 0.7250 0.7285 0.7356 0.7360 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.396 12.344 12.337 12.265 12.332 BELGIUM FRANC 36.380 36.200 36.180 36.010 36.150 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3718 1.3730 1.3727 1.3747 1.3795 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3145 8.3145 8.3100 8.3141 8.3135 DENMARK KRONE 6.7120 6.6780 6.6760 6.6400 6.6755 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1112 1.1172 1.1177 1.1229 1.1178 FINLAND MARKKA 5.2870 5.2580 5.2560 5.2360 5.2555 FRANCE FRANC 5.9250 5.8950 5.8875 5.8600 5.8815 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7629 1.7539 1.7533 1.7436 1.7534 GREECE DRACHMA 278.70 276.60 276.50 275.55 276.40 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7365 7.7365 7.7365 7.7360 7.7365 INDIA RUPEE 36.200 36.250 36.250 36.220 36.250 *IRELAND POUND 1.4550 1.4605 1.4552 1.4610 1.4615 ITALY LIRA 1728.75 1722.30 1718.00 1719.00 1724.00 JAPAN YEN 121.93 122.01 121.09 121.18 120.13 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.3400 3.2575 3.1710 3.0750 3.1175 MEXICO PESO 7.7625 7.7460 7.7625 7.7700 7.7580 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9861 1.9759 1.9745 1.9645 1.9733 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6370 0.6410 0.6415 0.6443 0.6460 NORWAY KRONE 7.0560 7.0335 7.0760 7.0395 7.0240 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 179.90 178.85 178.65 177.80 178.10 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.55 1.56 1.56 1.53 1.54 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.6640 4.6690 4.6720 4.6720 4.6700 SOUTH KOREA WON 916.00 917.00 918.00 918.00 918.00 SPAIN PESETA 149.000 148.100 147.950 147.350 147.900 SRI LANKA RUPEE 59.990 59.950 59.700 59.450 59.450 SWEDEN KRONA 7.5330 7.5295 7.5530 7.5530 7.5770 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4521 1.4450 1.4455 1.4561 1.4572 TAIWAN DOLLAR 28.650 28.550 28.580 28.500 28.570 THAILAND BAHT 36.050 35.800 35.800 35.800 35.850 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6130 1.6195 1.6208 1.6245 1.6207 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 97.40 97.08 96.93 96.71 96.91 *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 October 31, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 17, 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 Oct. 13 Oct. 14 Oct. 15 Oct. 16 Oct. 17 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7364 0.7325 0.7386 0.7325 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.353 12.311 12.278 12.378 BELGIUM FRANC 36.220 36.100 36.030 36.590 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3826 1.3865 1.3870 1.3860 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3132 8.3139 8.3142 8.3139 DENMARK KRONE 6.6815 6.6620 6.6505 6.7570 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU H 1.1184 1.1230 1.1235 1.1092 FINLAND MARKKA 5.2631 5.2440 5.2385 5.3220 FRANCE FRANC 5.8850 5.8675 5.8545 5.9480 GERMANY D. MARK O 1.7545 1.7495 1.7447 1.7734 GREECE DRACHMA 276.00 275.10 274.55 278.17 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7377 7.7385 7.7395 7.7400 INDIA RUPEE L 36.300 36.257 36.235 36.237 *IRELAND POUND 1.4670 1.4740 1.4680 1.4550 ITALY LIRA 1715.70 1711.20 1706.70 1730.00 JAPAN YEN I 121.75 121.31 119.87 120.19 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.1075 3.1500 3.1950 3.2475 MEXICO PESO 7.7450 7.7420 7.7480 7.7450 NETHERLANDS GUILDER D 1.9765 1.9707 1.9670 1.9982 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6459 0.6445 0.6450 0.6412 NORWAY KRONE 7.0700 7.0595 6.9900 7.1100 PORTUGAL ESCUDO A 178.55 178.10 177.84 180.56 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.54 1.55 1.55 1.56 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.6725 4.6730 4.6880 4.6975 SOUTH KOREA WON Y 914.20 917.00 918.00 918.00 SPAIN PESETA 148.100 147.650 147.300 149.550 SRI LANKA RUPEE 59.550 59.550 59.500 59.500 SWEDEN KRONA 7.5824 7.5695 7.5680 7.6550 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4615 1.4580 1.4558 1.4755 TAIWAN DOLLAR 28.530 28.540 28.560 29.750 THAILAND BAHT 36.300 37.250 37.300 37.450 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6197 1.6235 1.6187 1.6145 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 97.13 96.91 96.65 97.67 *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 October 31, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 24, 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 Oct. 20 Oct. 21 Oct. 22 Oct. 23 Oct. 24 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7295 0.7230 0.7060 0.7015 0.7000 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.476 12.589 12.554 12.476 12.505 BELGIUM FRANC 36.570 36.950 36.790 36.570 36.570 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3850 1.3890 1.3915 1.3895 1.3920 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3135 8.3132 8.3100 8.3136 8.3133 DENMARK KRONE 6.7500 6.8115 6.7910 6.7490 6.7551 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1112 1.1030 1.1060 1.1117 1.1110 FINLAND MARKKA 5.3015 5.3520 5.3395 5.2960 5.3030 FRANCE FRANC 5.9410 5.9930 5.9775 5.9487 5.9415 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7724 1.7892 1.7835 1.7732 1.7741 GREECE DRACHMA 277.72 280.30 279.35 278.72 278.90 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7480 7.7510 7.7500 7.7275 7.7340 INDIA RUPEE 36.250 36.250 36.200 36.300 36.300 *IRELAND POUND 1.4714 1.4610 1.4650 1.4680 1.4640 ITALY LIRA 1730.50 1745.00 1740.67 1733.00 1731.70 JAPAN YEN 121.40 120.66 120.71 121.67 121.73 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.3325 3.3390 3.4000 3.3450 3.3905 MEXICO PESO 7.7250 7.7172 7.7240 7.7560 7.8400 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9976 2.0152 2.0095 1.9967 1.9985 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6410 0.6365 0.6255 0.6225 0.6210 NORWAY KRONE 7.1040 7.2274 7.2475 7.1400 7.1265 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 180.53 182.30 181.51 180.44 180.52 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.57 1.58 1.59 1.57 1.58 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.6940 4.6980 4.7150 4.7280 4.7325 SOUTH KOREA WON 927.00 930.00 919.00 923.00 932.00 SPAIN PESETA 149.450 150.820 150.340 149.420 149.640 SRI LANKA RUPEE 59.750 59.750 59.700 59.750 59.750 SWEDEN KRONA 7.6120 7.6978 7.7078 7.6150 7.5890 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4732 1.4885 1.4793 1.4685 1.4636 TAIWAN DOLLAR 30.750 30.800 30.800 30.500 30.700 THAILAND BAHT 38.250 38.800 38.900 38.300 39.200 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6297 1.6338 1.6338 1.6317 1.6347 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 97.63 98.14 97.98 97.70 97.67 *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 October 31, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 31, 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 Oct. 27 Oct. 28 Oct. 29 Oct. 30 Oct. 31 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6910 0.7025 0.7040 0.7008 0.7030 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.401 12.052 12.267 12.150 12.125 BELGIUM FRANC 36.360 35.670 35.770 35.610 35.520 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3981 1.4090 1.4015 1.4075 1.4099 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3134 8.3130 8.3132 8.3136 8.3134 DENMARK KRONE 6.7080 6.5920 6.6104 6.5720 6.5480 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1198 1.1390 1.1355 1.1395 1.1435 FINLAND MARKKA 5.2750 5.1860 5.1980 5.1900 5.1740 FRANCE FRANC 5.9050 5.7935 5.8065 5.7830 5.7670 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7625 1.7291 1.7366 1.7260 1.7220 GREECE DRACHMA 277.80 272.59 273.49 272.93 272.55 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7310 7.7350 7.7310 7.7305 7.7320 INDIA RUPEE 36.340 36.300 36.345 36.320 36.390 *IRELAND POUND 1.4820 1.5010 1.4928 1.4970 1.5052 ITALY LIRA 1722.00 1699.00 1702.90 1693.40 1690.10 JAPAN YEN 121.87 119.70 120.53 120.68 120.39 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.4000 3.4340 3.3925 3.4490 3.3250 MEXICO PESO 8.1400 8.3500 8.1500 8.3000 8.4100 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9857 1.9491 1.9555 1.9470 1.9415 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6233 0.6270 0.6265 0.6235 0.6225 NORWAY KRONE 7.0960 7.0510 7.0633 7.0190 6.9780 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 179.50 176.45 177.02 176.22 175.90 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.58 1.57 1.58 1.58 1.57 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.7840 4.8265 4.8110 4.8300 4.8150 SOUTH KOREA WON 945.00 965.00 970.00 965.00 970.00 SPAIN PESETA 148.570 146.000 146.520 145.800 145.520 SRI LANKA RUPEE 59.800 59.700 59.750 59.720 59.800 SWEDEN KRONA 7.5760 7.5330 7.5311 7.5050 7.4890 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4552 1.4115 1.4178 1.4059 1.3995 TAIWAN DOLLAR 30.800 31.000 31.300 31.200 31.200 THAILAND BAHT 38.700 39.050 39.100 40.100 40.500 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6548 1.6756 1.6721 1.6655 1.6786 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 97.21 95.76 96.02 95.79 95.53 *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.