Skip to Content
Release Date: November 23, 1998
Release dates | Daily update | Dollar indexes, summary measures |
Currency weights | Historical data | About
Current release Other formats: Screen reader | ASCII
FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE November 20, 1998
H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 20, 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 Nov. 16 Nov. 17 Nov. 18 Nov. 19 Nov. 20
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6385 0.6343 0.6457 0.6437 0.6436
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 11.737 11.745 11.748 11.849 11.886
BELGIUM FRANC 34.41 34.43 34.45 34.73 34.86
BRAZIL REAL 1.1904 1.1906 1.1915 1.1925 1.1950
CANADA DOLLAR 1.5550 1.5487 1.5557 1.5500 1.5452
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.2778 8.2778 8.2779 8.2779 8.2777
DENMARK KRONE 6.3380 6.3470 6.3500 6.3995 6.4230
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1800 1.1782 1.1778 1.1683 1.1635
FINLAND MARKKA 5.0720 5.0770 5.0780 5.1175 5.1360
FRANCE FRANC 5.5940 5.5970 5.5997 5.6460 5.6615
GERMANY D. MARK 1.6670 1.6695 1.6700 1.6845 1.6892
GREECE DRACHMA 280.85 280.49 280.60 282.10 283.25
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7437 7.7435 7.7445 7.7440 7.7425
INDIA RUPEE 42.41 42.50 42.50 42.50 42.45
*IRELAND POUND 1.4900 1.4890 1.4883 1.4755 1.4720
ITALY LIRA 1651.00 1652.00 1653.30 1666.60 1673.00
JAPAN YEN 119.70 121.30 121.44 119.65 120.32
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8002 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.7998
MEXICO PESO 9.968 9.945 9.940 9.930 9.900
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.8808 1.8820 1.8833 1.8975 1.9045
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5385 0.5345 0.5390 0.5412 0.5370
NORWAY KRONE 7.4480 7.4250 7.4415 7.4800 7.4680
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 171.05 171.22 171.30 172.60 173.23
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6310 1.6335 1.6315 1.6245 1.6290
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 5.6660 5.6890 5.6750 5.6375 5.6200
SOUTH KOREA WON 1317.00 1300.00 1300.00 1292.00 1268.00
SPAIN PESETA 141.850 141.930 142.000 143.100 143.680
SRI LANKA RUPEE 67.590 67.600 67.300 67.630 68.000
SWEDEN KRONA 8.0750 8.0530 8.0430 8.0978 8.0730
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3735 1.3740 1.3747 1.3870 1.3912
TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.600 32.550 32.650 32.600 32.650
THAILAND BAHT 36.580 36.540 36.250 36.300 36.200
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6755 1.6775 1.6720 1.6677 1.6542
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 569.00 569.25 569.30 569.50 570.25
MEMO:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR
1)BROAD JAN97=100 115.32 115.38 115.45 115.24 115.19
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 94.05 94.29 94.44 94.26 94.46
3)OITP JAN97=100 127.57 127.32 127.22 127.00 126.53
4)G-10 MAR73=100 94.90 95.06 95.18 95.49 95.80
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.
Release dates | Daily update | Dollar indexes, summary measures |
Currency weights | Historical data | About
Current release Other formats: Screen reader | ASCII
Home
| Statistical releases
Accessibility
To comment on this site, please fill out our
feedback form.
Last update: November 23, 1998