1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE August 19, 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 19, 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. 1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE August 19, 1996 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 9, 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 Aug. 5 Aug. 6 Aug. 7 Aug. 8 Aug. 9 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7729 0.7758 0.7772 0.7782 0.7785 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 10.440 10.440 10.460 10.443 10.407 BELGIUM FRANC 30.570 30.570 30.610 30.590 30.490 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3757 1.3745 1.3722 1.3723 1.3723 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3400 8.3398 8.3395 8.3395 8.3390 DENMARK KRONE 5.7330 5.7340 5.7430 5.7405 5.7230 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.2670 1.2670 1.2640 1.2670 1.2690 FINLAND MARKKA 4.5010 4.4800 4.4710 4.4760 4.4590 FRANCE FRANC 5.0410 5.0525 5.0646 5.0580 5.0582 GERMANY D. MARK 1.4832 1.4830 1.4852 1.4838 1.4785 GREECE DRACHMA 237.30 236.96 237.20 237.03 236.80 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7359 7.7390 7.7350 7.7358 7.7373 INDIA RUPEE 35.800 35.800 35.800 35.950 35.900 *IRELAND POUND 1.6094 1.6040 1.6040 1.6080 1.6100 ITALY LIRA 1517.00 1520.27 1519.75 1518.60 1517.30 JAPAN YEN 106.64 106.92 107.95 108.14 108.12 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.4925 2.4892 2.4900 2.4910 2.4920 MEXICO PESO 7.5510 7.5350 7.5330 7.5325 7.5200 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.6645 1.6645 1.6680 1.6650 1.6599 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6836 0.6875 0.6872 0.6873 0.6882 NORWAY KRONE 6.4080 6.4070 6.4170 6.4110 6.4000 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 152.45 152.52 152.73 152.50 152.20 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.42 1.42 1.42 1.42 1.42 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.4640 4.4825 4.5050 4.5300 4.5375 SOUTH KOREA WON 814.50 814.30 814.30 814.30 814.50 SPAIN PESETA 125.950 126.040 126.220 125.880 125.880 SRI LANKA RUPEE 55.500 55.120 55.350 55.260 55.500 SWEDEN KRONA 6.6080 6.6020 6.6420 6.6420 6.6570 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2030 1.2049 1.2095 1.2103 1.2050 TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.500 27.480 27.490 27.510 27.470 THAILAND BAHT 25.250 25.250 25.280 25.310 25.310 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5442 1.5375 1.5418 1.5497 1.5490 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 86.43 86.54 86.72 86.63 86.52 *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 19, 1996 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 16, 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 Aug. 12 Aug. 13 Aug. 14 Aug. 15 Aug. 16 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7776 0.7792 0.7790 0.7827 0.7837 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 10.393 10.393 10.464 10.455 10.510 BELGIUM FRANC 30.440 30.440 30.640 30.620 30.770 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3715 1.3748 1.3745 1.3775 1.3741 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3386 8.3380 8.3374 8.3372 8.3369 DENMARK KRONE 5.7160 5.7185 5.7530 5.7505 5.7730 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.2707 1.2715 1.2653 1.2673 1.2615 FINLAND MARKKA 4.4475 4.4470 4.4610 4.4660 4.4820 FRANCE FRANC 5.0585 5.0585 5.0820 5.0800 5.1030 GERMANY D. MARK 1.4770 1.4763 1.4870 1.4856 1.4938 GREECE DRACHMA 236.35 236.35 238.16 237.75 238.18 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7365 7.7335 7.7338 7.7342 7.7340 INDIA RUPEE 35.800 35.800 35.800 35.800 35.800 *IRELAND POUND 1.6110 1.6105 1.6068 1.6056 1.6070 ITALY LIRA 1517.00 1515.80 1520.00 1516.50 1519.50 JAPAN YEN 107.72 107.59 107.94 108.01 107.96 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.4928 2.4950 2.4955 2.4917 2.4940 MEXICO PESO 7.5080 7.4925 7.4925 7.5025 7.4850 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.6570 1.6572 1.6685 1.6669 1.6750 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6857 0.6842 0.6855 0.6871 0.6890 NORWAY KRONE 6.4040 6.3930 6.4280 6.4200 6.4475 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 151.85 151.88 152.67 152.45 152.99 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.42 1.41 1.41 1.41 1.41 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.5450 4.5380 4.5595 4.5670 4.5580 SOUTH KOREA WON 814.80 817.00 821.40 821.40 820.10 SPAIN PESETA 125.830 125.750 126.160 125.750 126.140 SRI LANKA RUPEE 55.500 55.300 56.100 55.690 55.510 SWEDEN KRONA 6.6690 6.6520 6.6410 6.6360 6.6400 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2010 1.1993 1.2080 1.2057 1.2112 TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.500 27.510 27.490 27.490 27.490 THAILAND BAHT 25.290 25.290 25.270 25.300 25.300 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5505 1.5499 1.5483 1.5504 1.5468 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 86.42 86.40 86.75 86.70 86.94 *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.