1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE September 2, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 8, 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 Aug. 4 Aug. 5 Aug. 6 Aug. 7 Aug. 8 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7385 0.7392 0.7360 0.7333 0.7337 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 13.117 13.233 13.221 13.158 12.984 BELGIUM FRANC 38.510 38.820 38.820 38.670 38.200 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3798 1.3815 1.3871 1.3875 1.3928 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3205 8.3203 8.3200 8.3203 8.3197 DENMARK KRONE 7.1040 7.1647 7.1570 7.1300 7.0335 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.0585 1.0500 1.0482 1.0505 1.0645 FINLAND MARKKA 5.5580 5.5960 5.6000 5.5965 5.5140 FRANCE FRANC 6.2935 6.3475 6.3491 6.3014 6.2230 GERMANY D. MARK 1.8645 1.8810 1.8786 1.8702 1.8458 GREECE DRACHMA 291.00 293.20 293.60 292.55 289.00 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7433 7.7405 7.7420 7.7415 7.7420 INDIA RUPEE 35.800 35.737 35.735 35.727 35.740 *IRELAND POUND 1.4415 1.4345 1.4340 1.4308 1.4410 ITALY LIRA 1825.75 1838.05 1840.75 1829.90 1802.00 JAPAN YEN 118.34 119.26 118.65 118.40 115.30 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.6365 2.6430 2.6380 2.6430 2.7000 MEXICO PESO 7.8260 7.8050 7.7800 7.7920 7.8300 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.1000 2.1177 2.1170 2.1079 2.0801 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6430 0.6448 0.6393 0.6385 0.6373 NORWAY KRONE 7.6990 7.7564 7.7330 7.6840 7.5690 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 188.90 190.40 190.22 189.35 186.60 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.47 1.47 1.47 1.47 1.48 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.6530 4.6530 4.6750 4.6790 4.6685 SOUTH KOREA WON 891.00 893.00 895.50 895.50 896.50 SPAIN PESETA 157.530 158.750 158.800 158.050 156.000 SRI LANKA RUPEE 58.900 59.100 59.000 59.100 59.150 SWEDEN KRONA 8.0460 8.0825 8.0550 8.0480 7.9040 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.5255 1.5360 1.5317 1.5295 1.5070 TAIWAN DOLLAR 28.750 28.750 28.750 28.800 28.850 THAILAND BAHT 31.700 31.400 31.050 31.000 31.050 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6283 1.6250 1.6008 1.5875 1.5850 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 100.62 101.29 101.40 101.16 99.95 *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 September 2, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 15, 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 Aug. 11 Aug. 12 Aug. 13 Aug. 14 Aug. 15 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7368 0.7381 0.7445 0.7427 0.7428 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 13.069 13.142 12.912 12.963 12.823 BELGIUM FRANC 38.330 38.550 37.900 38.060 37.660 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3933 1.3932 1.3926 1.3907 1.3903 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3196 8.3191 8.3116 8.3193 8.3119 DENMARK KRONE 7.0740 7.1115 6.9910 7.0200 6.9420 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.0600 1.0540 1.0705 1.0658 1.0790 FINLAND MARKKA 5.5460 5.5860 5.4920 5.5235 5.4650 FRANCE FRANC 6.2595 6.2925 6.1835 6.2120 6.1425 GERMANY D. MARK 1.8568 1.8675 1.8350 1.8417 1.8237 GREECE DRACHMA 290.95 292.00 288.66 288.95 286.00 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7430 7.7447 7.7442 7.7490 7.7435 INDIA RUPEE 35.727 35.730 35.732 35.740 35.810 *IRELAND POUND 1.4350 1.4300 1.4430 1.4467 1.4605 ITALY LIRA 1810.90 1822.20 1796.00 1799.19 1781.00 JAPAN YEN 115.85 116.21 115.78 117.75 117.80 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.7455 2.7830 2.7775 2.7835 2.7850 MEXICO PESO 7.8000 7.7800 7.7820 7.7700 7.7625 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0915 2.1035 2.0675 2.0755 2.0300 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6418 0.6380 0.6414 0.6415 0.6421 NORWAY KRONE 7.6475 7.6770 7.6120 7.6405 7.5884 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 188.10 188.90 186.01 186.87 185.10 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.48 1.51 1.51 1.52 1.52 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.6670 4.6705 4.6610 4.6880 4.6900 SOUTH KOREA WON 895.50 896.50 897.00 897.00 897.00 SPAIN PESETA 156.620 157.450 155.170 156.100 154.450 SRI LANKA RUPEE 59.000 59.200 59.030 59.100 59.100 SWEDEN KRONA 7.9840 8.0205 8.0110 8.0410 7.9660 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.5230 1.5285 1.5101 1.5195 1.5055 TAIWAN DOLLAR 28.850 28.950 28.850 28.850 28.900 THAILAND BAHT 31.250 31.450 31.350 31.600 31.970 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5902 1.5775 1.5825 1.5865 1.6090 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 100.37 100.87 99.75 100.19 99.26 *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 September 2, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 22, 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 Aug. 18 Aug. 19 Aug. 20 Aug. 21 Aug. 22 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7387 0.7415 0.7422 0.7483 0.7482 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.825 12.959 13.060 12.973 12.783 BELGIUM FRANC 37.650 38.040 38.330 38.070 37.450 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3887 1.3951 1.3939 1.3955 1.3948 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3185 8.3190 8.3200 8.3191 8.3190 DENMARK KRONE 6.9420 7.0140 7.0720 7.0290 6.9365 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.0785 1.0690 1.0604 1.0668 1.0840 FINLAND MARKKA 5.4600 5.5130 5.5405 5.5070 5.4275 FRANCE FRANC 6.1450 6.2050 6.2550 6.2120 6.1120 GERMANY D. MARK 1.8236 1.8423 1.8562 1.8426 1.8145 GREECE DRACHMA 286.00 288.40 290.80 289.00 285.00 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7395 7.7400 7.7430 7.7435 7.7445 INDIA RUPEE 35.740 35.730 36.200 36.300 36.400 *IRELAND POUND 1.4660 1.4545 1.4395 1.4494 1.4730 ITALY LIRA 1781.50 1796.66 1806.90 1795.35 1771.00 JAPAN YEN 117.81 118.45 118.08 117.78 117.26 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.8025 2.7900 2.7800 2.7600 2.7750 MEXICO PESO 7.7650 7.7600 7.7650 7.7600 7.7830 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0535 2.0740 2.0905 2.0755 2.0425 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6435 0.6443 0.6403 0.6403 0.6470 NORWAY KRONE 7.5950 7.6680 7.7270 7.6875 7.5810 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 184.95 186.60 188.10 186.90 184.10 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.52 1.51 1.51 1.50 1.49 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.6850 4.7030 4.7500 4.7450 4.6900 SOUTH KOREA WON 900.50 900.50 901.00 898.90 902.00 SPAIN PESETA 154.220 155.600 156.750 155.650 153.450 SRI LANKA RUPEE 60.100 59.400 59.400 59.000 59.100 SWEDEN KRONA 8.0210 8.0800 8.0650 8.0205 7.9430 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.5120 1.5165 1.5270 1.5165 1.4978 TAIWAN DOLLAR 28.800 28.800 28.850 28.850 28.800 THAILAND BAHT 32.600 32.650 32.400 32.900 33.650 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6088 1.6035 1.5923 1.5905 1.6081 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 99.40 100.16 100.63 100.17 99.00 *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 September 2, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 29, 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 Aug. 25 Aug. 26 Aug. 27 Aug. 28 Aug. 29 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7463 0.7465 0.7400 0.7365 0.7345 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.815 12.663 12.720 12.640 12.691 BELGIUM FRANC 37.590 37.120 37.380 37.150 37.270 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3917 1.3951 1.3917 1.3878 1.3890 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3190 8.3190 8.3192 8.3185 8.3184 DENMARK KRONE 6.9400 6.8495 6.8950 6.8450 6.8760 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.0788 1.0916 1.0855 1.0927 1.0885 FINLAND MARKKA 5.4435 5.3890 5.4400 5.3965 5.4430 FRANCE FRANC 6.1330 6.0562 6.0940 6.0470 6.0750 GERMANY D. MARK 1.8205 1.7971 1.8104 1.7975 1.8050 GREECE DRACHMA 286.30 282.90 284.82 283.00 283.97 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7430 7.7435 7.7450 7.7467 7.7500 INDIA RUPEE 36.600 36.500 36.500 36.450 36.480 *IRELAND POUND 1.4665 1.4815 1.4742 1.4860 1.4870 ITALY LIRA 1775.65 1754.60 1768.70 1758.00 1766.82 JAPAN YEN 118.73 118.32 118.88 118.75 120.65 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.7735 2.7890 2.8390 2.9325 2.9200 MEXICO PESO 7.7600 7.7575 7.7590 7.7725 7.7850 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0410 2.0255 2.0397 2.0246 2.0328 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6465 0.6460 0.6435 0.6433 0.6385 NORWAY KRONE 7.5975 7.4920 7.4975 7.4285 7.4780 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 184.70 182.50 183.77 182.50 183.50 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.49 1.49 1.52 1.53 1.52 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.6955 4.6940 4.6975 4.7040 4.6930 SOUTH KOREA WON 907.00 902.00 905.00 905.00 905.00 SPAIN PESETA 154.000 152.100 153.140 151.900 152.790 SRI LANKA RUPEE 59.200 59.200 59.250 59.150 59.400 SWEDEN KRONA 7.9700 7.8850 7.8790 7.8320 7.8770 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4996 1.4875 1.4965 1.4833 1.4889 TAIWAN DOLLAR 28.800 28.800 28.780 28.800 28.820 THAILAND BAHT 33.700 33.650 33.900 34.400 34.500 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6052 1.6121 1.6103 1.6158 1.6203 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 99.34 98.52 98.99 98.46 98.92 *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.