1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE August 4, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 11, 1997 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. 7 Jul. 8 Jul. 9 Jul. 10 Jul. 11 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7435 0.7470 0.7450 0.7430 0.7404 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.278 12.376 12.390 12.327 12.450 BELGIUM FRANC 36.000 36.300 36.360 36.170 36.550 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3762 1.3745 1.3730 1.3736 1.3705 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3218 8.3219 8.3220 8.3213 8.3206 DENMARK KRONE 6.6590 6.7040 6.7100 6.6785 6.7470 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1250 1.1193 1.1185 1.1224 1.1131 FINLAND MARKKA 5.2060 5.2260 5.2200 5.2125 5.2500 FRANCE FRANC 5.8960 5.9340 5.9460 5.9218 5.9790 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7491 1.7587 1.7615 1.7518 1.7704 GREECE DRACHMA 275.45 277.00 276.94 275.90 278.30 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7428 7.7436 7.7430 7.7425 7.7462 INDIA RUPEE 35.820 35.800 35.780 35.770 35.730 *IRELAND POUND 1.5200 1.5200 1.5160 1.5275 1.5155 ITALY LIRA 1703.70 1713.25 1717.20 1712.20 1717.90 JAPAN YEN 112.60 112.76 112.97 113.08 113.88 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.5248 2.5050 2.5044 2.4890 2.5050 MEXICO PESO 7.9070 7.9190 7.8980 7.8790 7.8520 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9679 1.9808 1.9837 1.9728 1.9933 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6745 0.6757 0.6730 0.6724 0.6697 NORWAY KRONE 7.3060 7.3650 7.3400 7.3415 7.4100 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 176.60 177.90 177.83 177.30 178.80 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.44 1.44 1.44 1.43 1.44 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.5395 4.5565 4.5580 4.5525 4.5480 SOUTH KOREA WON 889.00 890.00 890.00 891.00 892.00 SPAIN PESETA 147.640 148.600 148.760 148.020 149.350 SRI LANKA RUPEE 58.520 58.650 58.620 58.620 58.580 SWEDEN KRONA 7.7275 7.7780 7.7245 7.7250 7.7520 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4590 1.4655 1.4602 1.4498 1.4601 TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.920 27.940 27.950 27.870 27.870 THAILAND BAHT 28.900 28.920 29.100 29.040 30.150 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6870 1.6885 1.6840 1.6881 1.6935 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 95.50 95.88 95.98 95.69 96.27 *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. THIS RELEASE AND HISTORIC RATES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.BOG.FRB.FED.US. 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 4, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 18, 1997 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. 14 Jul. 15 Jul. 16 Jul. 17 Jul. 18 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7360 0.7343 0.7355 0.7357 0.7430 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.605 12.680 12.638 12.607 12.585 BELGIUM FRANC 36.910 37.210 37.130 37.000 36.970 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3690 1.3708 1.3736 1.3781 1.3746 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3210 8.3216 8.3219 8.3210 8.3215 DENMARK KRONE 6.8070 6.8700 6.8540 6.8260 6.8105 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1005 1.0960 1.0977 1.1014 1.1025 FINLAND MARKKA 5.2990 5.3210 5.3100 5.2930 5.2873 FRANCE FRANC 6.0430 6.0855 6.0730 6.0540 6.0475 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7885 1.8029 1.7987 1.7922 1.7885 GREECE DRACHMA 279.90 282.70 282.45 281.48 280.97 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7495 7.7485 7.7498 7.7500 7.7515 INDIA RUPEE 35.750 35.730 35.730 35.720 35.710 *IRELAND POUND 1.5070 1.4975 1.5000 1.5060 1.5015 ITALY LIRA 1736.00 1749.50 1745.10 1743.90 1742.30 JAPAN YEN 113.76 115.87 116.28 116.13 115.46 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.5690 2.5690 2.5930 2.5905 2.6475 MEXICO PESO 7.8720 7.8870 7.9230 7.8590 7.9030 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0125 2.0290 2.0258 2.0185 2.0148 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6655 0.6630 0.6592 0.6557 0.6523 NORWAY KRONE 7.4660 7.5580 7.4715 7.4050 7.3953 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 180.28 182.00 181.80 181.04 180.63 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.44 1.44 1.45 1.46 1.47 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.5555 4.5560 4.5570 4.5585 4.5680 SOUTH KOREA WON 893.50 894.00 896.00 896.00 897.00 SPAIN PESETA 151.020 151.830 151.550 150.950 150.900 SRI LANKA RUPEE 58.570 58.570 58.740 58.700 58.700 SWEDEN KRONA 7.7995 7.8640 7.8300 7.7810 7.7687 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4720 1.4803 1.4832 1.4815 1.4730 TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.940 27.960 27.970 27.970 27.960 THAILAND BAHT 29.800 30.100 29.900 30.700 31.000 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6882 1.6765 1.6745 1.6750 1.6761 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 96.90 97.72 97.67 97.48 97.26 *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. THIS RELEASE AND HISTORIC RATES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.BOG.FRB.FED.US. 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 4, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 25, 1997 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. 21 Jul. 22 Jul. 23 Jul. 24 Jul. 25 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7410 0.7396 0.7366 0.7375 0.7372 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.640 12.795 12.856 12.870 12.910 BELGIUM FRANC 37.110 37.540 37.680 37.790 37.900 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3746 1.3818 1.3812 1.3832 1.3848 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3211 8.3209 8.3209 8.3208 8.3205 DENMARK KRONE 6.8364 6.9186 6.9400 6.9670 6.9850 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1006 1.0875 1.0868 1.0822 1.0785 FINLAND MARKKA 5.3002 5.3585 5.3650 5.4090 5.4285 FRANCE FRANC 6.0600 6.1240 6.1460 6.1710 6.1880 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7950 1.8193 1.8241 1.8298 1.8348 GREECE DRACHMA 281.51 284.60 284.90 285.85 286.80 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7470 7.7470 7.7470 7.7385 7.7405 INDIA RUPEE 35.720 35.710 35.710 35.710 35.705 *IRELAND POUND 1.4951 1.4780 1.4780 1.4710 1.4708 ITALY LIRA 1747.10 1766.90 1773.50 1782.50 1787.00 JAPAN YEN 115.88 115.68 115.85 115.95 116.75 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.6280 2.6320 2.6390 2.6465 2.6515 MEXICO PESO 7.8860 7.8550 7.8370 7.8350 7.7740 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0210 2.0467 2.0536 2.0595 2.0665 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6534 0.6478 0.6497 0.6530 0.6525 NORWAY KRONE 7.4174 7.4980 7.4830 7.5500 7.5760 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 181.60 183.10 184.40 184.85 185.50 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.46 1.46 1.47 1.48 1.48 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.5750 4.5745 4.5635 4.5580 4.5660 SOUTH KOREA WON 894.50 896.50 896.50 895.00 894.00 SPAIN PESETA 151.300 153.080 153.600 154.150 154.730 SRI LANKA RUPEE 58.710 59.000 58.740 58.700 58.720 SWEDEN KRONA 7.7814 7.8200 7.8120 7.8980 7.8685 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4755 1.4900 1.4840 1.4995 1.5150 TAIWAN DOLLAR 27.940 27.960 27.980 27.970 27.980 THAILAND BAHT 30.600 30.900 31.650 31.800 32.250 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6776 1.6744 1.6779 1.6729 1.6628 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 97.48 98.27 98.42 98.77 99.12 *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. THIS RELEASE AND HISTORIC RATES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.BOG.FRB.FED.US. 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 4, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 1, 1997 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. 28 Jul. 29 Jul. 30 Jul. 31 Aug. 1 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7345 0.7450 0.7447 0.7451 0.7393 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 13.000 12.892 12.924 12.924 13.110 BELGIUM FRANC 38.180 37.860 37.880 38.020 38.660 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3865 1.3855 1.3813 1.3820 1.3891 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3003 8.2913 8.2911 8.2913 8.3203 DENMARK KRONE 7.0363 6.9800 6.9890 7.0090 7.1025 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.0679 1.0750 1.0760 1.0721 1.0590 FINLAND MARKKA 5.4591 5.4330 5.4600 5.4900 5.5590 FRANCE FRANC 6.2265 6.1750 6.1828 6.1960 6.2817 GERMANY D. MARK 1.8482 1.8321 1.8374 1.8379 1.8646 GREECE DRACHMA 288.98 287.00 287.01 287.25 290.60 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7411 7.7438 7.7450 7.7430 7.7430 INDIA RUPEE 35.750 35.737 35.720 35.720 35.800 *IRELAND POUND 1.4466 1.4615 1.4585 1.4535 1.4472 ITALY LIRA 1797.50 1788.00 1789.40 1793.40 1818.50 JAPAN YEN 117.76 118.00 118.33 118.37 118.47 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.6355 2.6190 2.6360 2.6390 2.6395 MEXICO PESO 7.7820 7.7990 7.7680 7.8250 7.8230 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0816 2.0670 2.0660 2.0740 2.0990 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6410 0.6495 0.6502 0.6498 0.6433 NORWAY KRONE 7.6311 7.5900 7.6100 7.6350 7.7115 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 186.55 185.30 185.53 185.65 188.50 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.47 1.46 1.47 1.47 1.48 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.5755 4.5875 4.5935 4.6130 4.6350 SOUTH KOREA WON 893.50 894.00 894.00 892.00 891.50 SPAIN PESETA 155.700 154.600 155.100 155.200 157.100 SRI LANKA RUPEE 58.870 58.830 59.920 58.850 59.080 SWEDEN KRONA 7.9508 7.9370 7.9925 7.9820 8.0295 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.5200 1.5170 1.5150 1.5145 1.5260 TAIWAN DOLLAR 28.000 28.250 28.800 28.900 28.900 THAILAND BAHT 32.020 31.400 31.800 32.300 32.200 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6292 1.6275 1.6210 1.6388 1.6348 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 99.94 99.51 99.67 99.66 100.61 *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. THIS RELEASE AND HISTORIC RATES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.BOG.FRB.FED.US. 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.