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FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE                                            May 1, 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.




FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE                                            May 1, 1998



  H.10(512)                     FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING  APRIL 17, 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. 13      Apr. 14      Apr. 15      Apr. 16      Apr. 17

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.6553       0.6470       0.6490       0.6500       0.6490
  AUSTRIA        SCHILLING     12.836       12.693       12.655       12.717       12.731
  BELGIUM        FRANC         37.645       37.205       37.129       37.300       37.354
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.4320       1.4345       1.4395       1.4369       1.4295
  CHINA,P.R.     YUAN           8.3100       8.3100       8.3100       8.3100       8.3100
  DENMARK        KRONE          6.9550       6.8802       6.8620       6.8895       6.9000
 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU            1.0871       1.0985       1.1005       1.0963       1.0960
  FINLAND        MARKKA         5.5370       5.4840       5.4670       5.4865       5.4905
  FRANCE         FRANC          6.1145       6.0465       6.0275       6.0585       6.0645
  GERMANY        D. MARK        1.8244       1.8035       1.7985       1.8070       1.8088
  GREECE         DRACHMA      318.15       313.45       312.66       314.40       313.45
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7490       7.7490       7.7500       7.7485       7.7480
  INDIA          RUPEE         39.700       39.650       39.720       39.740       39.730
 *IRELAND        POUND          1.3808       1.3972       1.4010       1.3934       1.3933
  ITALY          LIRA        1802.00      1782.50      1780.40      1786.00      1787.20
  JAPAN          YEN          129.52       129.35       129.45       131.78       131.85
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        3.6500       3.6900       3.7000       3.7700       3.8000
  MEXICO         PESO           8.5150       8.4910       8.4725       8.5030       8.4880
  NETHERLANDS    GUILDER        2.0553       2.0322       2.0263       2.0350       2.0378
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.5520       0.5490       0.5518       0.5533       0.5580
  NORWAY         KRONE         7.5610       7.5000       7.5030       7.4950       7.5110
  PORTUGAL       ESCUDO         186.85       184.75       184.47       185.10       185.30
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR           1.59         1.59         1.60         1.60         1.60
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND          5.0390       5.0330       5.0360       5.0450       5.0440
  SOUTH KOREA    WON         1405.00      1400.00      1395.00      1388.00      1387.00
  SPAIN          PESETA       154.750      153.200      152.890      153.400      153.650
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE          63.200       63.300       62.800       62.450       62.700
  SWEDEN         KRONA          7.8620       7.7720       7.7650       7.7500       7.7700
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC         1.5123       1.4925       1.4930       1.5041       1.5005
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        33.050       33.000       32.910       33.000       33.030
  THAILAND       BAHT          40.000       40.000       40.100       40.100       39.600
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.6668       1.6840       1.6830       1.6910       1.6840

  MEMO:
**UNITED STATES  DOLLAR       100.51        99.64        99.54        99.99       100.06

  *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.




FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE                                            May 1, 1998



  H.10(512)                     FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING  APRIL 24, 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. 20      Apr. 21      Apr. 22      Apr. 23      Apr. 24

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.6455       0.6487       0.6515       0.6535       0.6507
  AUSTRIA        SCHILLING     12.665       12.587       12.610       12.669       12.626
  BELGIUM        FRANC         37.150       36.912       37.005       37.175       37.000
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.4280       1.4310       1.4327       1.4345       1.4360
  CHINA,P.R.     YUAN           8.3100       8.3100       8.3100       8.3100       8.2786
  DENMARK        KRONE          6.8665       6.8230       6.8330       6.8700       6.8484
 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU            1.1004       1.1055       1.1028       1.0984       1.1023
  FINLAND        MARKKA         5.4650       5.4230       5.4380       5.4600       5.4390
  FRANCE         FRANC          6.0315       5.9960       6.0090       6.0390       6.0060
  GERMANY        D. MARK        1.7992       1.7887       1.7920       1.8010       1.7918
  GREECE         DRACHMA      312.40       309.11       310.30       313.30       311.95
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7490       7.7495       7.7575       7.7595       7.7498
  INDIA          RUPEE         39.710       39.800       39.750       39.780       39.720
 *IRELAND        POUND          1.3998       1.4103       1.4041       1.3989       1.4070
  ITALY          LIRA        1779.00      1767.50      1772.50      1779.50      1770.10
  JAPAN          YEN          132.23       131.33       130.77       130.19       130.90
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        3.7900       3.7400       3.7750       3.7900       3.7700
  MEXICO         PESO           8.4760       8.4575       8.4630       8.4670       8.4780
  NETHERLANDS    GUILDER        2.0275       2.0141       2.0179       2.0265       2.0158
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.5545       0.5597       0.5593       0.5615       0.5595
  NORWAY         KRONE         7.4790       7.4177       7.4380       7.4894       7.4500
  PORTUGAL       ESCUDO         184.65       183.00       183.70       184.40       183.65
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR           1.60         1.60         1.59         1.59         1.59
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND          5.0500       5.0470       5.0484       5.0635       5.0535
  SOUTH KOREA    WON         1385.00      1379.00      1377.00      1373.00      1366.00
  SPAIN          PESETA       153.100      151.900      152.300      153.100      152.100
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE          62.850       63.500       63.200       63.000       62.700
  SWEDEN         KRONA          7.7190       7.6700       7.6850       7.7278       7.6830
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC         1.4937       1.4825       1.4840       1.4910       1.4903
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        33.100       33.050       33.050       33.050       33.050
  THAILAND       BAHT          39.350       39.150       39.320       39.400       38.900
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.6757       1.6762       1.6718       1.6665       1.6678

  MEMO:
**UNITED STATES  DOLLAR        99.80        99.32        99.44        99.74        99.49

  *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.




FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE                                            May 1, 1998



  H.10(512)                        FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING  MAY 1, 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. 27      Apr. 28      Apr. 29      Apr. 30      May. 1

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.6473       0.6440       0.6485       0.6520       0.6520
  AUSTRIA        SCHILLING     12.583       12.625       12.633       12.619       12.511
  BELGIUM        FRANC         36.915       37.050       37.040       37.000       36.710
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.4385       1.4390       1.4376       1.4302       1.4340
  CHINA,P.R.     YUAN           8.2790       8.3100       8.3100       8.3100       8.2779
  DENMARK        KRONE          6.8260       6.8470       6.8435       6.8400       6.7760
 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU            1.1053       1.1020       1.1015       1.1024       1.1103
  FINLAND        MARKKA         5.4300       5.4450       5.4440       5.4430       5.3970
  FRANCE         FRANC          5.9910       6.0150       6.0175       6.0170       5.9610
  GERMANY        D. MARK        1.7875       1.7942       1.7948       1.7944       1.7783
  GREECE         DRACHMA      315.45       315.00       316.80       314.35       309.90
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7495       7.7492       7.7430       7.7465       7.7490
  INDIA          RUPEE         39.750       39.805       39.780       39.740       39.820
 *IRELAND        POUND          1.4110       1.4070       1.4065       1.4040       1.4153
  ITALY          LIRA        1768.50      1773.50      1773.50      1771.50      1755.75
  JAPAN          YEN          132.09       132.19       132.05       132.37       133.01
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        3.7975       3.7600       3.7400       3.7550       3.6750
  MEXICO         PESO           8.5150       8.4890       8.5050       8.4920       8.4950
  NETHERLANDS    GUILDER        2.0107       2.0180       2.0208       2.0200       2.0018
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.5539       0.5513       0.5530       0.5555       0.5552
  NORWAY         KRONE         7.4480       7.4670       7.4600       7.4600       7.3905
  PORTUGAL       ESCUDO         183.24       183.95       183.91       183.85       182.25
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR           1.60         1.59         1.59         1.59         1.58
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND          5.0480       5.0445       5.0515       5.0540       5.0520
  SOUTH KOREA    WON         1365.00      1351.00      1339.00      1338.00      1338.00
  SPAIN          PESETA       151.920      152.450      152.350      152.350      150.900
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE          63.150       63.750       63.400       63.500       63.450
  SWEDEN         KRONA          7.7200       7.7550       7.7550       7.7370       7.6850
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC         1.4860       1.4930       1.4955       1.5005       1.4883
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        33.100       33.020       33.100       32.980       33.050
  THAILAND       BAHT          38.850       38.550       38.650       38.700       38.600
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.6733       1.6673       1.6702       1.6727       1.6675

  MEMO:
**UNITED STATES  DOLLAR        99.47        99.77        99.75        99.70        99.25

  *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.

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