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Release Date: December 28, 1998
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H.10(512) December 28, 1998
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 25, 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 Dec. 21 Dec. 22 Dec. 23 Dec. 24 Dec. 25
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6170 0.6145 0.6114 0.6110
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 11.768 11.780 11.771 11.838
BELGIUM FRANC 34.51 34.53 34.51 34.71
BRAZIL REAL 1.2090 1.2072 1.2075 1.2075
CANADA DOLLAR 1.5494 1.5530 1.5516 1.5515
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.2779 8.2782 8.2781 8.2785
DENMARK KRONE 6.3640 6.3700 6.3725 6.4030
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1743 1.1732 1.1739 1.1670
FINLAND MARKKA 5.0880 5.0900 5.0930 5.1170
FRANCE FRANC 5.6110 5.6145 5.6100 5.6434
GERMANY D. MARK 1.6737 1.6745 1.6750 1.6840 H
GREECE DRACHMA 280.66 280.89 281.00 282.10
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7455 7.7433 7.7440 7.7470
INDIA RUPEE 42.58 42.58 42.55 42.60 O
*IRELAND POUND 1.4846 1.4832 1.4845 1.4760
ITALY LIRA 1656.95 1658.40 1656.80 1665.75
JAPAN YEN 116.08 116.85 116.02 116.24 L
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.7999 3.8003 3.8000 3.8100
MEXICO PESO 9.759 9.805 9.820 9.885
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.8855 1.8868 1.8855 1.8968 I
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5200 0.5183 0.5237 0.5235
NORWAY KRONE 7.6900 7.6760 7.6625 7.6380
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 171.53 171.67 171.53 172.58 D
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6510 1.6520 1.6535 1.6570
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 5.9095 5.9250 5.9250 5.9200
SOUTH KOREA WON 1196.00 1204.00 1209.00 1208.50 A
SPAIN PESETA 142.360 142.470 142.380 143.230
SRI LANKA RUPEE 68.120 68.250 68.280 68.330
SWEDEN KRONA 8.0450 8.0300 8.0350 8.0720 Y
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3630 1.3655 1.3630 1.3760
TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.300 32.300 32.350 32.300
THAILAND BAHT 36.260 36.380 36.400 36.450
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6800 1.6775 1.6767 1.6723
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 563.00 563.50 563.50 564.50
MEMO:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR
1)BROAD JAN97=100 114.32 114.57 114.48 114.72
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 93.34 93.61 93.41 93.66
3)OITP JAN97=100 126.28 126.46 126.58 126.75
4)G-10 MAR73=100 94.58 94.74 94.62 95.03
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.
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.
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