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H.10(512) December 4, 1998
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 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:
(RATES IN CURRENCY UNITS PER DOLLAR)
MONETARY
COUNTRY UNIT Nov. 30 Dec. 1 Dec. 2 Dec. 3 Dec. 4
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6280 0.6305 0.6310 0.6245 0.6175
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 11.936 11.822 11.756 11.764 11.810
BELGIUM FRANC 34.99 34.67 34.47 34.50 34.64
BRAZIL REAL 1.2010 1.2016 1.2020 1.2024 1.2022
CANADA DOLLAR 1.5235 1.5330 1.5368 1.5338 1.5350
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.2782 8.2782 8.2780 8.2779 8.2777
DENMARK KRONE 6.4475 6.3925 6.3585 6.3610 6.3770
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1573 1.1675 1.1736 1.1732 1.1700
FINLAND MARKKA 5.1650 5.1095 5.0855 5.0870 5.1000
FRANCE FRANC 5.6890 5.6342 5.6044 5.6094 5.6265
GERMANY D. MARK 1.6966 1.6808 1.6720 1.6725 1.6794
GREECE DRACHMA 284.55 283.28 281.30 281.18 282.30
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7430 7.7455 7.7465 7.7465 7.7472
INDIA RUPEE 42.65 42.61 42.61 42.56 42.58
*IRELAND POUND 1.4640 1.4778 1.4864 1.4850 1.4800
ITALY LIRA 1679.25 1664.00 1654.75 1655.60 1661.30
JAPAN YEN 123.21 122.20 120.17 118.79 119.35
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000
MEXICO PESO 10.005 10.027 9.970 9.993 9.995
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9124 1.8949 1.8840 1.8845 1.8912
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5270 0.5245 0.5275 0.5232 0.5213
NORWAY KRONE 7.4850 7.4425 7.4325 7.4275 7.4475
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 173.92 172.41 171.50 171.48 172.09
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6500 1.6455 1.6470 1.6460 1.6585
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 5.6950 5.6650 5.6575 5.7350 5.8950
SOUTH KOREA WON 1247.00 1246.00 1240.00 1230.00 1217.00
SPAIN PESETA 144.230 143.040 142.270 142.250 142.780
SRI LANKA RUPEE 67.950 67.940 68.000 68.000 68.100
SWEDEN KRONA 8.1350 8.1225 8.0650 8.0420 8.0900
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3963 1.3783 1.3700 1.3667 1.3710
TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.500 32.500 32.470 32.550 32.400
THAILAND BAHT 36.150 36.200 36.150 35.950 35.980
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6485 1.6540 1.6625 1.6645 1.6615
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 572.85 573.70 574.25 575.15 575.70
MEMO:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR
1)BROAD JAN97=100 115.65 115.40 114.98 114.79 115.05
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 94.85 94.50 93.95 93.64 93.93
3)OITP JAN97=100 126.98 126.99 126.88 126.96 127.10
4)G-10 MAR73=100 96.31 95.65 95.05 94.88 95.20
This release is available online at http://www.federalreserve.gov/release/.
For more information on exchange rate indexes for the U.S. dollar, see "New Summary Measures
of the Foreign Exchange Value of the Dollar," Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 84 (October 1998),
pp. 811-18 (http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/bulletin/) and "Index of the Weighted-Average
Exchange Value of the U.S. Dollar: Revision," Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 64 (August 1978),
p. 700. Weights for broad index can be found at http://www.federalreserve.gov/; weights for
the major currencies index and the other important trading partners (OITP) index are derived
from the broad index weights.
* Value is U.S. dollars.
1) A weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against the currencies
of a broad group of major U.S. trading partners.
2) A weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against a subset of
the broad index currencies that circulate widely outside the country of issue.
3) A weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against a subset of
the broad index currencies that do not circulate widely outside the country of issue.
4) A weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against the currencies
of the other G-10 countries. We will discontinue publication of this series after December 1998.
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