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Release Date: March 08, 1999

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H.10(512) March 5, 1999
 

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
 

FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 5, 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
Mar. 1 Mar. 2 Mar. 3 Mar. 4 Mar. 5
*AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR        0.6179       0.6205       0.6230       0.6242       0.6285 
 BRAZIL         REAL          2.0500       2.1700       2.2000       2.1100       2.0000 
 CANADA         DOLLAR        1.5240       1.5200       1.5268       1.5255       1.5167 
 CHINA, P.R.    YUAN          8.2792       8.2789       8.2789       8.2783       8.2784 
 DENMARK        KRONE         6.8200       6.8050       6.8296       6.8668       6.8510 
*EMU MEMBERS    EURO          1.0891       1.0931       1.0888       1.0824       1.0843 
 GREECE         DRACHMA     295.10       294.70       295.51       297.40       296.80   
 HONG KONG      DOLLAR        7.7474       7.7480       7.7490       7.7495       7.7490 
 INDIA          RUPEE        42.54        42.58        42.58        42.55        42.55   
 JAPAN          YEN         119.79       120.47       121.68       123.50       122.57   
 MALAYSIA       RINGGIT       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000 
 MEXICO         PESO          9.915        9.951        9.965        9.935        9.876  
*NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR        0.5237       0.5281       0.5287       0.5278       0.5315 
 NORWAY         KRONE         7.9500       7.9250       7.9410       7.9438       7.9050 
 SINGAPORE      DOLLAR        1.7262       1.7345       1.7370       1.7365       1.7275 
 SOUTH AFRICA   RAND          6.2325       6.2475       6.2500       6.2490       6.2130 
 SOUTH KOREA    WON        1222.00      1225.50      1230.40      1241.00      1243.00   
 SRI LANKA      RUPEE        69.560       69.610       69.620       69.650       69.900  
 SWEDEN         KRONA         8.2550       8.2370       8.2620       8.2779       8.2385 
 SWITZERLAND    FRANC         1.4620       1.4582       1.4610       1.4700       1.4686 
 TAIWAN         DOLLAR       33.050       33.100       33.150       33.200       33.400  
 THAILAND       BAHT         37.390       37.570       37.650       37.880       37.470  
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND         1.6058       1.6135       1.6134       1.6065       1.6073 
 VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR     575.75       576.70       576.25       576.51       577.00   
       
 MEMO:                
  UNITED STATES  DOLLAR        
1)BROAD         JAN97=100    118.27        118.43       118.85       119.19       118.68   
2)MAJOR CURRENCYMAR73=100     95.99         95.89        96.38        96.93        96.50   
3)OITP          JAN97=100    131.69        132.28       132.49       132.36       131.84   
 

 

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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