H.10(512) April 2, 1999 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 2, 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 Mar. 29 Mar. 30 Mar. 31 Apr. 1 Apr. 2 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6323 0.6270 0.6340 0.6354 0.6345 BRAZIL REAL 1.7750 1.7350 1.7200 1.7300 1.7350 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5125 1.5125 1.5092 1.5023 1.4968 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2797 8.2800 8.2800 8.2796 8.2794 DENMARK KRONE 6.9380 6.9245 6.8780 6.8970 6.8945 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.0716 1.0732 1.0808 1.0782 1.0782 GREECE DRACHMA 304.50 303.40 301.86 301.90 302.65 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7497 7.7493 7.7500 7.7499 7.7500 INDIA RUPEE 42.48 42.50 42.50 42.50 42.50 JAPAN YEN 119.78 120.10 118.43 120.19 120.60 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 9.514 9.540 9.521 9.518 9.510 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5336 0.5308 0.5340 0.5345 0.5335 NORWAY KRONE 7.7950 7.7950 7.7280 7.7530 7.7460 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7331 1.7330 1.7275 1.7295 1.7320 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.2335 6.2150 6.1700 6.1700 6.1750 SOUTH KOREA WON 1226.20 1230.00 1228.00 1225.00 1225.20 SRI LANKA RUPEE 69.380 69.450 69.450 69.550 69.550 SWEDEN KRONA 8.3450 8.3370 8.2130 8.2465 8.2380 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4877 1.4890 1.4775 1.4810 1.4810 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.200 33.200 33.170 33.200 33.180 THAILAND BAHT 37.660 37.670 37.580 37.720 37.730 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6140 1.6115 1.6140 1.6063 1.6023 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 583.15 584.00 583.75 583.75 583.75 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 117.79 117.78 117.23 117.52 117.53 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 96.19 96.25 95.56 95.90 95.90 3)OITP JAN97=100 130.09 129.97 129.79 129.93 129.95 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