1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE November 14, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 24, 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. 20 Oct. 21 Oct. 22 Oct. 23 Oct. 24 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7295 0.7230 0.7060 0.7015 0.7000 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.476 12.589 12.554 12.476 12.505 BELGIUM FRANC 36.570 36.950 36.790 36.570 36.570 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3850 1.3890 1.3915 1.3895 1.3920 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3135 8.3132 8.3100 8.3136 8.3133 DENMARK KRONE 6.7500 6.8115 6.7910 6.7490 6.7551 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1112 1.1030 1.1060 1.1117 1.1110 FINLAND MARKKA 5.3015 5.3520 5.3395 5.2960 5.3030 FRANCE FRANC 5.9410 5.9930 5.9775 5.9487 5.9415 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7724 1.7892 1.7835 1.7732 1.7741 GREECE DRACHMA 277.72 280.30 279.35 278.72 278.90 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7480 7.7510 7.7500 7.7275 7.7340 INDIA RUPEE 36.250 36.250 36.200 36.300 36.300 *IRELAND POUND 1.4714 1.4610 1.4650 1.4680 1.4640 ITALY LIRA 1730.50 1745.00 1740.67 1733.00 1731.70 JAPAN YEN 121.40 120.66 120.71 121.67 121.73 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.3325 3.3390 3.4000 3.3450 3.3905 MEXICO PESO 7.7250 7.7172 7.7240 7.7560 7.8400 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9976 2.0152 2.0095 1.9967 1.9985 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6410 0.6365 0.6255 0.6225 0.6210 NORWAY KRONE 7.1040 7.2274 7.2475 7.1400 7.1265 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 180.53 182.30 181.51 180.44 180.52 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.57 1.58 1.59 1.57 1.58 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.6940 4.6980 4.7150 4.7280 4.7325 SOUTH KOREA WON 927.00 930.00 919.00 923.00 932.00 SPAIN PESETA 149.450 150.820 150.340 149.420 149.640 SRI LANKA RUPEE 59.750 59.750 59.700 59.750 59.750 SWEDEN KRONA 7.6120 7.6978 7.7078 7.6150 7.5890 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4732 1.4885 1.4793 1.4685 1.4636 TAIWAN DOLLAR 30.750 30.800 30.800 30.500 30.700 THAILAND BAHT 38.250 38.800 38.900 38.300 39.200 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6297 1.6338 1.6338 1.6317 1.6347 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 97.63 98.14 97.98 97.70 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. 1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE November 14, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 31, 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. 27 Oct. 28 Oct. 29 Oct. 30 Oct. 31 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6910 0.7025 0.7040 0.7008 0.7030 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.401 12.052 12.267 12.150 12.125 BELGIUM FRANC 36.360 35.670 35.770 35.610 35.520 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3981 1.4090 1.4015 1.4075 1.4099 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3134 8.3130 8.3132 8.3136 8.3134 DENMARK KRONE 6.7080 6.5920 6.6104 6.5720 6.5480 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1198 1.1390 1.1355 1.1395 1.1435 FINLAND MARKKA 5.2750 5.1860 5.1980 5.1900 5.1740 FRANCE FRANC 5.9050 5.7935 5.8065 5.7830 5.7670 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7625 1.7291 1.7366 1.7260 1.7220 GREECE DRACHMA 277.80 272.59 273.49 272.93 272.55 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7310 7.7350 7.7310 7.7305 7.7320 INDIA RUPEE 36.340 36.300 36.345 36.320 36.390 *IRELAND POUND 1.4820 1.5010 1.4928 1.4970 1.5052 ITALY LIRA 1722.00 1699.00 1702.90 1693.40 1690.10 JAPAN YEN 121.87 119.70 120.53 120.68 120.39 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.4000 3.4340 3.3925 3.4490 3.3250 MEXICO PESO 8.1400 8.3500 8.1500 8.3000 8.4100 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9857 1.9491 1.9555 1.9470 1.9415 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6233 0.6270 0.6265 0.6235 0.6225 NORWAY KRONE 7.0960 7.0510 7.0633 7.0190 6.9780 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 179.50 176.45 177.02 176.22 175.90 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.58 1.57 1.58 1.58 1.57 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.7840 4.8265 4.8110 4.8300 4.8150 SOUTH KOREA WON 945.00 965.00 970.00 965.00 970.00 SPAIN PESETA 148.570 146.000 146.520 145.800 145.520 SRI LANKA RUPEE 59.800 59.700 59.750 59.720 59.800 SWEDEN KRONA 7.5760 7.5330 7.5311 7.5050 7.4890 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4552 1.4115 1.4178 1.4059 1.3995 TAIWAN DOLLAR 30.800 31.000 31.300 31.200 31.200 THAILAND BAHT 38.700 39.050 39.100 40.100 40.500 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6548 1.6756 1.6721 1.6655 1.6786 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 97.21 95.76 96.02 95.79 95.53 *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 November 14, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 7, 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 Nov. 3 Nov. 4 Nov. 5 Nov. 6 Nov. 7 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7120 0.7045 0.7030 0.6978 0.6940 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.208 12.118 12.128 12.101 12.010 BELGIUM FRANC 35.820 35.570 35.540 35.500 35.220 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4065 1.4039 1.4005 1.4025 1.4095 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3129 8.3126 8.3122 8.3120 8.3117 DENMARK KRONE 6.6116 6.5620 6.5590 6.5430 6.5070 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1365 1.1455 1.1450 1.1484 1.1541 FINLAND MARKKA 5.2194 5.1850 5.1790 5.1750 5.1490 FRANCE FRANC 5.8125 5.7765 5.7730 5.7613 5.7225 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7373 1.7237 1.7218 1.7200 1.7080 GREECE DRACHMA 271.90 271.80 269.82 270.55 269.00 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7345 7.7330 7.7315 7.7330 7.7310 INDIA RUPEE 36.405 36.400 36.400 36.500 36.550 *IRELAND POUND 1.4938 1.5190 1.5082 1.5074 1.5175 ITALY LIRA 1701.75 1690.20 1688.10 1684.90 1676.00 JAPAN YEN 121.04 121.83 122.56 123.16 123.97 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.2340 3.2850 3.2900 3.3000 3.3025 MEXICO PESO 8.2300 8.2500 8.1800 8.3800 8.3800 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9580 1.9437 1.9422 1.9373 1.9245 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6328 0.6268 0.6250 0.6245 0.6240 NORWAY KRONE 7.0699 7.0335 7.0327 7.0080 6.9370 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 177.20 176.10 175.92 175.60 174.40 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.54 1.56 1.57 1.57 1.57 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.7880 4.8295 4.8180 4.8255 4.8360 SOUTH KOREA WON 976.00 965.00 974.00 975.30 985.00 SPAIN PESETA 146.800 145.650 145.520 145.230 144.350 SRI LANKA RUPEE 59.880 59.860 59.890 59.980 59.950 SWEDEN KRONA 7.5550 7.5290 7.5100 7.4870 7.4580 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4134 1.4070 1.4073 1.4050 1.3958 TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.400 30.850 30.600 30.800 31.000 THAILAND BAHT 39.250 38.750 39.100 39.300 38.650 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6763 1.6832 1.6775 1.6920 1.6905 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 96.11 95.71 95.75 95.62 95.35 *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 November 14, 1997 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 14, 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 Nov. 10 Nov. 11 Nov. 12 Nov. 13 Nov. 14 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6970 0.6935 0.6962 0.6960 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.045 12.106 12.095 12.185 BELGIUM FRANC 35.310 35.610 35.500 35.740 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4071 1.4090 1.4082 1.4127 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3113 8.3108 8.3105 8.3106 DENMARK KRONE 6.5095 6.5690 6.5460 6.5960 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1532 H 1.1470 1.1500 1.1420 FINLAND MARKKA 5.1596 5.2050 5.1830 5.2170 FRANCE FRANC 5.7210 5.7800 5.7615 5.8010 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7120 O 1.7236 1.7208 1.7320 GREECE DRACHMA 268.10 270.74 270.50 272.08 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7305 7.7310 7.7320 7.7310 INDIA RUPEE 36.640 L 36.760 36.800 36.800 *IRELAND POUND 1.5215 1.5114 1.5140 1.5045 ITALY LIRA 1675.50 1688.50 1683.60 1694.47 JAPAN YEN 124.15 I 126.10 125.93 126.78 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.3150 3.2950 3.3125 3.3225 MEXICO PESO 8.2800 8.3500 8.3800 8.3300 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9292 D 1.9450 1.9394 1.9525 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6275 0.6245 0.6255 0.6245 NORWAY KRONE 6.9640 7.0520 7.0400 7.0650 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 174.40 A 175.90 175.60 176.50 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.57 1.58 1.58 1.58 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.8260 4.8280 4.8370 4.8575 SOUTH KOREA WON 999.00 Y 995.00 992.00 992.00 SPAIN PESETA 144.400 145.570 145.330 146.050 SRI LANKA RUPEE 59.950 59.950 59.900 59.890 SWEDEN KRONA 7.4810 7.5240 7.4980 7.5380 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3912 1.3998 1.3975 1.4065 TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.050 31.200 31.300 31.500 THAILAND BAHT 37.400 38.350 38.100 38.400 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6893 1.7035 1.7010 1.6931 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 95.44 96.04 95.88 96.46 *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.