1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE January 9, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 19, 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 Dec. 15 Dec. 16 Dec. 17 Dec. 18 Dec. 19 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6566 0.6490 0.6605 0.6565 0.6530 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.440 12.550 12.457 12.476 12.452 BELGIUM FRANC 36.590 36.830 36.530 36.610 36.600 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4212 1.4237 1.4229 1.4245 1.4328 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 DENMARK KRONE 6.7516 6.7940 6.7435 6.7662 6.7460 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1133 1.1070 1.1152 1.1128 1.1150 FINLAND MARKKA 5.3476 5.3840 5.3407 5.3672 5.3500 FRANCE FRANC 5.9352 5.9750 5.9310 5.9453 5.9240 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7722 1.7836 1.7697 1.7753 1.7687 GREECE DRACHMA 279.58 280.95 278.85 279.50 278.50 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7500 7.7500 7.7490 7.7500 7.7500 INDIA RUPEE 39.575 40.000 40.000 40.000 40.000 *IRELAND POUND 1.4510 1.4475 1.4590 1.4517 1.4590 ITALY LIRA 1737.40 1747.50 1735.75 1741.50 1733.73 JAPAN YEN 131.08 130.87 127.00 128.53 129.10 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8750 3.8730 3.8150 3.7875 3.8300 MEXICO PESO 8.1400 8.0900 8.0810 8.0700 8.1270 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9969 2.0085 1.9950 2.0100 1.9943 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5910 0.5790 0.5870 0.5843 0.5810 NORWAY KRONE 7.2840 7.3100 7.2286 7.2533 7.2650 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 181.19 182.40 181.90 181.50 181.00 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.68 1.71 1.68 1.67 1.67 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.8905 4.8880 4.8615 4.8595 4.8665 SOUTH KOREA WON N.A. 1430.00 1485.00 1485.00 1580.00 SPAIN PESETA 150.050 150.920 149.800 150.180 149.750 SRI LANKA RUPEE 61.700 61.750 61.650 61.600 62.250 SWEDEN KRONA 7.7572 7.7875 7.7405 7.7757 7.7600 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4305 1.4415 1.4343 1.4394 1.4278 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.150 32.150 32.600 32.350 32.350 THAILAND BAHT 47.400 47.000 45.500 44.200 45.100 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6333 1.6326 1.6507 1.6635 1.6684 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 98.86 99.26 98.26 98.57 98.38 *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 January 9, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 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 Dec. 22 Dec. 23 Dec. 24 Dec. 25 Dec. 26 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6523 0.6565 0.6558 0.6559 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.523 12.483 12.478 12.487 BELGIUM FRANC 36.740 36.640 36.600 36.620 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4345 1.4364 1.4355 1.4356 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3093 DENMARK KRONE 6.7828 6.7624 6.7560 6.7620 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1105 1.1140 1.1145 H 1.1140 FINLAND MARKKA 5.3897 5.3775 5.3730 5.3730 FRANCE FRANC 5.9591 5.9370 5.9310 5.9390 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7802 1.7743 1.7732 O 1.7749 GREECE DRACHMA 280.50 279.94 279.67 279.95 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7500 7.7485 7.7500 7.7495 INDIA RUPEE 39.060 39.010 39.000 L 39.300 *IRELAND POUND 1.4490 1.4450 1.4470 1.4448 ITALY LIRA 1745.60 1740.20 1743.00 1743.00 JAPAN YEN 130.38 130.00 130.06 I 130.30 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8200 3.8450 3.9000 3.8450 MEXICO PESO 8.1180 8.1300 8.1925 8.1450 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0057 1.9995 1.9980 D 1.9990 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5788 0.5835 0.5848 0.5840 NORWAY KRONE 7.2950 7.2893 7.2725 7.3005 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 182.10 182.32 181.40 A 181.35 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.68 1.67 1.67 1.67 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.8570 4.8570 4.8580 4.8630 SOUTH KOREA WON 1710.00 1960.00 1835.00 Y 1506.00 SPAIN PESETA 150.650 150.080 150.170 150.200 SRI LANKA RUPEE 61.900 61.750 62.000 61.850 SWEDEN KRONA 7.7785 7.7753 7.7690 7.7708 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4380 1.4338 1.4346 1.4342 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.350 32.700 32.700 32.800 THAILAND BAHT 44.800 46.000 45.350 45.500 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6617 1.6680 1.6675 1.6695 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 98.94 98.67 98.65 98.71 *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 January 9, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 2, 1998 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 Dec. 29 Dec. 30 Dec. 31 Jan. 1 Jan. 2 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6540 0.6517 0.6515 0.6500 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.492 12.607 12.634 12.682 BELGIUM FRANC 36.890 36.990 37.080 37.210 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4398 1.4365 1.4288 1.4255 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 DENMARK KRONE 6.8115 6.8285 6.8510 6.8635 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1065 1.1035 1.0980 H 1.0950 FINLAND MARKKA 5.4162 5.4302 5.4530 5.4550 FRANCE FRANC 5.9819 5.9950 6.0190 6.0335 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7875 1.7920 1.7991 O 1.8030 GREECE DRACHMA 282.00 282.85 284.02 284.78 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7500 7.7490 7.7495 7.7500 INDIA RUPEE 39.160 39.350 39.300 L 39.400 *IRELAND POUND 1.4420 1.4270 1.4220 1.4175 ITALY LIRA 1756.20 1759.80 1769.00 1772.10 JAPAN YEN 130.05 130.05 130.45 I 132.40 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8950 3.8980 3.8850 3.9800 MEXICO PESO 8.0840 8.0670 8.0700 8.0600 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0145 2.0194 2.0278 D 2.0322 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5835 0.5823 0.5803 0.5770 NORWAY KRONE 7.3441 7.3444 7.3740 7.3716 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 182.90 183.25 184.10 A 184.41 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.67 1.68 1.69 1.70 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.8625 4.8630 4.8660 4.8850 SOUTH KOREA WON 1450.00 1640.00 1695.00 Y 1695.00 SPAIN PESETA 151.400 151.650 152.400 152.720 SRI LANKA RUPEE 61.750 61.700 61.800 61.910 SWEDEN KRONA 7.8455 7.9093 7.9400 7.9750 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4474 1.4558 1.4610 1.4670 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.800 32.750 32.800 33.100 THAILAND BAHT 45.900 46.900 46.800 48.300 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6683 1.6552 1.6427 1.6417 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 99.20 99.47 99.81 100.16 *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 January 9, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 9, 1998 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 Jan. 5 Jan. 6 Jan. 7 Jan. 8 Jan. 9 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6418 0.6347 0.6415 0.6353 0.6470 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.733 12.733 12.843 12.807 12.796 BELGIUM FRANC 37.590 37.580 38.500 37.540 37.550 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4264 1.4310 1.4297 1.4317 1.4255 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.3100 8.3000 8.3100 8.3100 DENMARK KRONE 6.9359 6.9345 6.9440 6.9310 6.9245 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.0848 1.0867 1.0848 1.0835 1.0858 FINLAND MARKKA 5.5225 5.5170 5.5244 5.5168 5.5102 FRANCE FRANC 6.0999 6.0968 6.1070 6.0905 6.0885 GERMANY D. MARK 1.8223 1.8210 1.8235 1.8203 1.8183 GREECE DRACHMA 288.06 288.00 288.58 287.67 287.64 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7500 7.7500 7.7360 7.7485 7.7500 INDIA RUPEE 39.480 39.550 39.760 39.800 39.950 *IRELAND POUND 1.3922 1.3780 1.3690 0.0136 1.3720 ITALY LIRA 1790.75 1788.40 1792.30 1788.60 1787.20 JAPAN YEN 133.99 133.88 131.70 132.49 131.52 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 4.1550 4.4650 4.5200 4.7300 4.6050 MEXICO PESO 8.0420 8.0400 8.0650 8.0770 8.0900 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0557 2.0521 2.0560 2.0514 2.0498 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5690 0.5655 0.5692 0.5668 0.5725 NORWAY KRONE 7.4561 7.4625 7.5041 7.4887 7.4671 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 186.38 186.25 186.60 186.00 186.20 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.72 1.76 1.74 1.78 1.77 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.9145 4.9430 4.9315 4.9480 4.9315 SOUTH KOREA WON 1790.00 1748.00 1753.00 1790.00 1812.00 SPAIN PESETA 154.000 154.350 154.550 154.100 154.250 SRI LANKA RUPEE 62.000 63.000 62.100 62.100 62.100 SWEDEN KRONA 8.0217 8.0550 8.0559 8.0374 7.9885 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4803 1.4790 1.4765 1.4732 1.4763 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.600 33.950 34.500 34.800 34.400 THAILAND BAHT 50.800 53.000 52.700 54.300 53.700 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6330 1.6335 1.6253 1.6114 1.6165 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 101.08 101.06 101.12 101.03 100.79 *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.