H.10(512) February 12, 1999 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 12, 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 Feb. 8 Feb. 9 Feb. 10 Feb. 11 Feb. 12 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6520 0.6468 0.6453 0.6495 0.6463 BRAZIL REAL 1.8900 1.9100 1.9100 1.9000 1.9000 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4875 1.4935 1.4943 1.4889 1.4925 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2776 8.2276 8.2776 8.2776 8.2776 DENMARK KRONE 6.5830 6.5795 6.5625 6.5790 6.5915 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.1296 1.1300 1.1331 1.1303 1.1282 GREECE DRACHMA 285.20 285.20 284.25 284.90 285.43 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7495 7.7495 7.7490 7.7495 7.7500 INDIA RUPEE 42.50 42.50 42.45 42.51 42.60 JAPAN YEN 114.38 114.42 114.45 114.70 114.32 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.7997 MEXICO PESO 10.093 10.080 10.063 10.002 9.950 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5597 0.5546 0.5510 0.5511 0.5493 NORWAY KRONE 7.6380 7.6500 7.6400 7.6305 7.6215 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6905 1.6930 1.6915 1.6890 1.6913 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 5.9650 6.1000 6.0895 6.0700 6.1055 SOUTH KOREA WON 1177.00 1177.00 1179.00 1176.40 1176.70 SRI LANKA RUPEE 68.970 68.600 68.600 69.000 69.120 SWEDEN KRONA 7.8620 7.8845 7.8850 7.8900 7.8830 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4175 1.4183 1.4083 1.4154 1.4157 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.290 32.320 32.310 32.360 32.350 THAILAND BAHT 37.000 37.130 37.100 37.050 36.950 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6380 1.6355 1.6290 1.6244 1.6311 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 577.00 577.50 578.25 578.40 578.10 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 115.63 115.69 115.65 115.59 115.56 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 92.74 92.89 92.85 92.89 92.91 3)OITP JAN97=100 130.79 130.67 130.62 130.40 130.29 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