FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE October 16, 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. FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE October 16, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 2, 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. 28 Sep. 29 Sep. 30 Oct. 1 Oct. 2 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5863 0.5975 0.5930 0.5970 0.5940 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 11.809 11.797 11.754 11.615 11.481 BELGIUM FRANC 34.618 34.583 34.480 34.080 33.872 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5106 1.5012 1.5262 1.5364 1.5505 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.2783 8.2782 8.2780 8.2780 8.2780 DENMARK KRONE 6.3995 6.3750 6.3550 6.2760 6.2380 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1725 1.1743 1.1780 1.1913 1.1995 FINLAND MARKKA 5.1120 5.1020 5.0890 5.0280 4.9950 FRANCE FRANC 5.6235 5.6180 5.5990 5.5310 5.5070 GERMANY D. MARK 1.6781 1.6746 1.6702 1.6504 1.6428 GREECE DRACHMA 289.70 289.00 288.00 284.90 284.00 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7485 7.7487 7.7492 7.7484 7.7492 INDIA RUPEE 42.560 42.550 42.480 42.500 42.450 *IRELAND POUND 1.4880 1.4915 1.4940 1.5130 1.5280 ITALY LIRA 1659.50 1657.70 1651.20 1632.50 1620.60 JAPAN YEN 135.70 133.90 136.59 135.75 135.60 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 10.1100 10.1100 10.1960 10.3240 10.3100 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.8923 1.8903 1.8841 1.8625 1.8499 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4935 0.5025 0.5000 0.5030 0.4987 NORWAY KRONE 7.4250 7.4060 7.4020 7.3710 7.4660 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 172.45 171.85 171.40 169.20 168.15 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.70 1.68 1.69 1.69 1.69 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 5.8500 5.8300 5.8824 6.1100 6.1300 SOUTH KOREA WON 1383.80 1373.00 1393.00 1390.00 1390.00 SPAIN PESETA 142.600 142.350 142.050 140.250 139.200 SRI LANKA RUPEE 66.150 66.110 66.000 66.250 66.050 SWEDEN KRONA 7.8550 7.8310 7.8450 7.8560 7.9680 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3900 1.3895 1.3808 1.3640 1.3523 TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.610 34.540 34.700 34.370 34.050 THAILAND BAHT 39.300 39.080 39.630 39.650 39.600 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.7040 1.7068 1.6995 1.7045 1.7026 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 96.34 96.00 96.27 95.52 95.33 *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 October 16, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 9, 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 Oct. 5 Oct. 6 Oct. 7 Oct. 8 Oct. 9 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5940 0.5887 0.6178 0.6183 0.6162 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 11.499 11.500 11.350 11.323 11.510 BELGIUM FRANC 33.710 33.710 33.360 33.190 33.730 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5570 1.5520 1.5288 1.5435 1.5460 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.2780 8.2779 8.2778 8.2777 8.2777 DENMARK KRONE 6.2210 6.2075 6.1355 6.1195 6.2150 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.2058 1.2050 1.2176 1.2262 1.2148 FINLAND MARKKA 4.9755 4.9697 4.9130 4.8995 4.9770 FRANCE FRANC 5.4810 5.4780 5.4080 5.3875 5.4730 GERMANY D. MARK 1.6352 1.6335 1.6137 1.6060 1.6328 GREECE DRACHMA 285.00 284.00 279.63 279.45 283.70 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7489 7.7486 7.7470 7.7479 7.7480 INDIA RUPEE 42.500 42.450 42.400 42.400 42.400 *IRELAND POUND 1.5275 1.5280 1.5478 1.5520 1.5275 ITALY LIRA 1616.70 1615.50 1596.00 1592.00 1619.00 JAPAN YEN 134.54 131.15 123.97 118.85 117.00 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 10.2000 10.1900 10.1950 10.3800 10.2300 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.8425 1.8416 1.8198 1.8142 1.8440 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4968 0.4930 0.5113 0.5195 0.5205 NORWAY KRONE 7.4815 7.4300 7.3335 7.3350 7.5000 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 167.60 167.52 165.45 164.85 167.55 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.68 1.68 1.65 1.65 1.65 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.0800 6.0100 5.8700 5.8200 5.7995 SOUTH KOREA WON 1389.00 1389.00 1382.00 1365.00 1335.00 SPAIN PESETA 138.950 138.890 137.200 136.800 138.850 SRI LANKA RUPEE 66.000 66.000 65.500 65.500 65.570 SWEDEN KRONA 8.0635 8.0200 7.7450 7.8560 7.9335 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3470 1.3442 1.3180 1.2935 1.3230 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.750 33.540 33.400 33.000 32.950 THAILAND BAHT 39.150 38.830 38.750 38.700 38.400 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6901 1.6833 1.6968 1.7222 1.7030 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 95.15 94.77 92.98 92.14 93.07 *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 October 16, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 16, 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 Oct. 12 Oct. 13 Oct. 14 Oct. 15 Oct. 16 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6273 0.6294 0.6310 0.6327 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 11.530 11.553 11.442 11.384 BELGIUM FRANC 33.830 33.858 33.553 33.430 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5485 1.5465 1.5463 1.5430 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.2776 8.2777 8.2778 8.2776 DENMARK KRONE 6.2310 6.2380 6.1870 6.1505 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU H 1.2025 1.2002 1.2105 1.2175 FINLAND MARKKA 4.9900 4.9940 4.9510 4.9228 FRANCE FRANC 5.4940 5.5025 5.4530 5.4280 GERMANY D. MARK O 1.6381 1.6408 1.6264 1.6185 GREECE DRACHMA 282.49 282.84 280.38 278.30 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7470 7.7465 7.7475 7.7470 INDIA RUPEE L 42.400 42.350 42.330 42.350 *IRELAND POUND 1.5190 1.5203 1.5320 1.5410 ITALY LIRA 1622.15 1624.20 1609.50 1601.70 JAPAN YEN I 118.85 119.27 117.50 115.45 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 10.1980 10.1800 10.1250 10.0850 NETHERLANDS GUILDER D 1.8479 1.8513 1.8353 1.8255 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5410 0.5395 0.5312 0.5357 NORWAY KRONE 7.5350 7.6079 7.6580 7.3920 PORTUGAL ESCUDO A 168.24 168.40 166.90 166.10 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.63 1.61 1.62 1.62 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 5.8125 5.6700 5.6750 5.6971 SOUTH KOREA WON Y 1350.00 1350.00 1336.00 1326.00 SPAIN PESETA 139.330 139.450 138.300 137.600 SRI LANKA RUPEE 65.820 66.000 66.300 66.330 SWEDEN KRONA 7.8930 7.9425 7.9725 7.7810 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3286 1.3325 1.3230 1.3148 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.160 33.300 33.050 32.800 THAILAND BAHT 38.300 38.200 37.950 37.950 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.7015 1.7055 1.7028 1.7030 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 93.44 93.56 92.90 92.30 *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.