H.10(512)                                                                 October 8, 1999



 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 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       Oct. 4       Oct. 5       Oct. 6       Oct. 7       Oct. 8

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.6607       0.6633       0.6605       0.6602       0.6540
  BRAZIL         REAL           1.9410       1.9500       1.9640       1.9330       1.9500
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.4705       1.4695       1.4695       1.4725       1.4739
  CHINA, P.R.    YUAN           8.2778       8.2770       8.2778       8.2778       8.2780
  DENMARK        KRONE          6.9450       6.9500       6.9450       6.9320       6.9960
 *EMU MEMBERS    EURO           1.0703       1.0693       1.0704       1.0721       1.0630
  GREECE         DRACHMA      307.45       307.35       307.00       306.30       309.00
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7679       7.7685       7.7683       7.7686       7.7690
  INDIA          RUPEE         43.73        43.73        43.70        43.65        43.55
  JAPAN          YEN          106.35       106.96       107.54       107.67       107.38
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000
  MEXICO         PESO           9.451        9.476        9.430        9.464        9.478
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.5222       0.5235       0.5213       0.5187       0.5142
  NORWAY         KRONE          7.6950       7.7000       7.7125       7.7150       7.8150
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR         1.6900       1.6770       1.6780       1.6803       1.6825
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND           5.9965       5.9860       6.0500       6.0480       6.0450
  SOUTH KOREA    WON         1213.00      1207.00      1204.00      1202.00      1204.00
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE         71.300       71.700       71.400       71.700       71.650
  SWEDEN         KRONA          8.1470       8.1180       8.1375       8.1300       8.1800
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC          1.4878       1.4894       1.4875       1.4860       1.5000
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        31.800       31.830       31.850       31.850       31.830
  THAILAND       BAHT          40.450       38.950       39.330       39.930       40.340
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.6555       1.6525       1.6560       1.6520       1.6520
  VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR      628.65       629.45       629.70       629.60       630.75

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES   DOLLAR
1)BROAD          JAN97=100    115.20       115.17       115.23       115.32       115.54
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100     92.22        92.36        92.45        92.51        92.76
3)OITP           JAN97=100    130.65       130.30       130.27       130.41       130.52


 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.

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 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