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Release Date: January 11, 1999

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H.10(512) January 8, 1999
 

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
 

FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 8, 1999
 

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:
 

 

(RATES IN CURRENCY UNITS PER DOLLAR)
 

 

COUNTRYMONETARY
UNIT
Jan. 4 Jan. 5 Jan. 6 Jan. 7 Jan. 8
*AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR        0.6182       0.6217       0.6285       0.6340       0.6326 
 BRAZIL         REAL          1.2074       1.2075       1.2110       1.2100       1.2095 
 CANADA         DOLLAR        1.5268       1.5213       1.5110       1.5117       1.5145 
 CHINA, P.R.    YUAN          8.2793       8.2795       8.2795       8.2798       8.2796 
 DENMARK        KRONE         6.3070       6.3260       6.3640       6.3830       6.4435 
*EMU MEMBERS    EURO          1.1812       1.1760       1.1636       1.1672       1.1554 
 GREECE         DRACHMA     276.00       275.80       277.90       278.30       280.20   
 HONG KONG      DOLLAR        7.7465       7.7475       7.7482       7.7478       7.7490 
 INDIA          RUPEE        42.60        42.56        42.55        42.55        42.55   
 JAPAN          YEN         112.15       111.15       112.78       111.69       111.52   
 MALAYSIA       RINGGIT       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000 
 MEXICO         PESO          9.831        9.796        9.780        9.830        9.811  
*NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR        0.5340       0.5370       0.5385       0.5405       0.5400 
 NORWAY         KRONE         7.4960       7.4340       7.4355       7.4050       7.3970 
 SINGAPORE      DOLLAR        1.6583       1.6710       1.6775       1.6713       1.6765 
 SOUTH AFRICA   RAND          5.8675       5.7625       5.6775       5.8400       5.8350 
 SOUTH KOREA    WON        1187.50      1166.00      1160.00      1151.00      1174.00   
 SRI LANKA      RUPEE        68.430       68.410       68.410       68.510       68.480  
 SWEDEN         KRONA         8.0200       7.9720       7.9360       7.9150       7.9285 
 SWITZERLAND    FRANC         1.3666       1.3694       1.3852       1.3863       1.3970 
 TAIWAN         DOLLAR       32.130       32.250       32.250       32.130       32.220  
 THAILAND       BAHT         36.200       36.180       36.500       36.300       36.450  
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND         1.6581       1.6566       1.6547       1.6495       1.6405 
 VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR     565.51       566.00       565.75       566.50       567.10   
       
 MEMO:                
  UNITED STATES  DOLLAR        
1)BROAD         JAN97=100    113.30          N.A.       113.46       113.22       113.57   
2)MAJOR CURRENCYMAR73=100     91.78          N.A.        92.02        91.72        92.08   
3)OITP          JAN97=100    126.46        126.33       126.45       126.36       126.63   
 

 

This release is available online at http://www.federalreserve.gov/release/.
 

For more information on exchange rate indexes for the U.S. dollar, see "New Summary Measures
of the Foreign Exchange Value of the Dollar," Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 84 (October 1998),
pp. 811-18 (http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/bulletin/) and "Index of the Weighted-Average
Exchange Value of the U.S. Dollar: Revision," Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 64 (August 1978),
p. 700. Weights for broad index can be found at http://www.federalreserve.gov/; weights for
the major currencies index and the other important trading partners (OITP) index are derived
from the broad index weights.
 

* Value is U.S. dollars.
1) A weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against the currencies
of a broad group of major U.S. trading partners.
2) A weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against a subset of
the broad index currencies that circulate widely outside the country of issue.
3) A weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against a subset of
the broad index currencies that do not circulate widely outside the country of issue.
 

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please call publication services at Federal Reserve Board at (202) 452-3244.
 

As of the January 11, 1999 release, the euro is reported in place of the individual euro-area
currencies. These currency rates can be derived from the euro rate by using the fixed conversion
rates (in currencies per euro) given below:
 

1 EUR = 40.3399 BELGIAN FRANCS
= 1.95583 GERMAN MARKS
= 166.386 SPANISH PESETAS
= 6.55957 FRENCH FRANCS
= .787564 IRISH POUNDS
= 1936.27 ITALIAN LIRE
= 40.3399 LUXEMBOURG FRANCS
= 2.20371 DUTCH GUILDERS
= 13.7603 AUSTRIAN SCHILLINGS
= 200.482 PORTUGUESE ESCUDOS
= 5.94573 FINNISH MARKKAS
 

 

 

 


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