1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE February 17, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 23, 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 Jan. 19 Jan. 20 Jan. 21 Jan. 22 Jan. 23 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6657 0.6595 0.6596 0.6630 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.965 12.895 12.683 12.581 BELGIUM FRANC 38.000 37.740 37.220 36.760 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4390 1.4437 1.4508 1.4556 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 DENMARK KRONE 7.0170 6.9650 6.8720 6.7862 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU H 1.0740 1.0796 1.0940 1.1060 FINLAND MARKKA 5.5700 5.5360 5.4617 5.3910 FRANCE FRANC 6.1672 6.1230 6.0425 5.9680 GERMANY D. MARK O 1.8431 1.8275 1.8030 1.7808 GREECE DRACHMA 290.41 288.50 285.20 282.90 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7360 7.7360 7.7395 7.7440 INDIA RUPEE L 39.200 38.900 38.900 38.850 *IRELAND POUND 1.3655 1.3745 1.3924 1.4105 ITALY LIRA 1808.75 1798.15 1774.10 1755.50 JAPAN YEN I 128.80 127.50 127.22 125.78 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 4.2300 4.3795 4.5300 4.5700 MEXICO PESO 8.2200 8.2800 8.3300 8.3000 NETHERLANDS GUILDER D 2.0743 2.0589 2.0320 2.0085 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5850 0.5815 0.5822 0.5810 NORWAY KRONE 7.5920 7.5423 7.4720 7.4029 PORTUGAL ESCUDO A 188.46 187.05 184.55 182.42 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.75 1.75 1.76 1.77 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.9790 4.9645 4.9425 4.9285 SOUTH KOREA WON Y 1647.00 1725.00 1760.00 1748.00 SPAIN PESETA 156.120 154.800 153.000 150.960 SRI LANKA RUPEE 62.150 62.200 62.500 62.600 SWEDEN KRONA 8.0933 8.0493 7.9620 7.8810 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4983 1.4861 1.4701 1.4449 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.800 33.490 33.850 34.150 THAILAND BAHT 52.300 52.500 53.800 54.200 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6271 1.6264 1.6498 1.6687 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 101.36 100.77 99.75 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 February 17, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 30, 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 Jan. 26 Jan. 27 Jan. 28 Jan. 29 Jan. 30 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6694 0.6748 0.6810 0.6750 0.6852 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.556 12.558 12.706 12.809 12.880 BELGIUM FRANC 37.050 36.940 37.330 37.570 37.820 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4498 1.4545 1.4568 1.4637 1.4562 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 DENMARK KRONE 6.8460 6.8170 6.8855 6.9360 6.9790 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.0975 1.0995 1.0890 1.0845 1.0770 FINLAND MARKKA 5.4380 5.4185 5.4740 5.5150 5.5495 FRANCE FRANC 6.0185 5.9940 6.0555 6.0970 6.1370 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7944 1.7898 1.8070 1.8212 1.8315 GREECE DRACHMA 284.90 284.13 286.25 288.52 290.15 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7462 7.7385 7.7370 7.7365 7.7375 INDIA RUPEE 38.410 38.450 38.900 38.800 38.800 *IRELAND POUND 1.4036 1.3990 1.3875 1.3785 1.3670 ITALY LIRA 1772.00 1765.00 1784.50 1797.30 1805.82 JAPAN YEN 126.64 126.02 125.26 125.38 127.10 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 4.5200 4.4200 4.3700 4.3800 4.2300 MEXICO PESO 8.2820 8.2700 8.3800 8.4800 8.4550 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0224 2.0178 2.0367 2.0510 2.0648 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5860 0.5933 0.5940 0.5880 0.5865 NORWAY KRONE 7.4630 7.4300 7.4925 7.5800 7.5996 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 183.30 183.11 184.80 186.46 187.40 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.75 1.72 1.72 1.73 1.72 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.9045 4.9125 4.9180 4.9260 4.9400 SOUTH KOREA WON 1682.00 1682.00 1690.00 1690.00 1528.00 SPAIN PESETA 151.950 151.820 153.250 154.520 155.300 SRI LANKA RUPEE 62.250 62.650 62.550 62.500 62.450 SWEDEN KRONA 7.9330 7.9550 8.0276 8.0875 8.1136 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4585 1.4498 1.4623 1.4673 1.4820 TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.100 34.200 34.200 34.200 34.250 THAILAND BAHT 54.100 53.700 53.700 54.100 53.100 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6525 1.6474 1.6430 1.6400 1.6325 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 99.39 99.20 99.81 100.35 100.94 *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 February 17, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 6, 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 Feb. 2 Feb. 3 Feb. 4 Feb. 5 Feb. 6 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6868 0.6825 0.6812 0.6765 0.6700 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.496 12.786 12.706 12.589 12.642 BELGIUM FRANC 37.500 37.510 37.210 36.940 37.200 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4529 1.4512 1.4471 1.4388 1.4285 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.2790 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3095 DENMARK KRONE 6.9320 6.9250 6.8621 6.8200 6.8708 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.0850 1.0853 1.0946 1.1005 1.0940 FINLAND MARKKA 5.5070 5.5047 5.4550 5.4275 5.4713 FRANCE FRANC 6.0935 6.0890 6.0372 5.9990 6.0258 GERMANY D. MARK 1.8210 1.8174 1.8010 1.7880 1.8038 GREECE DRACHMA 287.85 287.60 285.15 283.58 285.10 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7365 7.7370 7.7355 7.7360 7.7375 INDIA RUPEE 38.950 38.900 38.850 38.850 38.850 *IRELAND POUND 1.3785 1.3840 1.3966 1.4030 1.3925 ITALY LIRA 1796.00 1794.00 1778.00 1766.00 1780.60 JAPAN YEN 126.65 126.02 123.78 123.31 124.26 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 4.1300 3.9895 3.9900 3.9950 3.8200 MEXICO PESO 8.4470 8.4325 8.4090 8.4220 8.4220 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0500 2.0478 2.0306 2.0180 2.0308 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5915 0.5863 0.5875 0.5863 0.5823 NORWAY KRONE 7.5280 7.5450 7.4890 7.4505 7.5196 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 186.20 186.00 184.23 183.10 184.45 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.71 1.68 1.69 1.66 1.65 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.9275 4.9345 4.9180 4.9110 4.9040 SOUTH KOREA WON 1556.00 1620.00 1608.00 1608.00 1557.00 SPAIN PESETA 154.190 154.050 152.650 151.670 152.700 SRI LANKA RUPEE 62.200 62.950 62.350 62.650 62.350 SWEDEN KRONA 8.0720 8.0825 8.0255 8.0125 8.0380 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4730 1.4689 1.4590 1.4473 1.4556 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.500 33.250 34.050 32.950 32.950 THAILAND BAHT 51.000 48.200 49.500 48.900 48.100 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6380 1.6423 1.6580 1.6545 1.6475 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 100.41 100.22 99.29 98.78 99.31 *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 February 17, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 13, 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 Feb. 9 Feb. 10 Feb. 11 Feb. 12 Feb. 13 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6725 0.6814 0.6780 0.6770 0.6725 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.749 12.753 12.800 12.735 12.850 BELGIUM FRANC 37.500 37.410 37.570 37.380 37.680 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4354 1.4295 1.4363 1.4383 1.4431 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.2900 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3096 DENMARK KRONE 6.9260 6.9065 6.9320 6.8915 6.9520 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.0850 1.0870 1.0850 1.0915 1.0825 FINLAND MARKKA 5.5080 5.4986 5.5245 5.4928 5.5379 FRANCE FRANC 6.0920 6.0738 6.0960 6.0665 6.1130 GERMANY D. MARK 1.8158 1.8115 1.8189 1.8090 1.8237 GREECE DRACHMA 287.35 286.78 287.22 286.06 287.95 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7390 7.7388 7.7390 7.7400 7.7395 INDIA RUPEE 38.560 38.900 38.790 38.850 38.850 *IRELAND POUND 1.3815 1.3825 1.3800 1.3815 1.3730 ITALY LIRA 1794.80 1790.16 1795.80 1785.63 1797.30 JAPAN YEN 124.28 123.47 123.53 123.78 125.37 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8305 3.5900 3.5895 3.7800 3.8450 MEXICO PESO 8.4520 8.5010 8.4570 8.4550 8.4700 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0480 2.0430 2.0504 2.0400 2.0560 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5837 0.5910 0.5870 0.5842 0.5824 NORWAY KRONE 7.5690 7.5505 7.5685 7.5216 7.5799 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 185.95 185.20 186.24 185.30 186.60 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.66 1.63 1.62 1.65 1.66 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.9150 4.9290 4.9270 4.9320 4.9390 SOUTH KOREA WON 1558.00 1586.00 1603.00 1629.00 1623.00 SPAIN PESETA 154.000 153.360 154.210 153.470 154.500 SRI LANKA RUPEE 62.800 62.850 62.600 62.350 62.200 SWEDEN KRONA 8.1285 8.1209 8.1335 8.0770 8.1125 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4653 1.4650 1.4633 1.4510 1.4655 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.150 32.950 32.800 32.900 32.850 THAILAND BAHT 48.000 45.400 43.900 45.100 46.600 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6338 1.6230 1.6324 1.6379 1.6345 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 100.00 99.80 100.00 99.64 100.37 *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.