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Release Date: October 26, 1998

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FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE October 23, 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: (CURRENCY UNITS PER DOLLAR)
COUNTRYMONETARY
UNIT
Sep. 28Sep. 29Sep. 30Oct. 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 KINGDOMPOUND          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.
 

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FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE October 23, 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:
 
 (CURRENCY UNITS PER DOLLAR)
COUNTRYMONETARY
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 KINGDOMPOUND          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 23, 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:
 
 (CURRENCY UNITS PER DOLLAR)
COUNTRYMONETARY
UNIT
Oct. 12Oct. 13Oct. 14Oct. 15Oct. 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 KINGDOMPOUND                        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.
 
 
 
 
FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE October 23, 1998
 
 
 
H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 23, 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:
 
 (CURRENCY UNITS PER DOLLAR)
COUNTRYMONETARY
UNIT
Oct. 19Oct. 20Oct. 21Oct. 22Oct. 23
*AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.6328       0.6285       0.6275       0.6253       0.6184 
 AUSTRIA        SCHILLING     11.455       11.563       11.560       11.552       11.518  
 BELGIUM        FRANC        33.610       33.907       33.900       33.900       33.800  
 CANADA         DOLLAR        1.5490       1.5390       1.5550       1.5433       1.5445 
 CHINA,P.R.     YUAN          8.2778       8.2779       8.2778       8.2782       8.2778 
 DENMARK        KRONE         6.1920       6.2510       6.2475       6.2395       6.2275 
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU           1.2068       1.2000       1.1980       1.1985       1.2014 
 FINLAND        MARKKA        4.9510       4.9948       4.9960       4.9900       4.9815 
 FRANCE         FRANC         5.4590       5.5105       5.5080       5.5053       5.4915 
 GERMANY        D. MARK       1.6279       1.6426       1.6442       1.6409       1.6373 
 GREECE         DRACHMA     279.59       281.35       281.10       280.50       279.55   
 HONG KONG      DOLLAR        7.7480       7.7490       7.7490       7.7493       7.7505 
 INDIA          RUPEE        42.350       42.340       42.340       42.320       42.350  
*IRELAND        POUND         1.5290       1.5168       1.5170       1.5186       1.5226 
 ITALY          LIRA       1611.60      1624.70      1625.25      1625.25      1619.70   
 JAPAN          YEN         114.46       118.09       116.85       117.88       118.06   
 MALAYSIA       RINGGIT       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000 
 MEXICO         PESO         10.1000      10.0500      10.0400       9.9950      10.0400 
 NETHERLANDS    GUILDER       1.8360       1.8529       1.8530       1.8515       1.8470 
*NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR        0.5350       0.5263       0.5260       0.5255       0.5253 
 NORWAY         KRONE        7.4455       7.4650       7.4100       7.3885       7.3130  
 PORTUGAL       ESCUDO        167.05       168.58       168.50       168.35       167.75 
  SINGAPORE     DOLLAR           1.62          1.63         1.62         1.62         1.62 
  SOUTH AFRICA  RAND          5.6700        5.7500       5.6950       5.7250       5.7400  
  SOUTH KOREA   WON         1328.00       1330.00      1326.00      1324.00      1322.00   
  SPAIN         PESETA       138.360       139.640      139.650      139.410      139.130  
  SRI LANKA     RUPEE          66.900        66.320       66.400       66.610       66.610 
  SWEDEN        KRONA          7.7780        7.8075       7.7575       7.7450       7.6365 
  SWITZERLAND   FRANC         1.3235        1.3462       1.3480       1.3423       1.3375  
  TAIWAN        DOLLAR        32.990        33.000       33.000       32.920       32.960  
  THAILAND      BAHT          38.200        38.050       37.900       37.700       37.490  
 *UNITED KINGDOMPOUND          1.6995        1.7060       1.7005       1.6950       1.6900 
                      
  MEMO:                
**UNITED STATES DOLLAR        92.57         93.42        93.40        93.41        93.27   
 
*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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