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H.10(512) December 18, 1998
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 18, 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. 14 Dec. 15 Dec. 16 Dec. 17 Dec. 18
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6204 0.6235 0.6187 0.6231 0.6211
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 11.620 11.661 11.720 11.723 11.724
BELGIUM FRANC 34.07 34.19 34.36 34.36 34.41
BRAZIL REAL 1.2050 1.2050 1.2050 1.2053 1.2065
CANADA DOLLAR 1.5405 1.5420 1.5390 1.5422 1.5448
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.2777 8.2778 8.2778 8.2777 8.2777
DENMARK KRONE 6.2840 6.3115 6.3360 6.3290 6.3375
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1895 1.1848 1.1793 1.1795 1.1789
FINLAND MARKKA 5.0215 5.0420 5.0710 5.0580 5.0660
FRANCE FRANC 5.5355 5.5605 5.5880 5.5860 5.5854
GERMANY D. MARK 1.6496 1.6591 1.6669 1.6662 1.6654
GREECE DRACHMA 276.60 278.00 279.95 279.57 279.68
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7485 7.7490 7.7480 7.7478 7.7458
INDIA RUPEE 42.60 42.60 42.60 42.62 42.60
*IRELAND POUND 1.5042 1.4972 1.4905 1.4905 1.4900
ITALY LIRA 1633.50 1641.70 1649.50 1649.75 1648.70
JAPAN YEN 115.08 116.73 115.68 116.33 115.67
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.7997 3.8100 3.8000 3.8100 3.8002
MEXICO PESO 9.944 9.953 9.885 9.800 9.773
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.8600 1.8685 1.8777 1.8775 1.8770
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5210 0.5222 0.5220 0.5248 0.5215
NORWAY KRONE 7.7670 7.8120 7.6635 7.6970 7.7255
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 169.17 170.00 170.80 170.81 170.79
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6442 1.6500 1.6475 1.6485 1.6477
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.0180 6.0300 5.9900 5.8925 5.9300
SOUTH KOREA WON 1205.00 1213.00 1210.00 1211.00 1210.00
SPAIN PESETA 140.380 141.050 141.750 141.730 141.720
SRI LANKA RUPEE 68.100 67.750 68.180 68.300 68.250
SWEDEN KRONA 8.0370 8.0520 8.0410 8.1100 8.0340
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3338 1.3415 1.3441 1.3487 1.3482
TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.200 32.200 32.300 32.320 32.300
THAILAND BAHT 35.840 36.250 36.330 36.760 36.370
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6885 1.6853 1.6765 1.6750 1.6803
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 561.55 562.00 562.50 562.85 563.00
MEMO:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR
1)BROAD JAN97=100 113.86 114.38 114.25 114.38 114.20
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 92.49 93.00 92.92 93.12 93.00
3)OITP JAN97=100 126.64 127.04 126.86 126.83 126.59
4)G-10 MAR73=100 93.54 94.04 94.23 94.36 94.22
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.
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