1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE January 5, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 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 Dec. 8 Dec. 9 Dec. 10 Dec. 11 Dec. 12 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6705 0.6675 0.6665 0.6660 0.6630 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.560 12.626 12.558 12.471 12.477 BELGIUM FRANC 36.860 36.990 37.600 36.510 36.590 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4223 1.4224 1.4242 1.4241 1.4208 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3096 8.3093 DENMARK KRONE 6.8033 6.8207 6.7939 6.7413 6.7555 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1090 1.1040 1.1092 1.1183 1.1140 FINLAND MARKKA 5.3987 5.4100 5.3783 5.3465 5.3500 FRANCE FRANC 5.9805 5.9980 5.9750 5.9240 5.9390 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7868 1.7916 1.7854 1.7702 1.7728 GREECE DRACHMA 280.39 281.30 280.43 278.59 278.90 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7377 7.7405 7.7455 7.7500 7.7500 INDIA RUPEE 38.995 39.150 39.150 39.600 39.600 *IRELAND POUND 1.4550 1.4540 1.4520 1.4650 1.4655 ITALY LIRA 1749.40 1752.90 1746.68 1733.30 1738.00 JAPAN YEN 130.50 129.80 129.09 129.92 130.73 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.6500 3.6620 3.6620 3.7750 3.8200 MEXICO PESO 8.1150 8.1090 8.1400 8.2100 8.1700 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0132 2.0194 2.0116 2.0003 1.9984 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5986 0.5970 0.6000 0.5955 0.5960 NORWAY KRONE 7.2222 7.2587 7.2536 7.2117 7.2690 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 182.40 182.90 182.30 180.80 181.30 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.62 1.63 1.62 1.63 1.66 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.8690 4.8825 4.8930 4.8975 4.8930 SOUTH KOREA WON 1342.40 1465.70 1565.90 1719.80 N.A. SPAIN PESETA 150.980 151.400 150.780 149.630 149.950 SRI LANKA RUPEE 61.300 61.380 61.500 61.500 61.650 SWEDEN KRONA 7.8019 7.8326 7.8128 7.7666 7.7685 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4525 1.4570 1.4460 1.4335 1.4333 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.150 32.150 32.550 32.900 32.750 THAILAND BAHT 41.400 42.850 42.200 43.600 45.450 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6472 1.6528 1.6495 1.6552 1.6501 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 99.22 99.30 99.14 98.54 98.74 *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 January 5, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 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 Dec. 15 Dec. 16 Dec. 17 Dec. 18 Dec. 19 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6566 0.6490 0.6605 0.6565 0.6530 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.440 12.550 12.457 12.476 12.452 BELGIUM FRANC 36.590 36.830 36.530 36.610 36.600 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4212 1.4237 1.4229 1.4245 1.4328 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 DENMARK KRONE 6.7516 6.7940 6.7435 6.7662 6.7460 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1133 1.1070 1.1152 1.1128 1.1150 FINLAND MARKKA 5.3476 5.3840 5.3407 5.3672 5.3500 FRANCE FRANC 5.9352 5.9750 5.9310 5.9453 5.9240 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7722 1.7836 1.7697 1.7753 1.7687 GREECE DRACHMA 279.58 280.95 278.85 279.50 278.50 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7500 7.7500 7.7490 7.7500 7.7500 INDIA RUPEE 39.575 40.000 40.000 40.000 40.000 *IRELAND POUND 1.4510 1.4475 1.4590 1.4517 1.4590 ITALY LIRA 1737.40 1747.50 1735.75 1741.50 1733.73 JAPAN YEN 131.08 130.87 127.00 128.53 129.10 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8750 3.8730 3.8150 3.7875 3.8300 MEXICO PESO 8.1400 8.0900 8.0810 8.0700 8.1270 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9969 2.0085 1.9950 2.0100 1.9943 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5910 0.5790 0.5870 0.5843 0.5810 NORWAY KRONE 7.2840 7.3100 7.2286 7.2533 7.2650 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 181.19 182.40 181.90 181.50 181.00 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.68 1.71 1.68 1.67 1.67 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.8905 4.8880 4.8615 4.8595 4.8665 SOUTH KOREA WON N.A. 1430.00 1485.00 1485.00 1580.00 SPAIN PESETA 150.050 150.920 149.800 150.180 149.750 SRI LANKA RUPEE 61.700 61.750 61.650 61.600 62.250 SWEDEN KRONA 7.7572 7.7875 7.7405 7.7757 7.7600 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4305 1.4415 1.4343 1.4394 1.4278 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.150 32.150 32.600 32.350 32.350 THAILAND BAHT 47.400 47.000 45.500 44.200 45.100 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6333 1.6326 1.6507 1.6635 1.6684 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 98.86 99.26 98.26 98.57 98.38 *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 January 5, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 26, 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. 22 Dec. 23 Dec. 24 Dec. 25 Dec. 26 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6523 0.6565 0.6558 0.6559 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.523 12.483 12.478 12.487 BELGIUM FRANC 36.740 36.640 36.600 36.620 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4345 1.4364 1.4355 1.4356 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3093 DENMARK KRONE 6.7828 6.7624 6.7560 6.7620 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1105 1.1140 1.1145 H 1.1140 FINLAND MARKKA 5.3897 5.3775 5.3730 5.3730 FRANCE FRANC 5.9591 5.9370 5.9310 5.9390 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7802 1.7743 1.7732 O 1.7749 GREECE DRACHMA 280.50 279.94 279.67 279.95 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7500 7.7485 7.7500 7.7495 INDIA RUPEE 39.060 39.010 39.000 L 39.300 *IRELAND POUND 1.4490 1.4450 1.4470 1.4448 ITALY LIRA 1745.60 1740.20 1743.00 1743.00 JAPAN YEN 130.38 130.00 130.06 I 130.30 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8200 3.8450 3.9000 3.8450 MEXICO PESO 8.1180 8.1300 8.1925 8.1450 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0057 1.9995 1.9980 D 1.9990 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5788 0.5835 0.5848 0.5840 NORWAY KRONE 7.2950 7.2893 7.2725 7.3005 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 182.10 182.32 181.40 A 181.35 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.68 1.67 1.67 1.67 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.8570 4.8570 4.8580 4.8630 SOUTH KOREA WON 1710.00 1960.00 1835.00 Y 1506.00 SPAIN PESETA 150.650 150.080 150.170 150.200 SRI LANKA RUPEE 61.900 61.750 62.000 61.850 SWEDEN KRONA 7.7785 7.7753 7.7690 7.7708 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4380 1.4338 1.4346 1.4342 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.350 32.700 32.700 32.800 THAILAND BAHT 44.800 46.000 45.350 45.500 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6617 1.6680 1.6675 1.6695 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 98.94 98.67 98.65 98.71 *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 January 5, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 2, 1998 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. 29 Dec. 30 Dec. 31 Jan. 1 Jan. 2 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6540 0.6517 0.6515 0.6500 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.492 12.607 12.634 12.682 BELGIUM FRANC 36.890 36.990 37.080 37.210 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4398 1.4365 1.4288 1.4255 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 DENMARK KRONE 6.8115 6.8285 6.8510 6.8635 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1065 1.1035 1.0980 H 1.0950 FINLAND MARKKA 5.4162 5.4302 5.4530 5.4550 FRANCE FRANC 5.9819 5.9950 6.0190 6.0335 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7875 1.7920 1.7991 O 1.8030 GREECE DRACHMA 282.00 282.85 284.02 284.78 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7500 7.7490 7.7495 7.7500 INDIA RUPEE 39.160 39.350 39.300 L 39.400 *IRELAND POUND 1.4420 1.4270 1.4220 1.4175 ITALY LIRA 1756.20 1759.80 1769.00 1772.10 JAPAN YEN 130.05 130.05 130.45 I 132.40 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8950 3.8980 3.8850 3.9800 MEXICO PESO 8.0840 8.0670 8.0700 8.0600 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0145 2.0194 2.0278 D 2.0322 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5835 0.5823 0.5803 0.5770 NORWAY KRONE 7.3441 7.3444 7.3740 7.3716 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 182.90 183.25 184.10 A 184.41 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.67 1.68 1.69 1.70 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.8625 4.8630 4.8660 4.8850 SOUTH KOREA WON 1450.00 1640.00 1695.00 Y 1695.00 SPAIN PESETA 151.400 151.650 152.400 152.720 SRI LANKA RUPEE 61.750 61.700 61.800 61.910 SWEDEN KRONA 7.8455 7.9093 7.9400 7.9750 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4474 1.4558 1.4610 1.4670 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.800 32.750 32.800 33.100 THAILAND BAHT 45.900 46.900 46.800 48.300 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6683 1.6552 1.6427 1.6417 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 99.20 99.47 99.81 100.16 *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.