FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE September 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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. FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE September 25, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 25, 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. 21 Sep. 22 Sep. 23 Sep. 24 Sep. 25 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5835 0.5855 0.5781 0.5836 0.5911 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 11.819 11.852 11.882 11.808 11.770 BELGIUM FRANC 34.680 34.736 34.823 34.630 34.530 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5267 1.5295 1.5280 1.5120 1.5128 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 8.3100 DENMARK KRONE 6.4085 6.4065 6.4270 6.3920 6.3640 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1684 1.1665 1.1633 1.1718 1.1752 FINLAND MARKKA 5.1200 5.1245 5.1410 5.1100 5.0940 FRANCE FRANC 5.6340 5.6450 5.6590 5.6290 5.6075 GERMANY D. MARK 1.6805 1.6828 1.6874 1.6775 1.6731 GREECE DRACHMA 291.02 289.08 290.62 290.20 290.35 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7480 7.7487 7.7488 7.7485 7.7478 INDIA RUPEE 42.550 42.600 42.630 42.550 42.550 *IRELAND POUND 1.4851 1.4830 1.4795 1.4905 1.4962 ITALY LIRA 1661.70 1663.90 1668.50 1659.70 1654.50 JAPAN YEN 133.40 135.20 136.45 135.33 135.10 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 10.3200 10.1050 10.1150 10.1240 10.2400 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.8952 1.8990 1.9035 1.8925 1.8865 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5005 0.4960 0.4905 0.4939 0.4968 NORWAY KRONE 7.4775 7.4985 7.5195 7.4610 7.4080 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 172.41 172.64 173.10 172.20 171.50 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.74 1.73 1.73 1.71 1.69 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.1300 5.9525 5.9550 5.7850 5.8450 SOUTH KOREA WON 1395.00 1399.00 1402.00 1393.00 1388.00 SPAIN PESETA 142.860 142.900 143.330 142.550 142.100 SRI LANKA RUPEE 66.090 66.250 66.140 66.180 66.210 SWEDEN KRONA 7.9125 7.8825 7.9005 7.8880 7.8750 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3805 1.3895 1.3955 1.3880 1.3805 TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.690 34.630 34.710 34.610 34.620 THAILAND BAHT 40.700 40.700 40.500 39.300 39.000 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6845 1.6837 1.6798 1.6945 1.7023 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 96.43 96.73 97.04 96.40 96.13 *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.