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FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE August 21, 1998
H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 31, 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 Jul. 27 Jul. 28 Jul. 29 Jul. 30 Jul. 31
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6090 0.6115 0.6105 0.6145 0.6070
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.550 12.477 12.479 12.486 12.516
BELGIUM FRANC 36.773 36.577 36.566 36.590 36.703
CANADA DOLLAR 1.5040 1.5023 1.5039 1.5085 1.5112
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100
DENMARK KRONE 6.7950 6.7605 6.7585 6.7600 6.7825
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1079 1.1124 1.1100 1.1106 1.1080
FINLAND MARKKA 5.4210 5.3950 5.3924 5.3950 5.4100
FRANCE FRANC 5.9840 5.9460 5.9465 5.9545 5.9670
GERMANY D. MARK 1.7840 1.7733 1.7735 1.7763 1.7790
GREECE DRACHMA 296.38 294.68 294.87 295.47 295.97
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7475 7.7450 7.7475 7.7472 7.7490
INDIA RUPEE 42.600 42.650 42.550 42.620 42.600
*IRELAND POUND 1.4095 1.4170 1.4180 1.4157 1.4100
ITALY LIRA 1759.00 1749.00 1749.50 1751.50 1758.00
JAPAN YEN 142.24 141.75 142.46 142.51 144.65
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 4.1450 4.1200 4.1278 4.1150 4.1450
MEXICO PESO 8.8920 8.8920 8.9210 8.9040 8.9200
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0107 2.0001 2.0000 2.0010 2.0068
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5110 0.5138 0.5135 0.5173 0.5115
NORWAY KRONE 7.5450 7.5155 7.5260 7.5320 7.5570
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 182.40 181.65 181.49 181.56 182.08
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.72 1.71 1.72 1.72 1.73
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.2600 6.2500 6.1900 6.1000 6.1350
SOUTH KOREA WON 1212.00 1259.00 1245.00 1236.00 1232.00
SPAIN PESETA 151.330 150.680 150.700 150.720 151.100
SRI LANKA RUPEE 65.950 65.950 65.650 65.650 66.150
SWEDEN KRONA 7.8860 7.8780 7.9110 7.9250 7.9595
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4995 1.4925 1.4870 1.4870 1.4915
TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.430 34.380 34.340 34.340 34.390
THAILAND BAHT 41.100 41.000 40.900 40.700 40.950
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6565 1.6485 1.6440 1.6415 1.6349
MEMO:
**UNITED STATES DOLLAR 101.00 100.64 100.76 100.89 101.32
*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 August 21, 1998
H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 7, 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 Aug. 3 Aug. 4 Aug. 5 Aug. 6 Aug. 7
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6035 0.6050 0.6090 0.6040 0.5991
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.557 12.536 12.468 12.453 12.520
BELGIUM FRANC 36.795 36.728 36.545 36.485 36.690
CANADA DOLLAR 1.5155 1.5140 1.5155 1.5282 1.5219
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100
DENMARK KRONE 6.8005 6.7915 6.7510 6.7405 6.7840
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1035 1.1060 1.1117 1.1120 1.1062
FINLAND MARKKA 5.4320 5.4175 5.3870 5.3800 5.4093
FRANCE FRANC 5.9820 5.9680 5.9430 5.9324 5.9665
GERMANY D. MARK 1.7844 1.7802 1.7724 1.7680 1.7798
GREECE DRACHMA 296.45 295.70 294.25 293.78 294.65
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7492 7.7495 7.7500 7.7495 7.7490
INDIA RUPEE 42.600 42.570 42.600 42.560 42.700
*IRELAND POUND 1.4082 1.4110 1.4177 1.4182 1.4118
ITALY LIRA 1760.80 1756.60 1749.60 1746.50 1753.30
JAPAN YEN 145.80 144.84 144.38 144.60 146.30
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 4.1600 4.1505 4.1500 4.1725 4.2025
MEXICO PESO 8.9620 8.9650 9.0070 9.0290 9.0250
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0121 2.0094 1.9981 1.9955 2.0068
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5095 0.5135 0.5165 0.5135 0.5090
NORWAY KRONE 7.6090 7.5895 7.5580 7.5580 7.5990
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 182.70 182.27 181.35 181.05 181.90
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.73 1.73 1.73 1.74 1.75
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.1700 6.1800 6.1550 6.2200 6.2850
SOUTH KOREA WON 1250.00 1242.00 1270.00 1333.00 1330.00
SPAIN PESETA 151.550 151.210 150.450 150.270 150.950
SRI LANKA RUPEE 66.300 66.500 66.700 64.500 67.400
SWEDEN KRONA 7.9930 7.9880 7.9410 7.9760 8.0300
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.5020 1.4970 1.4915 1.4908 1.4982
TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.450 34.450 34.500 34.510 34.650
THAILAND BAHT 41.100 40.850 40.800 41.950 42.050
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6245 1.6330 1.6360 1.6332 1.6290
MEMO:
**UNITED STATES DOLLAR 101.73 101.42 101.06 101.09 101.62
*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 August 21, 1998
H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 14, 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 Aug. 10 Aug. 11 Aug. 12 Aug. 13 Aug. 14
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5985 0.5921 0.5945 0.5975 0.5940
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.526 12.539 12.492 12.560 12.658
BELGIUM FRANC 36.715 36.740 36.613 36.840 37.103
CANADA DOLLAR 1.5177 1.5213 1.5152 1.5170 1.5186
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100
DENMARK KRONE 6.7815 6.7805 6.7597 6.8025 6.8520
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1065 1.1070 1.1102 1.1035 1.0960
FINLAND MARKKA 5.4130 5.4115 5.3940 5.4255 5.4710
FRANCE FRANC 5.9700 5.9705 5.9505 5.9845 6.0460
GERMANY D. MARK 1.7810 1.7812 1.7750 1.7854 1.8039
GREECE DRACHMA 295.02 296.80 295.37 301.05 304.20
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7490 7.7495 7.7525 7.7500 7.7500
INDIA RUPEE 42.750 43.000 43.050 43.050 43.230
*IRELAND POUND 1.4110 1.4090 1.4120 1.4045 1.3935
ITALY LIRA 1756.05 1756.30 1752.10 1762.00 1776.00
JAPAN YEN 146.54 147.14 146.09 145.05 146.37
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 4.2500 4.2575 4.1952 4.1850 4.2250
MEXICO PESO 9.1375 9.1950 9.1850 9.2225 9.2010
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0073 2.0087 2.0020 2.0130 2.0288
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5069 0.5013 0.5027 0.5038 0.5038
NORWAY KRONE 7.6080 7.6035 7.5590 7.6055 7.6560
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 182.17 182.20 181.67 182.78 184.25
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.76 1.76 1.75 1.75 1.76
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.2900 6.3600 6.3425 6.3000 6.3250
SOUTH KOREA WON 1345.00 1340.00 1338.00 1340.00 1327.00
SPAIN PESETA 151.100 151.100 150.670 151.550 152.650
SRI LANKA RUPEE 67.600 66.550 66.600 66.380 66.270
SWEDEN KRONA 8.0850 8.1295 8.0870 8.1162 8.1725
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4973 1.4895 1.4835 1.4885 1.5090
TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.800 34.900 34.850 34.790 34.710
THAILAND BAHT 42.050 42.550 41.900 41.800 42.100
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6328 1.6295 1.6290 1.6265 1.6184
MEMO:
**UNITED STATES DOLLAR 101.66 101.78 101.42 101.72 102.54
*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 August 21, 1998
H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 21, 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 Aug. 17 Aug. 18 Aug. 19 Aug. 20 Aug. 21
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5925 0.5938 0.5940 0.5897 0.5830
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.622 12.650 12.665 12.651 12.630
BELGIUM FRANC 36.990 37.060 37.066 37.072 37.003
CANADA DOLLAR 1.5243 1.5285 1.5335 1.5305 1.5420
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100
DENMARK KRONE 6.8295 6.8440 6.8450 6.8460 6.8340
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.0986 1.0963 1.0970 1.0980 1.0980
FINLAND MARKKA 5.4565 5.4680 5.4670 5.4655 5.4633
FRANCE FRANC 6.0085 6.0325 6.0290 6.0275 6.0220
GERMANY D. MARK 1.7928 1.7991 1.7984 1.7979 1.7969
GREECE DRACHMA 302.94 302.32 302.32 302.37 303.26
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7500 7.7490 7.7468 7.7495 7.7503
INDIA RUPEE 43.280 43.400 43.600 42.900 42.700
*IRELAND POUND 1.3954 1.3955 1.3925 1.3945 1.3930
ITALY LIRA 1769.00 1772.80 1772.65 1773.60 1771.00
JAPAN YEN 145.78 145.02 143.85 142.60 144.94
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 4.2426 4.2300 4.2035 4.1850 4.2353
MEXICO PESO 9.3015 9.2400 9.1950 9.3100 9.7000
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0235 2.0276 2.0273 2.0277 2.0235
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5038 0.5027 0.5038 0.4985 0.4925
NORWAY KRONE 7.6635 7.6960 7.7020 7.7440 7.7290
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 183.59 183.92 184.05 184.06 184.70
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.76 1.77 1.76 1.75 1.77
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.2650 6.2650 6.3200 6.3500 6.3800
SOUTH KOREA WON 1335.00 1320.00 1305.00 1302.00 1302.00
SPAIN PESETA 152.170 152.490 152.640 152.580 152.380
SRI LANKA RUPEE 67.100 67.000 66.230 66.700 67.000
SWEDEN KRONA 8.1695 8.1830 8.1650 8.1530 8.1837
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.5029 1.5105 1.5070 1.5045 1.5030
TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.770 34.740 34.850 34.600 34.700
THAILAND BAHT 41.800 41.700 41.550 41.200 41.700
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6162 1.6162 1.6227 1.6275 1.6363
MEMO:
**UNITED STATES DOLLAR 102.22 102.38 102.21 102.02 102.20
*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.
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