1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE April 10, 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. 1FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE April 10, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 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 Mar. 23 Mar. 24 Mar. 25 Mar. 26 Mar. 27 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6655 0.6716 0.6700 0.6742 0.6740 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.854 12.858 12.856 12.824 12.850 BELGIUM FRANC 37.670 37.700 37.700 37.600 37.670 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4220 1.4198 1.4103 1.4120 1.4147 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 DENMARK KRONE 6.9607 6.9670 6.9675 6.9500 6.9610 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.0885 1.0870 1.0860 1.0895 1.0875 FINLAND MARKKA 5.5455 5.5445 5.5485 5.5300 5.5425 FRANCE FRANC 6.1225 6.1255 6.1260 6.1113 6.1185 GERMANY D. MARK 1.8266 1.8276 1.8276 1.8223 1.8265 GREECE DRACHMA 320.80 320.50 318.90 317.92 317.93 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7480 7.7474 7.7475 7.7480 7.7475 INDIA RUPEE 39.540 39.580 39.600 39.550 39.510 *IRELAND POUND 1.3745 1.3737 1.3765 1.3770 1.3745 ITALY LIRA 1799.50 1800.50 1801.10 1797.80 1800.70 JAPAN YEN 130.28 130.25 128.76 128.71 130.17 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.5450 3.6550 3.5900 3.5950 3.5675 MEXICO PESO 8.5350 8.5350 8.5250 8.5190 8.5250 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0590 2.0598 2.0610 2.0549 2.0585 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5610 0.5622 0.5626 0.5637 0.5620 NORWAY KRONE 7.5490 7.5645 7.5676 7.5180 7.5180 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 187.00 187.20 187.30 186.65 187.10 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.60 1.61 1.60 1.60 1.59 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 4.9810 4.9760 4.9710 4.9745 4.9770 SOUTH KOREA WON 1371.00 1379.00 1391.00 1398.00 1380.50 SPAIN PESETA 154.800 155.070 155.150 154.610 154.950 SRI LANKA RUPEE 62.500 62.700 62.500 62.600 62.500 SWEDEN KRONA 7.9328 7.9250 7.9260 7.8800 7.8750 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4902 1.4900 1.4940 1.4895 1.4972 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.800 32.750 32.700 32.590 32.630 THAILAND BAHT 38.550 38.800 38.450 38.700 38.000 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6790 1.6751 1.6739 1.6860 1.6825 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 100.47 100.51 100.32 100.06 100.37 *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 April 10, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 3, 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. 30 Mar. 31 Apr. 1 Apr. 2 Apr. 3 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6631 0.6617 0.6590 0.6553 0.6568 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.995 12.995 13.039 13.030 13.023 BELGIUM FRANC 38.100 38.090 38.260 38.210 38.200 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4225 1.4219 1.4175 1.4195 1.4210 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.2793 8.3100 8.3100 8.2800 DENMARK KRONE 7.0400 7.0407 7.0705 7.0640 7.0580 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.0765 1.0762 1.0725 1.0740 1.0725 FINLAND MARKKA 5.6040 5.6034 5.6280 5.6240 5.6210 FRANCE FRANC 6.1850 6.1865 6.2130 6.2050 6.2060 GERMANY D. MARK 1.8466 1.8470 1.8542 1.8517 1.8515 GREECE DRACHMA 319.50 319.50 323.07 321.00 321.00 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7475 7.7480 7.7495 7.7499 7.7495 INDIA RUPEE 39.550 39.480 39.550 39.550 39.560 *IRELAND POUND 1.3600 1.3595 1.3560 1.3575 1.3585 ITALY LIRA 1820.60 1820.30 1827.60 1826.50 1826.75 JAPAN YEN 132.16 133.20 133.76 133.50 135.05 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.6400 3.6300 3.7025 3.7525 3.7900 MEXICO PESO 8.5360 8.5160 8.6000 8.5210 8.5510 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0803 2.0822 2.0890 2.0883 2.0858 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5536 0.5523 0.5490 0.5493 0.5512 NORWAY KRONE 7.5880 7.6178 7.7050 7.6680 7.6550 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 189.20 189.20 190.00 189.86 189.70 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.61 1.61 1.62 1.63 1.63 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 5.0200 5.0345 5.0470 5.0410 5.0405 SOUTH KOREA WON 1385.00 1384.00 1392.00 1416.00 1449.00 SPAIN PESETA 156.710 156.750 157.410 157.200 157.100 SRI LANKA RUPEE 62.300 N.A. 62.250 62.800 62.370 SWEDEN KRONA 7.9310 7.9836 8.0330 8.0230 8.0085 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.5210 1.5221 1.5335 1.5317 1.5302 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.750 32.800 32.900 32.950 32.900 THAILAND BAHT 38.600 39.200 39.600 41.000 41.200 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6775 1.6766 1.6740 1.6665 1.6575 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 101.39 101.54 101.87 101.84 102.06 *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 April 10, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 10, 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 Apr. 6 Apr. 7 Apr. 8 Apr. 9 Apr. 10 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6595 0.6597 0.6570 0.6550 0.6565 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.967 12.948 12.822 12.815 12.833 BELGIUM FRANC 37.970 37.981 37.573 37.580 37.663 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4185 1.4223 1.4246 1.4251 1.4266 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 DENMARK KRONE 7.0295 7.0190 6.9570 6.9482 6.9530 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.0780 1.0785 1.0882 1.0882 1.0874 FINLAND MARKKA 5.6005 5.5870 5.5340 5.5300 5.5400 FRANCE FRANC 6.1765 6.1715 6.1020 6.1010 6.1125 GERMANY D. MARK 1.8425 1.8408 1.8205 1.8202 1.8238 GREECE DRACHMA 320.64 320.00 316.28 316.70 318.50 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7490 7.7495 7.7500 7.7493 7.7495 INDIA RUPEE 39.580 39.740 39.409 39.800 39.900 *IRELAND POUND 1.3667 1.3670 1.3824 1.3827 1.3809 ITALY LIRA 1817.85 1817.00 1797.98 1799.00 1801.00 JAPAN YEN 134.71 133.68 132.64 130.21 128.96 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.7250 3.7200 3.7200 3.6200 3.6700 MEXICO PESO 8.5210 8.5325 8.5140 8.4970 8.4880 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2.0760 2.0732 2.0515 2.0515 2.0542 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5502 0.5485 0.5480 0.5525 0.5536 NORWAY KRONE 7.6580 7.6505 7.5669 7.5500 7.5615 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 188.85 188.60 186.50 186.70 186.80 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.62 1.61 1.60 1.60 1.59 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 5.0525 5.0500 5.0450 5.0375 5.0390 SOUTH KOREA WON 1476.00 1437.00 1416.00 1393.00 1387.00 SPAIN PESETA 156.360 156.250 154.550 154.650 154.800 SRI LANKA RUPEE 62.450 63.000 62.700 62.350 62.450 SWEDEN KRONA 8.0130 8.0075 7.9130 7.8786 7.8760 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.5285 1.5297 1.5104 1.5127 1.5156 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.900 33.100 33.100 33.100 32.900 THAILAND BAHT 39.860 39.950 40.100 40.000 40.000 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6635 1.6658 1.6683 1.6725 1.6718 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 101.67 101.53 100.68 100.39 100.38 *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.