H.10(512) January 15, 1999 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 15, 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) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT Jan. 11 Jan. 12 Jan. 13 Jan. 14 Jan. 15 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6395 0.6401 0.6310 0.6315 0.6340 BRAZIL REAL 1.2099 1.2108 1.3210 1.3200 1.4800 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5072 1.5095 1.5300 1.5285 1.5290 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2797 8.2795 8.2794 8.2790 8.2790 DENMARK KRONE 6.4520 6.4465 6.3650 6.3685 6.4220 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.1534 1.1548 1.1698 1.1689 1.1591 GREECE DRACHMA 281.15 280.47 278.40 278.00 279.30 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7483 7.7495 7.7457 7.7482 7.7485 INDIA RUPEE 42.55 42.55 42.53 42.55 42.50 JAPAN YEN 108.83 112.07 113.46 113.25 114.19 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 9.956 10.100 10.600 10.530 10.290 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5468 0.5474 0.5410 0.5390 0.5405 NORWAY KRONE 7.4200 7.4218 7.4725 7.4720 7.4850 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6720 1.6800 1.6870 1.6765 1.6800 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 5.9800 6.0330 6.1250 6.2400 6.0800 SOUTH KOREA WON 1175.00 1180.00 1175.00 1187.50 1185.00 SRI LANKA RUPEE 68.570 68.670 68.640 68.250 68.550 SWEDEN KRONA 7.8510 7.8000 7.8070 7.8050 7.8740 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3963 1.3890 1.3585 1.3618 1.3785 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.200 32.260 32.230 32.330 32.260 THAILAND BAHT 36.280 36.460 37.050 37.050 36.550 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6375 1.6308 1.6493 1.6530 1.6500 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 567.25 567.75 568.50 569.30 570.71 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 113.20 113.91 114.87 114.79 115.10 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 91.39 92.09 92.30 92.24 92.72 3)OITP JAN97=100 126.92 127.50 129.59 129.51 129.44 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. For information about your subscription to this release or about receiving it in document form, 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