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FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE                                     September 18, 1998



  H.10(512)                    FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING  AUGUST 28, 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       Aug. 24      Aug. 25      Aug. 26      Aug. 27      Aug. 28

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.5792       0.5760       0.5682       0.5550       0.5650
  AUSTRIA        SCHILLING     12.628       12.655       12.713       12.690       12.473
  BELGIUM        FRANC         37.010       37.088       37.270       37.065       36.555
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.5493       1.5507       1.5630       1.5770       1.5692
  CHINA,P.R.     YUAN           8.3100       8.3100       8.3100       8.3100       8.3100
  DENMARK        KRONE          6.8360       6.8525       6.8790       6.8850       6.7475
 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU            1.0998       1.0980       1.0930       1.1000       1.1140
  FINLAND        MARKKA         5.4600       5.4695       5.5000       5.4850       5.3910
  FRANCE         FRANC          6.0170       6.0300       6.0570       6.0235       5.9410
  GERMANY        D. MARK        1.7947       1.7985       1.8066       1.7983       1.7719
  GREECE         DRACHMA      305.75       306.80       313.01       312.15       304.73
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7480       7.7465       7.7485       7.7505       7.7500
  INDIA          RUPEE         42.600       42.560       42.550       42.650       42.700
 *IRELAND        POUND          1.3963       1.3940       1.3890       1.3925       1.4150
  ITALY          LIRA        1770.00      1773.00      1783.00      1777.00      1751.00
  JAPAN          YEN          143.96       144.94       144.43       142.20       142.55
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        4.2020       4.2205       4.2055       4.2050       4.2030
  MEXICO         PESO           9.6650       9.5900       9.8600       9.9700      10.0500
  NETHERLANDS    GUILDER        2.0235       2.0283       2.0375       2.0270       2.0000
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.4910       0.4912       0.4885       0.4838       0.4928
  NORWAY         KRONE         7.7920       7.8655       8.0045       8.3200       7.9545
  PORTUGAL       ESCUDO         183.77       184.10       185.02       185.20       181.80
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR           1.77         1.77         1.77         1.77         1.78
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND          6.2750       6.2725       6.4000       6.6400       6.4800
  SOUTH KOREA    WON         1306.00      1309.00      1312.00      1320.00      1338.00
  SPAIN          PESETA       152.350      152.800      153.400      153.500      150.450
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE          66.800       66.850       66.360       67.250       66.450
  SWEDEN         KRONA          8.2250       8.2635       8.3325       8.3350       8.0976
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC         1.4996       1.5030       1.5053       1.4820       1.4530
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        34.850       34.850       34.840       34.800       34.850
  THAILAND       BAHT          41.750       41.550       41.720       41.900       42.100
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.6410       1.6395       1.6385       1.6405       1.6720

  MEMO:
**UNITED STATES  DOLLAR       102.08       102.35       102.70       102.22       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.




FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE                                     September 18, 1998



  H.10(512)                  FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING  SEPTEMBER 4, 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       Aug. 31      Sep. 1       Sep. 2       Sep. 3       Sep. 4

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.5720       0.5805       0.5830       0.5810       0.5861
  AUSTRIA        SCHILLING     12.367       12.325       12.325       12.143       12.210
  BELGIUM        FRANC         36.370       36.133       36.127       35.620       35.810
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.5745       1.5535       1.5385       1.5395       1.5265
  CHINA,P.R.     YUAN           8.3100       8.3100       8.3100       8.3100       8.3100
  DENMARK        KRONE          6.6990       6.6635       6.6600       6.5730       6.6020
 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU            1.1190       1.1267       1.1258       1.1413       1.1347
  FINLAND        MARKKA         5.3480       5.3340       5.3325       5.2520       5.2840
  FRANCE         FRANC          5.9140       5.8685       5.8715       5.7925       5.8225
  GERMANY        D. MARK        1.7584       1.7502       1.7507       1.7279       1.7350
  GREECE         DRACHMA      302.48       301.29       299.54       297.40       299.90
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7497       7.7455       7.7500       7.7495       7.7390
  INDIA          RUPEE         42.650       42.650       42.580       42.600       42.655
 *IRELAND        POUND          1.4240       1.4330       1.4295       1.4520       1.4445
  ITALY          LIRA        1741.00      1732.70      1731.40      1703.50      1713.40
  JAPAN          YEN          140.90       136.23       137.76       134.82       133.99
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        4.1950       3.8950       3.8100       3.8005       3.8000
  MEXICO         PESO           9.9850       9.9900       9.9400      10.1200      10.1460
  NETHERLANDS    GUILDER        1.9830       1.9775       1.9770       1.9480       1.9592
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.4950       0.5073       0.5035       0.5005       0.5062
  NORWAY         KRONE         7.8050       7.7400       7.7200       7.7280       7.7150
  PORTUGAL       ESCUDO         180.21       179.37       179.28       176.95       177.70
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR           1.78         1.72         1.74         1.76         1.75
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND          6.4400       6.2800       6.2100       6.2200       6.2350
  SOUTH KOREA    WON         1336.00      1356.00      1342.00      1332.00      1344.00
  SPAIN          PESETA       149.790      148.800      148.800      146.600      147.250
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE          66.950       66.450       66.350       66.580       66.900
  SWEDEN         KRONA          8.0665       7.9675       7.9550       7.8950       7.9450
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC         1.4417       1.4405       1.4450       1.4193       1.4252
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        34.880       34.810       34.780       34.820       34.750
  THAILAND       BAHT          42.000       40.550       40.700       40.750       40.850
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.6760       1.6740       1.6686       1.6762       1.6720

  MEMO:
**UNITED STATES  DOLLAR       100.37        99.44        99.55        98.32        98.51

  *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                                     September 18, 1998



  H.10(512)                 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING  SEPTEMBER 11, 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       Sep. 7       Sep. 8       Sep. 9       Sep. 10      Sep. 11

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR                      0.5897       0.5875       0.5966       0.6010
  AUSTRIA        SCHILLING                  12.149       12.134       11.899       11.868
  BELGIUM        FRANC                      35.614       35.578       34.874       34.790
  CANADA         DOLLAR                      1.5263       1.5210       1.5145       1.5130
  CHINA,P.R.     YUAN                        8.3100       8.3100       8.3100       8.3100
  DENMARK        KRONE                       6.5750       6.5670       6.4480       6.4440
 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU             H           1.1385       1.1412       1.1610       1.1647
  FINLAND        MARKKA                      5.2520       5.2450       5.1470       5.1280
  FRANCE         FRANC                       5.7870       5.7865       5.6720       5.6500
  GERMANY        D. MARK         O           1.7258       1.7255       1.6916       1.6889
  GREECE         DRACHMA                   295.58       294.92       291.71       290.50
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR                      7.7495       7.7500       7.7500       7.7502
  INDIA          RUPEE           L          42.600       42.600       42.600       42.570
 *IRELAND        POUND                       1.4480       1.4515       1.4815       1.4822
  ITALY          LIRA                     1703.00      1702.10      1671.00      1663.50
  JAPAN          YEN             I         132.10       136.45       134.32       131.05
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT                     3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000
  MEXICO         PESO                       10.3080      10.3700      10.6300      10.5300
  NETHERLANDS    GUILDER         D           1.9487       1.9460       1.9078       1.9035
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR                      0.5097       0.5075       0.5155       0.5210
  NORWAY         KRONE                      7.7270       7.7150       7.6130       7.5260
  PORTUGAL       ESCUDO          A           176.81       176.75       173.34       172.75
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR                        1.73         1.74         1.73         1.72
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND                       6.2475       6.2350       6.2650       6.2750
  SOUTH KOREA    WON             Y        1358.00      1363.00      1370.00      1370.00
  SPAIN          PESETA                    146.500      146.430      143.750      143.270
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE                       66.000       66.180       66.050       66.000
  SWEDEN         KRONA                       7.9500       7.9610       7.9280       7.8270
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC                      1.4123       1.4165       1.3905       1.3860
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR                     34.570       34.690       34.610       34.520
  THAILAND       BAHT                       40.800       40.800       40.740       40.900
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND                       1.6581       1.6620       1.6816       1.6847

  MEMO:
**UNITED STATES  DOLLAR                     98.07        98.43        96.86        96.29

  *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                                     September 18, 1998



  H.10(512)                 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING  SEPTEMBER 18, 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       Sep. 14      Sep. 15      Sep. 16      Sep. 17      Sep. 18

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.5929       0.5945       0.5935       0.5937       0.5875
  AUSTRIA        SCHILLING     11.984       11.886       11.904       11.833       11.901
  BELGIUM        FRANC         35.133       34.826       34.898       34.760       34.890
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.5164       1.5020       1.5038       1.5255       1.5295
  CHINA,P.R.     YUAN           8.3100       8.3100       8.3100       8.3100       8.3100
  DENMARK        KRONE          6.4935       6.4355       6.4495       6.4180       6.4485
 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU            1.1535       1.1618       1.1610       1.1640       1.1623
  FINLAND        MARKKA         5.1870       5.1435       5.1530       5.1370       5.1530
  FRANCE         FRANC          5.7120       5.6650       5.6750       5.6520       5.6650
  GERMANY        D. MARK        1.7024       1.6895       1.6923       1.6850       1.6893
  GREECE         DRACHMA      291.93       290.30       290.20       289.75       290.78
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7460       7.7473       7.7479       7.7475       7.7475
  INDIA          RUPEE         42.600       42.550       42.550       42.550       42.585
 *IRELAND        POUND          1.4690       1.4830       1.4780       1.4835       1.4770
  ITALY          LIRA        1682.80      1667.50      1671.05      1667.50      1671.20
  JAPAN          YEN          133.22       133.05       134.92       131.88       132.63
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000
  MEXICO         PESO          10.5350      10.2100      10.0500      10.3100      10.1450
  NETHERLANDS    GUILDER        1.9210       1.9055       1.9080       1.9015       1.9073
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.5136       0.5140       0.5075       0.5093       0.5040
  NORWAY         KRONE         7.5780       7.5365       7.5188       7.4900       7.4805
  PORTUGAL       ESCUDO         174.65       173.15       173.45       172.91       173.42
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR           1.73         1.73         1.73         1.72         1.72
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND          6.2350       6.1750       6.1100       6.1605       6.1500
  SOUTH KOREA    WON         1392.00      1383.00      1377.00      1385.00      1387.50
  SPAIN          PESETA       144.730      143.410      143.710      143.200      143.700
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE          66.350       66.400       66.120       66.800       66.150
  SWEDEN         KRONA          7.8750       7.7585       7.7985       7.8340       7.8300
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC         1.4047       1.3945       1.3955       1.3850       1.3900
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        34.610       34.610       34.610       34.550       34.530
  THAILAND       BAHT          40.950       40.850       40.850       40.800       40.700
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.6775       1.6742       1.6758       1.6840       1.6835

  MEMO:
**UNITED STATES  DOLLAR        97.18        96.56        96.86        96.42        96.67

  *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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