1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE December 5, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 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 Nov. 10 Nov. 11 Nov. 12 Nov. 13 Nov. 14 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6970 0.6935 0.6962 0.6960 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.045 12.106 12.095 12.185 BELGIUM FRANC 35.310 35.610 35.500 35.740 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4071 1.4090 1.4082 1.4127 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3113 8.3108 8.3105 8.3106 DENMARK KRONE 6.5095 6.5690 6.5460 6.5960 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1532 H 1.1470 1.1500 1.1420 FINLAND MARKKA 5.1596 5.2050 5.1830 5.2170 FRANCE FRANC 5.7210 5.7800 5.7615 5.8010 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7120 O 1.7236 1.7208 1.7320 GREECE DRACHMA 268.10 270.74 270.50 272.08 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7305 7.7310 7.7320 7.7310 INDIA RUPEE 36.640 L 36.760 36.800 36.800 *IRELAND POUND 1.5215 1.5114 1.5140 1.5045 ITALY LIRA 1675.50 1688.50 1683.60 1694.47 JAPAN YEN 124.15 I 126.10 125.93 126.78 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.3150 3.2950 3.3125 3.3225 MEXICO PESO 8.2800 8.3500 8.3800 8.3300 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9292 D 1.9450 1.9394 1.9525 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6275 0.6245 0.6255 0.6245 NORWAY KRONE 6.9640 7.0520 7.0400 7.0650 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 174.40 A 175.90 175.60 176.50 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.57 1.58 1.58 1.58 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.8260 4.8280 4.8370 4.8575 SOUTH KOREA WON 999.00 Y 995.00 992.00 992.00 SPAIN PESETA 144.400 145.570 145.330 146.050 SRI LANKA RUPEE 59.950 59.950 59.900 59.890 SWEDEN KRONA 7.4810 7.5240 7.4980 7.5380 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3912 1.3998 1.3975 1.4065 TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.050 31.200 31.300 31.500 THAILAND BAHT 37.400 38.350 38.100 38.400 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6893 1.7035 1.7010 1.6931 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 95.44 96.04 95.88 96.46 *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 December 5, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 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 Nov. 17 Nov. 18 Nov. 19 Nov. 20 Nov. 21 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6989 0.6990 0.6892 0.6882 0.6990 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.182 12.150 12.197 12.162 12.295 BELGIUM FRANC 35.780 35.600 35.760 35.780 36.010 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4149 1.4145 1.4155 1.4210 1.4170 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3105 8.3104 8.3103 8.3103 8.3102 DENMARK KRONE 6.5940 6.5680 6.6014 6.6020 6.6430 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1428 1.1472 1.1416 1.1425 1.1345 FINLAND MARKKA 5.2115 5.2030 5.2285 5.2375 5.2685 FRANCE FRANC 5.8050 5.7775 5.8005 5.8065 5.8508 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7338 1.7252 1.7350 1.7338 1.7466 GREECE DRACHMA 272.25 270.79 271.85 271.80 273.47 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7310 7.7305 7.7315 7.7310 7.7310 INDIA RUPEE 36.940 37.600 37.600 37.540 37.830 *IRELAND POUND 1.5040 1.5080 1.5012 1.5001 1.4925 ITALY LIRA 1697.50 1689.50 1698.25 1700.40 1713.40 JAPAN YEN 125.85 125.85 127.22 126.81 125.85 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.3400 3.4150 3.4900 3.5325 3.4225 MEXICO PESO 8.2500 8.2500 8.2850 8.2370 8.1920 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9540 1.9445 1.9526 1.9549 1.9675 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6274 0.6280 0.6220 0.6207 0.6255 NORWAY KRONE 7.0600 7.0225 7.0501 7.0600 7.1009 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 176.80 176.15 177.00 177.09 178.45 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.58 1.59 1.60 1.60 1.58 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.8565 4.8560 4.8590 4.8540 4.8335 SOUTH KOREA WON N.A. 1020.00 1040.00 1139.00 1060.00 SPAIN PESETA 146.240 145.630 146.350 146.500 147.500 SRI LANKA RUPEE 59.800 59.900 59.900 60.600 60.150 SWEDEN KRONA 7.5410 7.5600 7.5679 7.5600 7.5919 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4096 1.4035 1.4043 1.4083 1.4182 TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.800 32.000 33.250 33.000 32.400 THAILAND BAHT 38.500 39.450 40.000 39.650 38.900 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6931 1.6955 1.6911 1.6925 1.6892 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 96.44 96.15 96.60 96.61 96.95 *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 December 5, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 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 Nov. 24 Nov. 25 Nov. 26 Nov. 27 Nov. 28 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6938 0.6865 0.6835 0.6825 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.205 12.278 12.390 12.412 BELGIUM FRANC 35.830 35.970 36.330 36.400 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4210 1.4180 1.4245 1.4245 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3101 8.3100 8.3101 8.3096 DENMARK KRONE 6.6137 6.6405 6.7060 6.7145 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1405 1.1360 1.1240 H 1.1235 FINLAND MARKKA 5.2481 5.2700 5.3170 5.3342 FRANCE FRANC 5.8200 5.8380 5.8925 5.9020 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7370 1.7444 1.7605 O 1.7650 GREECE DRACHMA 272.24 273.44 276.55 276.85 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7305 7.7305 7.7305 7.7304 INDIA RUPEE 38.320 38.265 38.750 L 39.100 *IRELAND POUND 1.4990 1.4910 1.4767 1.4850 ITALY LIRA 1703.35 1709.50 1724.40 1728.10 JAPAN YEN 127.07 127.45 127.51 I 127.74 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.4500 3.4925 3.5125 3.5125 MEXICO PESO 8.2400 8.2440 8.2150 8.2150 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9585 1.9655 1.9854 D 1.9882 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6233 0.6190 0.6182 0.6164 NORWAY KRONE 7.0640 7.1090 7.1980 7.1925 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 177.55 178.27 179.95 A 180.19 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.59 1.60 1.60 1.60 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.8390 4.8525 4.8545 4.8580 SOUTH KOREA WON 1085.00 1122.00 1110.00 Y 1169.50 SPAIN PESETA 146.800 147.460 148.900 149.190 SRI LANKA RUPEE 60.300 60.450 61.250 60.780 SWEDEN KRONA 7.5780 7.6268 7.7320 7.7225 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4055 1.4073 1.4180 1.4255 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.500 32.750 32.550 32.350 THAILAND BAHT 39.500 39.650 39.700 41.000 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6900 1.6805 1.6735 1.6885 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 96.77 97.09 97.79 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 December 5, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 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 Dec. 1 Dec. 2 Dec. 3 Dec. 4 Dec. 5 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6770 0.6770 0.6760 0.6732 0.6712 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.507 12.487 12.450 12.460 12.538 BELGIUM FRANC 36.690 36.620 36.530 36.540 36.800 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4245 1.4218 1.4180 1.4227 1.4230 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3096 8.3099 8.3101 8.3100 8.3100 DENMARK KRONE 6.7628 6.7580 6.7370 6.7400 6.7870 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1146 1.1170 1.1205 1.1195 1.1114 FINLAND MARKKA 5.3800 5.3708 5.3550 5.3550 5.3900 FRANCE FRANC 5.9473 5.9429 5.9210 5.9255 5.9675 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7770 1.7753 1.7701 1.7706 1.7824 GREECE DRACHMA 278.73 278.40 277.86 278.00 279.65 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7340 7.7380 7.7360 7.7375 7.7375 INDIA RUPEE 39.450 39.500 39.450 39.150 39.000 *IRELAND POUND 1.4658 1.4720 1.4715 1.4664 1.4601 ITALY LIRA 1738.80 1738.20 1734.25 1735.00 1745.70 JAPAN YEN 129.15 128.77 128.72 129.40 130.20 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.5700 3.5980 3.6600 3.7300 4.0000 MEXICO PESO 8.1900 8.1600 8.1320 8.1050 8.1500 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0029 2.0010 1.9942 1.9948 2.0083 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6092 0.6067 0.6050 0.6027 0.6000 NORWAY KRONE 7.2530 7.2090 7.1570 7.1700 7.2205 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 181.70 181.30 180.90 180.80 182.16 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.60 1.61 1.61 1.61 1.62 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.8649 4.8600 4.8580 4.8660 4.8760 SOUTH KOREA WON 1188.00 1228.00 1199.00 1163.00 1233.00 SPAIN PESETA 150.330 150.000 149.560 149.650 150.690 SRI LANKA RUPEE 61.000 61.350 61.300 61.130 61.200 SWEDEN KRONA 7.8093 7.7828 7.7640 7.7722 7.8300 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4330 1.4331 1.4285 1.4308 1.4390 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.450 32.450 32.500 32.200 32.450 THAILAND BAHT 41.200 41.700 42.350 41.800 41.800 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6825 1.6817 1.6840 1.6705 1.6585 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 98.49 98.38 98.14 98.37 98.97 *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.