1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE August 5, 1996 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 12, 1996 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. 8 Jul. 9 Jul. 10 Jul. 11 Jul. 12 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7934 0.7922 0.7975 0.7982 0.7973 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 10.758 10.730 10.738 10.705 10.710 BELGIUM FRANC 31.500 31.410 31.430 31.360 31.240 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3711 1.3695 1.3690 1.3704 1.3695 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3387 8.3372 8.3361 8.3360 8.3359 DENMARK KRONE 5.8915 5.8705 5.8790 5.8800 5.8645 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.2390 1.2420 1.2415 1.2450 1.2440 FINLAND MARKKA 4.6650 4.6575 4.6800 4.6480 4.6540 FRANCE FRANC 5.1745 5.1600 5.1647 5.1465 5.1515 GERMANY D. MARK 1.5288 1.5245 1.5260 1.5210 1.5215 GREECE DRACHMA 240.40 239.65 239.90 238.90 239.36 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7411 7.7400 7.7407 7.7392 7.7397 INDIA RUPEE 35.450 35.400 35.450 35.600 35.600 *IRELAND POUND 1.5925 1.5900 1.5903 1.5960 1.5930 ITALY LIRA 1537.00 1532.70 1535.50 1533.00 1533.70 JAPAN YEN 110.94 110.28 110.18 110.18 110.69 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.4933 2.4923 2.4920 2.4910 2.4927 MEXICO PESO 7.6700 7.6400 7.6250 7.6480 7.6425 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.7155 1.7108 1.7125 1.7080 1.7083 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6888 0.6875 0.6880 0.6885 0.6875 NORWAY KRONE 6.5330 6.5240 6.5280 6.5000 6.5050 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 157.27 156.75 156.72 156.25 156.43 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.41 1.41 1.41 1.42 1.42 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.3440 4.3330 4.3325 4.3470 4.4110 SOUTH KOREA WON 814.20 810.30 811.20 812.60 814.00 SPAIN PESETA 128.700 128.300 128.350 127.900 128.060 SRI LANKA RUPEE 55.000 55.700 55.550 55.330 55.300 SWEDEN KRONA 6.7070 6.6880 6.6710 6.6730 6.7070 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2635 1.2612 1.2645 1.2570 1.2580 TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.680 27.550 27.600 27.610 27.560 THAILAND BAHT 25.430 25.410 25.420 25.420 25.430 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5530 1.5495 1.5504 1.5555 1.5525 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 88.36 88.14 88.17 87.98 88.07 *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. 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. 1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE August 5, 1996 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 19, 1996 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. 15 Jul. 16 Jul. 17 Jul. 18 Jul. 19 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7948 0.7912 0.7875 0.7920 0.7906 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 10.694 10.486 10.455 10.466 10.480 BELGIUM FRANC 31.300 30.700 30.590 30.630 30.670 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3695 1.3717 1.3726 1.3678 1.3674 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3365 8.3451 8.3452 8.3447 8.3452 DENMARK KRONE 5.8620 5.7470 5.7260 5.7410 5.7360 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.2437 1.2665 1.2680 1.2700 1.2667 FINLAND MARKKA 4.6135 4.5410 4.5080 4.5280 4.5200 FRANCE FRANC 5.1505 5.0460 5.0290 5.0370 5.0420 GERMANY D. MARK 1.5202 1.4895 1.4848 1.4855 1.4892 GREECE DRACHMA 239.10 235.85 235.90 235.30 235.55 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7395 7.7370 7.7380 7.7375 7.7378 INDIA RUPEE 35.700 35.950 36.000 35.830 35.800 *IRELAND POUND 1.5920 1.6035 1.5960 1.6000 1.6050 ITALY LIRA 1538.00 1519.90 1525.00 1519.75 1510.90 JAPAN YEN 110.45 109.15 108.62 107.93 108.22 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.4922 2.4860 2.4860 2.4877 2.4890 MEXICO PESO 7.6470 7.6650 7.6570 7.6350 7.6180 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.7065 1.6730 1.6664 1.6673 1.6700 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6854 0.6884 0.6885 0.6889 0.6930 NORWAY KRONE 6.5060 6.4090 6.3950 6.4060 6.4000 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 156.30 153.35 152.81 153.15 153.10 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.42 1.42 1.42 1.42 1.42 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.4330 4.4310 4.3920 4.3930 4.3895 SOUTH KOREA WON 813.70 813.50 813.50 814.40 814.10 SPAIN PESETA 128.000 125.700 125.650 125.920 125.600 SRI LANKA RUPEE 55.500 55.400 55.260 55.350 55.370 SWEDEN KRONA 6.7520 6.6450 6.6220 6.6310 6.6060 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2559 1.2207 1.2115 1.2145 1.2165 TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.650 27.570 27.580 27.590 27.560 THAILAND BAHT 25.410 25.350 25.330 25.320 25.310 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5500 1.5585 1.5432 1.5479 1.5466 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 88.09 86.81 86.71 86.60 86.65 *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. 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. 1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE August 5, 1996 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 26, 1996 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. 22 Jul. 23 Jul. 24 Jul. 25 Jul. 26 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7917 0.7911 0.7912 0.7880 0.7873 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 10.477 10.491 10.485 10.415 10.440 BELGIUM FRANC 30.580 30.720 30.720 30.490 30.570 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3676 1.3715 1.3720 1.3726 1.3746 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3440 8.3432 8.3430 8.3427 8.3414 DENMARK KRONE 5.7225 5.7460 5.7480 5.7070 5.7275 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.2720 1.2645 1.2635 1.2712 1.2668 FINLAND MARKKA 4.5160 4.5340 4.5295 4.4864 4.5057 FRANCE FRANC 5.0190 5.0435 5.0510 5.0160 5.0340 GERMANY D. MARK 1.4835 1.4900 1.4900 1.4799 1.4833 GREECE DRACHMA 235.27 237.10 237.40 236.20 236.80 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7352 7.7351 7.7335 7.7335 7.7335 INDIA RUPEE 35.750 35.800 35.750 35.850 35.800 *IRELAND POUND 1.6125 1.6125 1.6123 1.6180 1.6173 ITALY LIRA 1509.00 1516.50 1519.75 1516.50 1529.50 JAPAN YEN 107.50 108.09 108.29 108.38 108.33 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.4895 2.4910 2.4880 2.4905 2.4925 MEXICO PESO 7.6320 7.6070 7.6070 7.5900 7.5970 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.6650 1.6725 1.6730 1.6618 1.6655 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6952 0.6930 0.6960 0.6970 0.6970 NORWAY KRONE 6.3830 6.4050 6.4040 6.3643 6.3905 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 152.73 153.35 153.15 152.33 152.76 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.42 1.42 1.42 1.42 1.42 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.3920 4.4300 4.4255 4.4400 4.4540 SOUTH KOREA WON 814.00 813.30 814.30 813.40 814.30 SPAIN PESETA 125.670 126.280 126.070 125.580 126.280 SRI LANKA RUPEE 55.400 55.250 55.110 54.990 55.250 SWEDEN KRONA 6.5960 6.5730 6.5675 6.5455 6.5870 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2075 1.2130 1.2138 1.2080 1.2110 TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.560 27.570 27.560 27.510 27.650 THAILAND BAHT 25.300 25.290 25.270 25.290 25.340 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5512 1.5515 1.5525 1.5572 1.5545 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 86.35 86.67 86.72 86.37 86.60 *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. 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. 1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE August 5, 1996 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 2, 1996 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. 29 Jul. 30 Jul. 31 Aug. 1 Aug. 2 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7871 0.7825 0.7735 0.7721 0.7730 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 10.423 10.410 10.358 10.371 10.405 BELGIUM FRANC 30.520 30.470 30.350 30.420 30.460 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3724 1.3737 1.3747 1.3715 1.3755 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3411 8.3409 8.3407 8.3405 8.3404 DENMARK KRONE 5.7164 5.7140 5.8380 5.6945 5.7170 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.2708 1.2705 1.2770 1.2754 1.2700 FINLAND MARKKA 4.5078 4.5175 4.4925 4.4785 4.4860 FRANCE FRANC 5.0205 5.0205 4.9970 5.0030 5.0210 GERMANY D. MARK 1.4804 1.4792 1.4725 1.4735 1.4782 GREECE DRACHMA 235.98 236.10 234.58 235.10 235.93 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7407 7.7335 7.7340 7.7348 7.7365 INDIA RUPEE 35.800 36.850 35.700 35.650 35.550 *IRELAND POUND 1.6165 1.6158 1.6175 1.6183 1.6070 ITALY LIRA 1526.10 1528.00 1520.50 1514.25 1519.00 JAPAN YEN 109.20 108.08 106.77 106.75 107.05 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.4970 2.4947 2.4962 2.4945 2.4950 MEXICO PESO 7.5170 7.5740 7.5900 7.5700 7.5420 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.6630 1.6618 1.6523 1.6534 1.6583 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6949 0.6942 0.6892 0.6832 0.6833 NORWAY KRONE 6.3798 6.3840 6.3700 6.3600 6.3860 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 152.40 152.35 151.70 151.65 152.00 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.42 1.41 1.41 1.41 1.42 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.4550 4.4700 4.5125 4.5025 4.4795 SOUTH KOREA WON 817.00 813.50 813.00 813.20 813.80 SPAIN PESETA 126.060 126.150 125.590 125.550 125.920 SRI LANKA RUPEE 55.100 55.150 55.050 55.150 55.500 SWEDEN KRONA 6.5789 6.6050 6.6130 6.5650 6.5850 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2073 1.2035 1.1978 1.2008 1.2040 TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.550 27.520 27.530 27.520 27.510 THAILAND BAHT 25.330 25.300 25.250 25.250 25.270 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5570 1.5558 1.5556 1.5572 1.5418 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 86.55 86.43 86.05 86.01 86.33 *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. 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.