FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE November 13, 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: MONETARY (CURRENCY UNITS PER DOLLAR) COUNTRY UNIT Oct. 19 Oct. 20 Oct. 21 Oct. 22 Oct. 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 KINGDOM POUND 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. FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE November 13, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 30, 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. 26 Oct. 27 Oct. 28 Oct. 29 Oct. 30 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6165 0.6154 0.6160 0.6231 0.6250 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 11.598 11.643 11.644 11.635 11.655 BELGIUM FRANC 34.005 34.145 34.147 34.150 34.183 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5450 1.5395 1.5420 1.5497 1.5432 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.2777 8.2776 8.2778 8.2776 8.2778 DENMARK KRONE 6.2610 6.2910 6.2940 6.2875 6.3075 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1918 1.1885 1.1890 1.1888 1.1868 FINLAND MARKKA 5.0110 5.0340 5.0350 5.0300 5.0350 FRANCE FRANC 5.5280 5.5477 5.5490 5.5425 5.5570 GERMANY D. MARK 1.6509 1.6544 1.6537 1.6535 1.6565 GREECE DRACHMA 279.65 281.53 282.00 282.80 281.75 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7498 7.7500 7.7495 7.7483 7.7455 INDIA RUPEE 42.400 42.400 42.350 42.450 42.450 *IRELAND POUND 1.5100 1.5043 1.5020 1.5055 1.5017 ITALY LIRA 1632.50 1637.75 1638.00 1636.00 1639.50 JAPAN YEN 118.84 118.60 117.56 117.30 116.45 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 10.0230 10.1950 10.1700 10.2150 10.1020 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.8610 1.8672 1.8675 1.8653 1.8690 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5225 0.5202 0.5220 0.5258 0.5295 NORWAY KRONE 7.3320 7.3820 7.3960 7.3990 7.3770 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 169.10 169.75 169.70 169.57 169.92 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.63 1.63 1.62 1.62 1.63 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 5.6975 5.7700 5.7500 5.7100 5.6000 SOUTH KOREA WON 1316.00 1321.00 1320.00 1317.00 1321.00 SPAIN PESETA 140.000 140.710 140.650 140.550 140.900 SRI LANKA RUPEE 66.930 66.950 67.020 67.040 67.150 SWEDEN KRONA 7.6700 7.7910 7.8080 7.7870 7.8180 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3463 1.3497 1.3483 1.3452 1.3548 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.000 32.700 32.550 32.580 32.480 THAILAND BAHT 37.650 37.410 36.900 36.900 36.800 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6830 1.6722 1.6720 1.6758 1.6735 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 93.84 94.09 94.00 93.93 93.96 *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 November 13, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 6, 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 Nov. 2 Nov. 3 Nov. 4 Nov. 5 Nov. 6 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6252 0.6254 0.6286 0.6320 0.6340 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 11.627 11.675 11.726 11.658 11.744 BELGIUM FRANC 34.080 34.228 34.390 34.170 34.427 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5325 1.5240 1.5247 1.5175 1.5315 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.2777 8.2780 8.2778 8.2777 8.2779 DENMARK KRONE 6.2865 6.3080 6.3400 6.2965 6.3260 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1870 1.1815 1.1775 1.1845 1.1763 FINLAND MARKKA 5.0295 5.0440 5.0720 5.0365 5.0605 FRANCE FRANC 5.5400 5.5640 5.5885 5.5565 5.5965 GERMANY D. MARK 1.6527 1.6599 1.6668 1.6569 1.6690 GREECE DRACHMA 279.70 279.60 280.30 277.70 278.70 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7440 7.7448 7.7440 7.7428 7.7426 INDIA RUPEE 42.350 42.400 42.330 42.390 42.300 *IRELAND POUND 1.5010 1.4995 1.4930 1.5010 1.4890 ITALY LIRA 1634.50 1641.25 1649.90 1638.50 1645.60 JAPAN YEN 114.52 115.50 116.55 117.45 118.73 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 9.9900 10.0300 9.9480 9.9870 9.9760 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.8632 1.8711 1.8800 1.8675 1.8770 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5305 0.5303 0.5331 0.5395 0.5385 NORWAY KRONE 7.3305 7.3850 7.4255 7.3435 7.3705 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 169.50 170.15 170.95 169.83 170.60 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.62 1.62 1.62 1.62 1.64 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 5.6400 5.6240 5.5825 5.5900 5.4900 SOUTH KOREA WON 1320.00 1316.00 1313.00 1318.00 1313.00 SPAIN PESETA 140.490 141.100 141.750 140.860 141.560 SRI LANKA RUPEE 67.120 67.120 67.230 67.450 67.290 SWEDEN KRONA 7.7860 7.8140 7.8475 7.7655 7.8180 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3500 1.3559 1.3670 1.3585 1.3742 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.450 32.510 32.530 32.600 32.650 THAILAND BAHT 36.700 36.720 36.600 36.420 36.750 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6652 1.6577 1.6588 1.6630 1.6580 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 93.57 93.94 94.34 93.97 94.64 *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 November 13, 1998 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 13, 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 Nov. 9 Nov. 10 Nov. 11 Nov. 12 Nov. 13 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6348 0.6223 0.6320 0.6392 AUSTRIA SCHILLING 11.895 11.868 11.915 11.877 BELGIUM FRANC 34.870 34.763 34.938 34.817 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5350 1.5460 1.5493 1.5525 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.2777 8.2776 8.2775 8.2780 DENMARK KRONE 6.4295 6.4150 6.4355 6.4145 *EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1624 1.1664 H 1.1613 1.1661 FINLAND MARKKA 5.1445 5.1315 5.1520 5.1300 FRANCE FRANC 5.6685 5.6555 5.6795 5.6600 GERMANY D. MARK 1.6909 1.6872 O 1.6925 1.6889 GREECE DRACHMA 284.05 284.00 284.12 284.00 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7395 7.7400 7.7445 7.7440 INDIA RUPEE 42.320 42.330 L 42.370 42.390 *IRELAND POUND 1.4710 1.4745 1.4680 1.4736 ITALY LIRA 1671.70 1668.70 1675.50 1670.50 JAPAN YEN 121.98 122.88 I 122.77 122.68 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 10.0100 10.0200 10.0510 9.9950 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9055 1.9015 D 1.9100 1.9035 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5360 0.5280 0.5295 0.5378 NORWAY KRONE 7.4777 7.5000 7.5490 7.4870 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 173.32 172.87 A 173.60 173.00 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.66 1.66 1.66 1.65 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 5.5850 5.6550 5.7600 5.7000 SOUTH KOREA WON 1316.30 1318.00 Y 1317.90 1319.00 SPAIN PESETA 143.720 143.370 143.950 143.500 SRI LANKA RUPEE 67.420 67.550 67.540 67.660 SWEDEN KRONA 7.9100 7.9837 8.1450 8.1280 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3995 1.3920 1.3955 1.3907 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.680 32.850 32.750 32.730 THAILAND BAHT 36.950 37.200 36.950 36.900 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6585 1.6580 1.6568 1.6635 MEMO: **UNITED STATES DOLLAR 95.87 95.92 96.24 96.03 *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.