1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE February 2, 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 1.3640 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. 1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE February 2, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 16, 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. 12 Jan. 13 Jan. 14 Jan. 15 Jan. 16 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6430 0.6465 0.6470 0.6503 0.6614 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.783 12.808 12.833 12.803 12.836 BELGIUM FRANC 37.550 37.570 37.620 37.790 37.780 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4345 1.4362 1.4348 1.4369 1.4366 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3089 DENMARK KRONE 6.9200 6.9348 6.9420 6.9730 6.9725 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.0865 1.0860 1.0840 1.0795 1.0795 FINLAND MARKKA 5.5090 5.5140 5.5150 5.5450 5.5300 FRANCE FRANC 6.0858 6.0957 6.1035 6.1333 6.1262 GERMANY D. MARK 1.8177 1.8203 1.8226 1.8310 1.8310 GREECE DRACHMA 287.63 287.26 287.10 288.80 288.40 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7440 7.7480 7.7455 7.7390 7.7380 INDIA RUPEE 39.970 40.000 40.300 40.400 40.000 *IRELAND POUND 1.3707 1.3752 1.3705 1.3710 1.3790 ITALY LIRA 1790.08 1791.01 1793.80 1802.20 1799.90 JAPAN YEN 132.83 131.72 131.43 130.41 128.88 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 4.6600 4.6000 4.3500 4.2995 4.1921 MEXICO PESO 8.3000 8.1700 8.2000 8.3000 8.2020 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0482 2.0512 2.0540 2.0635 2.0640 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5705 0.5730 0.5770 0.5787 0.5883 NORWAY KRONE 7.5200 7.5390 7.5310 7.5422 7.5575 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 185.86 186.19 186.36 187.20 186.95 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.80 1.77 1.74 1.76 1.73 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.9900 4.9750 4.9450 4.9780 4.9760 SOUTH KOREA WON 1739.00 1765.00 1670.00 1608.00 1624.00 SPAIN PESETA 154.220 154.230 154.390 155.100 154.960 SRI LANKA RUPEE 62.100 62.000 62.250 62.050 62.150 SWEDEN KRONA 8.0425 8.0300 8.0256 8.0285 8.0233 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4744 1.4765 1.4828 1.4933 1.4975 TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.700 34.700 34.300 34.150 33.900 THAILAND BAHT 56.100 54.300 51.150 52.000 51.800 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6221 1.6345 1.6301 1.6300 1.6337 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 100.96 100.84 100.92 101.13 100.91 *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 February 2, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 23, 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. 19 Jan. 20 Jan. 21 Jan. 22 Jan. 23 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6657 0.6595 0.6596 0.6630 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.965 12.895 12.683 12.581 BELGIUM FRANC 38.000 37.740 37.220 36.760 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4390 1.4437 1.4508 1.4556 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 DENMARK KRONE 7.0170 6.9650 6.8720 6.7862 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU H 1.0740 1.0796 1.0940 1.1060 FINLAND MARKKA 5.5700 5.5360 5.4617 5.3910 FRANCE FRANC 6.1672 6.1230 6.0425 5.9680 GERMANY D. MARK O 1.8431 1.8275 1.8030 1.7808 GREECE DRACHMA 290.41 288.50 285.20 282.90 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7360 7.7360 7.7395 7.7440 INDIA RUPEE L 39.200 38.900 38.900 38.850 *IRELAND POUND 1.3655 1.3745 1.3924 1.4105 ITALY LIRA 1808.75 1798.15 1774.10 1755.50 JAPAN YEN I 128.80 127.50 127.22 125.78 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 4.2300 4.3795 4.5300 4.5700 MEXICO PESO 8.2200 8.2800 8.3300 8.3000 NETHERLANDS GUILDER D 2.0743 2.0589 2.0320 2.0085 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5850 0.5815 0.5822 0.5810 NORWAY KRONE 7.5920 7.5423 7.4720 7.4029 PORTUGAL ESCUDO A 188.46 187.05 184.55 182.42 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.75 1.75 1.76 1.77 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.9790 4.9645 4.9425 4.9285 SOUTH KOREA WON Y 1647.00 1725.00 1760.00 1748.00 SPAIN PESETA 156.120 154.800 153.000 150.960 SRI LANKA RUPEE 62.150 62.200 62.500 62.600 SWEDEN KRONA 8.0933 8.0493 7.9620 7.8810 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4983 1.4861 1.4701 1.4449 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.800 33.490 33.850 34.150 THAILAND BAHT 52.300 52.500 53.800 54.200 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6271 1.6264 1.6498 1.6687 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 101.36 100.77 99.75 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 February 2, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 30, 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. 26 Jan. 27 Jan. 28 Jan. 29 Jan. 30 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6694 0.6748 0.6810 0.6750 0.6852 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.556 12.558 12.706 12.809 12.880 BELGIUM FRANC 37.050 36.940 37.330 37.570 37.820 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4498 1.4545 1.4568 1.4637 1.4562 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 DENMARK KRONE 6.8460 6.8170 6.8855 6.9360 6.9790 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.0975 1.0995 1.0890 1.0845 1.0770 FINLAND MARKKA 5.4380 5.4185 5.4740 5.5150 5.5495 FRANCE FRANC 6.0185 5.9940 6.0555 6.0970 6.1370 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7944 1.7898 1.8070 1.8212 1.8315 GREECE DRACHMA 284.90 284.13 286.25 288.52 290.15 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7462 7.7385 7.7370 7.7365 7.7375 INDIA RUPEE 38.410 38.450 38.900 38.800 38.800 *IRELAND POUND 1.4036 1.3990 1.3875 1.3785 1.3670 ITALY LIRA 1772.00 1765.00 1784.50 1797.30 1805.82 JAPAN YEN 126.64 126.02 125.26 125.38 127.10 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 4.5200 4.4200 4.3700 4.3800 4.2300 MEXICO PESO 8.2820 8.2700 8.3800 8.4800 8.4550 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0224 2.0178 2.0367 2.0510 2.0648 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5860 0.5933 0.5940 0.5880 0.5865 NORWAY KRONE 7.4630 7.4300 7.4925 7.5800 7.5996 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 183.30 183.11 184.80 186.46 187.40 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.75 1.72 1.72 1.73 1.72 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.9045 4.9125 4.9180 4.9260 4.9400 SOUTH KOREA WON 1682.00 1682.00 1690.00 1690.00 1528.00 SPAIN PESETA 151.950 151.820 153.250 154.520 155.300 SRI LANKA RUPEE 62.250 62.650 62.550 62.500 62.450 SWEDEN KRONA 7.9330 7.9550 8.0276 8.0875 8.1136 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4585 1.4498 1.4623 1.4673 1.4820 TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.100 34.200 34.200 34.200 34.250 THAILAND BAHT 54.100 53.700 53.700 54.100 53.100 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6525 1.6474 1.6430 1.6400 1.6325 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 99.39 99.20 99.81 100.35 100.94 *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.