FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE May 1, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 10, 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 Apr. 6 Apr. 7 Apr. 8 Apr. 9 Apr. 10 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6595 0.6597 0.6570 0.6550 0.6565 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.967 12.948 12.822 12.815 12.833 BELGIUM FRANC 37.970 37.981 37.573 37.580 37.663 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4185 1.4223 1.4246 1.4251 1.4266 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 DENMARK KRONE 7.0295 7.0190 6.9570 6.9482 6.9530 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.0780 1.0785 1.0882 1.0882 1.0874 FINLAND MARKKA 5.6005 5.5870 5.5340 5.5300 5.5400 FRANCE FRANC 6.1765 6.1715 6.1020 6.1010 6.1125 GERMANY D. MARK 1.8425 1.8408 1.8205 1.8202 1.8238 GREECE DRACHMA 320.64 320.00 316.28 316.70 318.50 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7490 7.7495 7.7500 7.7493 7.7495 INDIA RUPEE 39.580 39.740 39.409 39.800 39.900 *IRELAND POUND 1.3667 1.3670 1.3824 1.3827 1.3809 ITALY LIRA 1817.85 1817.00 1797.98 1799.00 1801.00 JAPAN YEN 134.71 133.68 132.64 130.21 128.96 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.7250 3.7200 3.7200 3.6200 3.6700 MEXICO PESO 8.5210 8.5325 8.5140 8.4970 8.4880 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0760 2.0732 2.0515 2.0515 2.0542 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5502 0.5485 0.5480 0.5525 0.5536 NORWAY KRONE 7.6580 7.6505 7.5669 7.5500 7.5615 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 188.85 188.60 186.50 186.70 186.80 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.62 1.61 1.60 1.60 1.59 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 5.0525 5.0500 5.0450 5.0375 5.0390 SOUTH KOREA WON 1476.00 1437.00 1416.00 1393.00 1387.00 SPAIN PESETA 156.360 156.250 154.550 154.650 154.800 SRI LANKA RUPEE 62.450 63.000 62.700 62.350 62.450 SWEDEN KRONA 8.0130 8.0075 7.9130 7.8786 7.8760 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.5285 1.5297 1.5104 1.5127 1.5156 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.900 33.100 33.100 33.100 32.900 THAILAND BAHT 39.860 39.950 40.100 40.000 40.000 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6635 1.6658 1.6683 1.6725 1.6718 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 101.67 101.53 100.68 100.39 100.38 *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. FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE May 1, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 17, 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 Apr. 13 Apr. 14 Apr. 15 Apr. 16 Apr. 17 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6553 0.6470 0.6490 0.6500 0.6490 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.836 12.693 12.655 12.717 12.731 BELGIUM FRANC 37.645 37.205 37.129 37.300 37.354 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4320 1.4345 1.4395 1.4369 1.4295 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 DENMARK KRONE 6.9550 6.8802 6.8620 6.8895 6.9000 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.0871 1.0985 1.1005 1.0963 1.0960 FINLAND MARKKA 5.5370 5.4840 5.4670 5.4865 5.4905 FRANCE FRANC 6.1145 6.0465 6.0275 6.0585 6.0645 GERMANY D. MARK 1.8244 1.8035 1.7985 1.8070 1.8088 GREECE DRACHMA 318.15 313.45 312.66 314.40 313.45 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7490 7.7490 7.7500 7.7485 7.7480 INDIA RUPEE 39.700 39.650 39.720 39.740 39.730 *IRELAND POUND 1.3808 1.3972 1.4010 1.3934 1.3933 ITALY LIRA 1802.00 1782.50 1780.40 1786.00 1787.20 JAPAN YEN 129.52 129.35 129.45 131.78 131.85 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.6500 3.6900 3.7000 3.7700 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 8.5150 8.4910 8.4725 8.5030 8.4880 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0553 2.0322 2.0263 2.0350 2.0378 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5520 0.5490 0.5518 0.5533 0.5580 NORWAY KRONE 7.5610 7.5000 7.5030 7.4950 7.5110 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 186.85 184.75 184.47 185.10 185.30 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.59 1.59 1.60 1.60 1.60 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 5.0390 5.0330 5.0360 5.0450 5.0440 SOUTH KOREA WON 1405.00 1400.00 1395.00 1388.00 1387.00 SPAIN PESETA 154.750 153.200 152.890 153.400 153.650 SRI LANKA RUPEE 63.200 63.300 62.800 62.450 62.700 SWEDEN KRONA 7.8620 7.7720 7.7650 7.7500 7.7700 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.5123 1.4925 1.4930 1.5041 1.5005 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.050 33.000 32.910 33.000 33.030 THAILAND BAHT 40.000 40.000 40.100 40.100 39.600 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6668 1.6840 1.6830 1.6910 1.6840 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 100.51 99.64 99.54 99.99 100.06 *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. FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE May 1, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 24, 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 Apr. 20 Apr. 21 Apr. 22 Apr. 23 Apr. 24 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6455 0.6487 0.6515 0.6535 0.6507 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.665 12.587 12.610 12.669 12.626 BELGIUM FRANC 37.150 36.912 37.005 37.175 37.000 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4280 1.4310 1.4327 1.4345 1.4360 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.2786 DENMARK KRONE 6.8665 6.8230 6.8330 6.8700 6.8484 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1004 1.1055 1.1028 1.0984 1.1023 FINLAND MARKKA 5.4650 5.4230 5.4380 5.4600 5.4390 FRANCE FRANC 6.0315 5.9960 6.0090 6.0390 6.0060 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7992 1.7887 1.7920 1.8010 1.7918 GREECE DRACHMA 312.40 309.11 310.30 313.30 311.95 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7490 7.7495 7.7575 7.7595 7.7498 INDIA RUPEE 39.710 39.800 39.750 39.780 39.720 *IRELAND POUND 1.3998 1.4103 1.4041 1.3989 1.4070 ITALY LIRA 1779.00 1767.50 1772.50 1779.50 1770.10 JAPAN YEN 132.23 131.33 130.77 130.19 130.90 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.7900 3.7400 3.7750 3.7900 3.7700 MEXICO PESO 8.4760 8.4575 8.4630 8.4670 8.4780 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0275 2.0141 2.0179 2.0265 2.0158 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5545 0.5597 0.5593 0.5615 0.5595 NORWAY KRONE 7.4790 7.4177 7.4380 7.4894 7.4500 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 184.65 183.00 183.70 184.40 183.65 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.60 1.60 1.59 1.59 1.59 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 5.0500 5.0470 5.0484 5.0635 5.0535 SOUTH KOREA WON 1385.00 1379.00 1377.00 1373.00 1366.00 SPAIN PESETA 153.100 151.900 152.300 153.100 152.100 SRI LANKA RUPEE 62.850 63.500 63.200 63.000 62.700 SWEDEN KRONA 7.7190 7.6700 7.6850 7.7278 7.6830 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4937 1.4825 1.4840 1.4910 1.4903 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.100 33.050 33.050 33.050 33.050 THAILAND BAHT 39.350 39.150 39.320 39.400 38.900 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6757 1.6762 1.6718 1.6665 1.6678 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 99.80 99.32 99.44 99.74 99.49 *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. FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE May 1, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 1, 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 Apr. 27 Apr. 28 Apr. 29 Apr. 30 May. 1 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6473 0.6440 0.6485 0.6520 0.6520 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.583 12.625 12.633 12.619 12.511 BELGIUM FRANC 36.915 37.050 37.040 37.000 36.710 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4385 1.4390 1.4376 1.4302 1.4340 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.2790 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.2779 DENMARK KRONE 6.8260 6.8470 6.8435 6.8400 6.7760 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1053 1.1020 1.1015 1.1024 1.1103 FINLAND MARKKA 5.4300 5.4450 5.4440 5.4430 5.3970 FRANCE FRANC 5.9910 6.0150 6.0175 6.0170 5.9610 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7875 1.7942 1.7948 1.7944 1.7783 GREECE DRACHMA 315.45 315.00 316.80 314.35 309.90 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7495 7.7492 7.7430 7.7465 7.7490 INDIA RUPEE 39.750 39.805 39.780 39.740 39.820 *IRELAND POUND 1.4110 1.4070 1.4065 1.4040 1.4153 ITALY LIRA 1768.50 1773.50 1773.50 1771.50 1755.75 JAPAN YEN 132.09 132.19 132.05 132.37 133.01 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.7975 3.7600 3.7400 3.7550 3.6750 MEXICO PESO 8.5150 8.4890 8.5050 8.4920 8.4950 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0107 2.0180 2.0208 2.0200 2.0018 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5539 0.5513 0.5530 0.5555 0.5552 NORWAY KRONE 7.4480 7.4670 7.4600 7.4600 7.3905 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 183.24 183.95 183.91 183.85 182.25 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.60 1.59 1.59 1.59 1.58 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 5.0480 5.0445 5.0515 5.0540 5.0520 SOUTH KOREA WON 1365.00 1351.00 1339.00 1338.00 1338.00 SPAIN PESETA 151.920 152.450 152.350 152.350 150.900 SRI LANKA RUPEE 63.150 63.750 63.400 63.500 63.450 SWEDEN KRONA 7.7200 7.7550 7.7550 7.7370 7.6850 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4860 1.4930 1.4955 1.5005 1.4883 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.100 33.020 33.100 32.980 33.050 THAILAND BAHT 38.850 38.550 38.650 38.700 38.600 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6733 1.6673 1.6702 1.6727 1.6675 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 99.47 99.77 99.75 99.70 99.25 *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.