1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE October 17, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 26, 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 Sep. 22 Sep. 23 Sep. 24 Sep. 25 Sep. 26 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7195 0.7195 0.7206 0.7255 0.7227 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.604 12.641 12.489 12.437 12.395 BELGIUM FRANC 37.030 37.080 36.620 36.510 36.330 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3890 1.3903 1.3875 1.3842 1.3839 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3159 8.3154 8.3151 8.3150 8.3150 DENMARK KRONE 6.8330 6.8400 6.7550 6.7317 6.7079 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.0940 1.0930 1.1055 1.1092 1.1107 FINLAND MARKKA 5.3580 5.3590 5.2947 5.2857 5.2756 FRANCE FRANC 6.0275 6.0360 5.9625 5.9400 5.9168 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7955 1.7956 1.7759 1.7686 1.7619 GREECE DRACHMA 283.32 283.54 280.63 279.20 278.60 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7420 7.7430 7.7402 7.7380 7.7390 INDIA RUPEE 36.400 36.400 36.300 36.250 36.250 *IRELAND POUND 1.4610 1.4600 1.4725 1.4690 1.4615 ITALY LIRA 1752.00 1752.00 1733.70 1726.95 1722.00 JAPAN YEN 122.25 121.53 120.40 121.30 120.87 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.1250 3.0750 3.0600 3.1225 3.1425 MEXICO PESO 7.7250 7.7700 7.8225 7.8150 7.8250 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0198 2.0232 1.9980 1.9916 1.9820 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6347 0.6360 0.6385 0.6413 0.6412 NORWAY KRONE 7.2855 7.2515 7.1944 7.1537 7.1343 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 182.34 182.60 180.62 179.90 179.36 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.53 1.51 1.51 1.52 1.53 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.7040 4.7020 4.6935 4.6895 4.6800 SOUTH KOREA WON 916.00 916.00 916.00 917.00 918.00 SPAIN PESETA 151.470 151.530 149.840 149.250 148.710 SRI LANKA RUPEE 59.630 59.750 59.700 59.650 59.670 SWEDEN KRONA 7.6950 7.6345 7.5530 7.5392 7.5734 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4726 1.4745 1.4601 1.4578 1.4530 TAIWAN DOLLAR 28.700 28.660 28.660 28.660 28.760 THAILAND BAHT 36.550 35.270 35.150 34.750 34.950 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6025 1.6115 1.6103 1.6279 1.6100 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 98.72 98.59 97.73 97.45 97.32 *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 October 17, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 3, 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 Sep. 29 Sep. 30 Oct. 1 Oct. 2 Oct. 3 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7190 0.7250 0.7280 0.7283 0.7275 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.368 12.436 12.500 12.453 12.382 BELGIUM FRANC 36.280 36.490 36.690 36.610 36.310 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3848 1.3824 1.3791 1.3747 1.3713 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3152 8.3149 8.3149 8.3149 8.3149 DENMARK KRONE 6.6975 6.7300 6.7610 6.7500 6.6980 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1135 1.1090 1.1040 1.1062 1.1129 FINLAND MARKKA 5.2625 5.2900 5.3166 5.3120 5.2780 FRANCE FRANC 5.9085 5.9335 5.9630 5.9570 5.9180 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7584 1.7671 1.7754 1.7721 1.7590 GREECE DRACHMA 277.85 279.04 280.35 280.26 277.90 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7387 7.7385 7.7370 7.7380 7.7383 INDIA RUPEE 36.227 36.190 36.200 37.000 36.250 *IRELAND POUND 1.4620 1.4525 1.4505 1.4525 1.4545 ITALY LIRA 1722.00 1726.00 1739.00 1737.39 1723.70 JAPAN YEN 121.00 120.71 120.80 121.80 121.93 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.1900 3.2475 3.3675 3.3250 3.3780 MEXICO PESO 7.8175 7.7750 7.7557 7.7575 7.7540 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9805 1.9902 1.9997 1.9964 1.9815 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6375 0.6398 0.6425 0.6427 0.6415 NORWAY KRONE 7.0900 7.1055 7.1360 7.1063 7.0220 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 179.20 180.03 180.90 180.60 179.30 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.53 1.53 1.54 1.53 1.54 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.6630 4.6605 4.6730 4.6625 4.6715 SOUTH KOREA WON 917.00 917.00 915.00 916.00 916.00 SPAIN PESETA 148.600 149.330 149.800 149.750 148.600 SRI LANKA RUPEE 59.800 59.800 59.800 59.950 60.050 SWEDEN KRONA 7.5600 7.5975 7.6020 7.5990 7.5050 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4510 1.4548 1.4609 1.4560 1.4491 TAIWAN DOLLAR 28.660 28.660 28.660 28.700 28.680 THAILAND BAHT 35.750 35.850 35.950 35.650 35.850 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6142 1.6117 1.6145 1.6135 1.6130 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 97.22 97.47 97.76 97.74 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 October 17, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 10, 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 Oct. 6 Oct. 7 Oct. 8 Oct. 9 Oct. 10 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7235 0.7250 0.7285 0.7356 0.7360 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.396 12.344 12.337 12.265 12.332 BELGIUM FRANC 36.380 36.200 36.180 36.010 36.150 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3718 1.3730 1.3727 1.3747 1.3795 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3145 8.3145 8.3100 8.3141 8.3135 DENMARK KRONE 6.7120 6.6780 6.6760 6.6400 6.6755 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1112 1.1172 1.1177 1.1229 1.1178 FINLAND MARKKA 5.2870 5.2580 5.2560 5.2360 5.2555 FRANCE FRANC 5.9250 5.8950 5.8875 5.8600 5.8815 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7629 1.7539 1.7533 1.7436 1.7534 GREECE DRACHMA 278.70 276.60 276.50 275.55 276.40 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7365 7.7365 7.7365 7.7360 7.7365 INDIA RUPEE 36.200 36.250 36.250 36.220 36.250 *IRELAND POUND 1.4550 1.4605 1.4552 1.4610 1.4615 ITALY LIRA 1728.75 1722.30 1718.00 1719.00 1724.00 JAPAN YEN 121.93 122.01 121.09 121.18 120.13 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.3400 3.2575 3.1710 3.0750 3.1175 MEXICO PESO 7.7625 7.7460 7.7625 7.7700 7.7580 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9861 1.9759 1.9745 1.9645 1.9733 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6370 0.6410 0.6415 0.6443 0.6460 NORWAY KRONE 7.0560 7.0335 7.0760 7.0395 7.0240 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 179.90 178.85 178.65 177.80 178.10 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.55 1.56 1.56 1.53 1.54 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.6640 4.6690 4.6720 4.6720 4.6700 SOUTH KOREA WON 916.00 917.00 918.00 918.00 918.00 SPAIN PESETA 149.000 148.100 147.950 147.350 147.900 SRI LANKA RUPEE 59.990 59.950 59.700 59.450 59.450 SWEDEN KRONA 7.5330 7.5295 7.5530 7.5530 7.5770 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4521 1.4450 1.4455 1.4561 1.4572 TAIWAN DOLLAR 28.650 28.550 28.580 28.500 28.570 THAILAND BAHT 36.050 35.800 35.800 35.800 35.850 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6130 1.6195 1.6208 1.6245 1.6207 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 97.40 97.08 96.93 96.71 96.91 *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 October 17, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 17, 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 Oct. 13 Oct. 14 Oct. 15 Oct. 16 Oct. 17 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7364 0.7325 0.7386 0.7325 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.353 12.311 12.278 12.378 BELGIUM FRANC 36.220 36.100 36.030 36.590 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3826 1.3865 1.3870 1.3860 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3132 8.3139 8.3142 8.3139 DENMARK KRONE 6.6815 6.6620 6.6505 6.7570 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU H 1.1184 1.1230 1.1235 1.1092 FINLAND MARKKA 5.2631 5.2440 5.2385 5.3220 FRANCE FRANC 5.8850 5.8675 5.8545 5.9480 GERMANY D. MARK O 1.7545 1.7495 1.7447 1.7734 GREECE DRACHMA 276.00 275.10 274.55 278.17 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7377 7.7385 7.7395 7.7400 INDIA RUPEE L 36.300 36.257 36.235 36.237 *IRELAND POUND 1.4670 1.4740 1.4680 1.4550 ITALY LIRA 1715.70 1711.20 1706.70 1730.00 JAPAN YEN I 121.75 121.31 119.87 120.19 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.1075 3.1500 3.1950 3.2475 MEXICO PESO 7.7450 7.7420 7.7480 7.7450 NETHERLANDS GUILDER D 1.9765 1.9707 1.9670 1.9982 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6459 0.6445 0.6450 0.6412 NORWAY KRONE 7.0700 7.0595 6.9900 7.1100 PORTUGAL ESCUDO A 178.55 178.10 177.84 180.56 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.54 1.55 1.55 1.56 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.6725 4.6730 4.6880 4.6975 SOUTH KOREA WON Y 914.20 917.00 918.00 918.00 SPAIN PESETA 148.100 147.650 147.300 149.550 SRI LANKA RUPEE 59.550 59.550 59.500 59.500 SWEDEN KRONA 7.5824 7.5695 7.5680 7.6550 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4615 1.4580 1.4558 1.4755 TAIWAN DOLLAR 28.530 28.540 28.560 29.750 THAILAND BAHT 36.300 37.250 37.300 37.450 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6197 1.6235 1.6187 1.6145 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 97.13 96.91 96.65 97.67 *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.