H.10(512) January 8, 1999 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 8, 1999 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 Jan. 4 Jan. 5 Jan. 6 Jan. 7 Jan. 8 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6182 0.6217 0.6285 0.6340 0.6326 BRAZIL REAL 1.2074 1.2075 1.2110 1.2100 1.2095 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5268 1.5213 1.5110 1.5117 1.5145 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2793 8.2795 8.2795 8.2798 8.2796 DENMARK KRONE 6.3070 6.3260 6.3640 6.3830 6.4435 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.1812 1.1760 1.1636 1.1672 1.1554 GREECE DRACHMA 276.00 275.80 277.90 278.30 280.20 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7465 7.7475 7.7482 7.7478 7.7490 INDIA RUPEE 42.60 42.56 42.55 42.55 42.55 JAPAN YEN 112.15 111.15 112.78 111.69 111.52 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 9.831 9.796 9.780 9.830 9.811 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5340 0.5370 0.5385 0.5405 0.5400 NORWAY KRONE 7.4960 7.4340 7.4355 7.4050 7.3970 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6583 1.6710 1.6775 1.6713 1.6765 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 5.8675 5.7625 5.6775 5.8400 5.8350 SOUTH KOREA WON 1187.50 1166.00 1160.00 1151.00 1174.00 SRI LANKA RUPEE 68.430 68.410 68.410 68.510 68.480 SWEDEN KRONA 8.0200 7.9720 7.9360 7.9150 7.9285 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3666 1.3694 1.3852 1.3863 1.3970 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.130 32.250 32.250 32.130 32.220 THAILAND BAHT 36.200 36.180 36.500 36.300 36.450 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6581 1.6566 1.6547 1.6495 1.6405 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 565.51 566.00 565.75 566.50 567.10 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 113.30 N.A. 113.46 113.22 113.57 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 91.78 N.A. 92.02 91.72 92.08 3)OITP JAN97=100 126.46 126.33 126.45 126.36 126.63 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. For information about your subscription to this release or about receiving it in document form, please call publication services at Federal Reserve Board at (202) 452-3244. As of the January 11, 1999 release, the euro is reported in place of the individual euro-area currencies. These currency rates can be derived from the euro rate by using the fixed conversion rates (in currencies per euro) given below: 1 EUR = 40.3399 BELGIAN FRANCS = 1.95583 GERMAN MARKS = 166.386 SPANISH PESETAS = 6.55957 FRENCH FRANCS = .787564 IRISH POUNDS = 1936.27 ITALIAN LIRE = 40.3399 LUXEMBOURG FRANCS = 2.20371 DUTCH GUILDERS = 13.7603 AUSTRIAN SCHILLINGS = 200.482 PORTUGUESE ESCUDOS = 5.94573 FINNISH MARKKAS