1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE March 23, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 27, 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 Feb. 23 Feb. 24 Feb. 25 Feb. 26 Feb. 27 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6670 0.6659 0.6655 0.6713 0.6785 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.670 12.673 12.745 12.754 12.712 BELGIUM FRANC 37.020 37.170 37.380 37.430 37.460 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4246 1.4218 1.4232 1.4205 1.4236 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.3100 8.3090 8.3100 8.3100 DENMARK KRONE 6.8460 6.8660 6.9065 6.9091 6.9150 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1017 1.0975 1.0915 1.0895 1.0890 FINLAND MARKKA 5.4450 5.4675 5.5019 5.5029 5.5090 FRANCE FRANC 6.0245 6.0365 6.0655 6.0800 6.0835 GERMANY D. MARK 1.7917 1.8004 1.8116 1.8116 1.8141 GREECE DRACHMA 284.05 284.99 286.55 287.43 287.50 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7465 7.7465 7.7470 7.7435 7.7430 INDIA RUPEE 39.300 39.350 39.260 39.300 39.450 *IRELAND POUND 1.3835 1.3815 1.3695 1.3644 1.3640 ITALY LIRA 1769.80 1777.80 1788.20 1785.90 1787.60 JAPAN YEN 128.92 128.15 128.62 127.72 126.12 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8400 3.7500 3.7400 3.7075 3.7050 MEXICO PESO 8.6300 8.6100 8.5830 8.5640 8.5275 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0221 2.0298 2.0416 2.0431 2.0450 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5760 0.5762 0.5761 0.5772 0.5840 NORWAY KRONE 7.5155 7.5256 7.5900 7.5678 7.5780 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 183.85 184.42 185.49 185.71 185.75 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.65 1.63 1.63 1.62 1.62 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.9440 4.9370 4.9465 4.9500 4.9435 SOUTH KOREA WON 1663.00 1656.00 1644.00 1656.00 1635.00 SPAIN PESETA 152.200 152.630 153.590 153.680 153.800 SRI LANKA RUPEE 62.250 62.200 62.250 62.200 61.900 SWEDEN KRONA 8.0100 8.0250 8.0590 8.0390 8.0040 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4506 1.4539 1.4653 1.4655 1.4662 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.950 32.800 32.600 32.350 32.200 THAILAND BAHT 44.800 44.000 43.200 43.000 43.150 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6470 1.6455 1.6484 1.6448 1.6453 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 99.50 99.65 100.06 100.00 99.89 *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 March 23, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 6, 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 Mar. 2 Mar. 3 Mar. 4 Mar. 5 Mar. 6 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6825 0.6796 0.6745 0.6680 0.6675 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.716 12.728 12.788 12.822 12.907 BELGIUM FRANC 37.410 37.320 37.500 37.690 37.880 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4250 1.4187 1.4222 1.4185 1.4185 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3091 8.3180 DENMARK KRONE 6.9150 6.8980 6.9300 6.9600 6.9946 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.0900 1.0940 1.0890 1.0825 1.0785 FINLAND MARKKA 5.5077 5.4905 5.5155 5.5430 5.5700 FRANCE FRANC 6.0775 6.0820 6.0880 6.1222 6.1495 GERMANY D. MARK 1.8127 1.8090 1.8151 1.8260 1.8357 GREECE DRACHMA 287.10 285.98 287.02 288.50 290.05 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7430 7.7428 7.7430 7.7450 7.7425 INDIA RUPEE 39.600 39.530 39.540 39.540 39.550 *IRELAND POUND 1.3675 1.3715 1.3659 1.3605 1.3515 ITALY LIRA 1786.35 1781.70 1787.89 1795.30 1802.60 JAPAN YEN 125.38 126.05 126.79 127.61 128.42 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.6200 3.8100 3.8150 3.9600 3.9550 MEXICO PESO 8.4970 8.5300 8.5870 8.6130 8.6025 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0440 2.0388 2.0483 2.0591 2.0688 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5875 0.5870 0.5830 0.5790 0.5780 NORWAY KRONE 7.5750 7.5445 7.5535 7.5930 7.6225 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 185.64 185.20 185.95 186.85 187.60 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.61 1.64 1.64 1.65 1.65 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.9310 4.9310 4.9310 4.9490 4.9850 SOUTH KOREA WON 1553.00 N.A. 1566.00 1605.00 1638.00 SPAIN PESETA 153.650 153.460 154.200 154.750 155.500 SRI LANKA RUPEE 61.985 61.550 61.750 62.500 61.800 SWEDEN KRONA 7.9880 7.9750 7.9900 8.0450 8.0600 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4660 1.4694 1.4770 1.4841 1.4939 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.100 32.100 32.050 32.200 32.250 THAILAND BAHT 44.200 44.000 44.700 45.000 44.600 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6472 1.6525 1.6460 1.6450 1.6325 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 99.74 99.65 100.01 100.43 100.92 *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. 1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE March 23, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 13, 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 Mar. 9 Mar. 10 Mar. 11 Mar. 12 Mar. 13 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6672 0.6680 0.6670 0.6695 0.6760 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.872 12.885 12.908 12.862 12.794 BELGIUM FRANC 37.730 37.810 37.850 37.700 37.520 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4143 1.4140 1.4075 1.4113 1.4100 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 DENMARK KRONE 6.9725 6.9830 6.9945 6.9670 6.9325 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.0830 1.0809 1.0800 1.0845 1.0905 FINLAND MARKKA 5.5510 5.5633 5.5705 5.5500 5.5225 FRANCE FRANC 6.1320 6.1405 6.1535 6.1263 6.1010 GERMANY D. MARK 1.8290 1.8315 1.8352 1.8274 1.8195 GREECE DRACHMA 288.90 289.70 289.70 288.60 293.80 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7415 7.7435 7.7445 7.7450 7.7445 INDIA RUPEE 39.455 39.550 39.530 39.550 39.800 *IRELAND POUND 1.3600 1.3546 1.3530 1.3576 1.3755 ITALY LIRA 1799.90 1803.05 1805.10 1799.25 1788.03 JAPAN YEN 127.78 127.63 129.30 129.25 128.23 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.9900 3.9100 3.9400 3.8550 3.7300 MEXICO PESO 8.6240 8.6275 8.6660 8.5750 8.5600 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0618 2.0640 2.0678 2.0600 2.0503 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5796 0.5832 0.5785 0.5807 0.5862 NORWAY KRONE 7.6045 7.6045 7.6214 7.6130 7.5645 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 187.10 187.50 187.60 187.00 186.02 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.66 1.64 1.64 1.62 1.60 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.9800 4.9765 4.9870 4.9875 4.9740 SOUTH KOREA WON 1616.00 1597.00 1582.00 1551.00 1528.00 SPAIN PESETA 154.970 155.250 155.500 154.950 154.250 SRI LANKA RUPEE 61.900 61.800 61.800 61.800 61.900 SWEDEN KRONA 8.0070 8.0177 8.0050 7.9938 7.9100 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4950 1.4915 1.4930 1.4853 1.4765 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.250 32.400 32.350 32.450 32.500 THAILAND BAHT 44.750 43.750 43.800 43.050 40.400 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6364 1.6381 1.6467 1.6561 1.6658 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 100.59 100.64 100.81 100.51 99.98 *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 March 23, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 20, 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 Mar. 16 Mar. 17 Mar. 18 Mar. 19 Mar. 20 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6700 0.6715 0.6637 0.6626 0.6645 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.803 12.776 12.860 12.863 12.900 BELGIUM FRANC 37.600 37.480 37.710 37.760 37.830 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4138 1.4165 1.4189 1.4180 1.4182 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.2800 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 DENMARK KRONE 6.9480 6.9267 6.9680 6.9740 6.9920 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.0890 1.0922 1.0860 1.0845 1.0830 FINLAND MARKKA 5.5315 5.5183 5.5460 5.5500 5.5662 FRANCE FRANC 6.1075 6.0930 6.1277 6.1350 6.1450 GERMANY D. MARK 1.8213 1.8179 1.8287 1.8296 1.8334 GREECE DRACHMA 320.00 319.73 323.00 323.13 322.80 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7445 7.7470 7.7490 7.7480 7.7480 INDIA RUPEE 39.575 39.550 39.650 39.680 39.550 *IRELAND POUND 1.3770 1.3785 1.3710 1.3720 1.3690 ITALY LIRA 1795.65 1789.80 1799.70 1797.00 1805.00 JAPAN YEN 129.40 129.41 130.17 130.43 130.34 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.7900 3.8000 3.6550 3.6700 3.6500 MEXICO PESO 8.5870 8.5925 8.5925 8.5675 8.5810 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0545 2.0503 2.0603 2.0632 2.0670 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5825 0.5823 0.5660 0.5633 0.5630 NORWAY KRONE 7.5935 7.5800 7.6200 7.5984 7.6146 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 186.70 185.97 187.10 186.95 187.60 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.61 1.61 1.61 1.61 1.60 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.9710 4.9685 4.9780 4.9740 4.9820 SOUTH KOREA WON 1466.00 1470.00 1487.00 1476.00 1451.00 SPAIN PESETA 154.600 154.200 155.050 154.950 155.350 SRI LANKA RUPEE 61.800 61.750 61.850 61.850 62.100 SWEDEN KRONA 7.9520 7.9395 7.9750 7.9860 7.9770 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4825 1.4788 1.4905 1.4939 1.4993 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.500 32.600 32.900 32.850 32.850 THAILAND BAHT 40.100 40.200 41.000 40.000 39.800 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6682 1.6743 1.6711 1.6678 1.6643 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 100.26 100.08 100.57 100.66 100.82 *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.