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H.10(512) January 29, 1999
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 29, 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 Jan. 25 Jan. 26 Jan. 27 Jan. 28 Jan. 29
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6309 0.6305 0.6273 0.6258 0.6297
BRAZIL REAL 1.7900 1.8600 1.8900 1.9400 2.0700
CANADA DOLLAR 1.5153 1.5200 1.5215 1.5263 1.5095
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2784 8.2780 8.2778 8.2778 8.2778
DENMARK KRONE 6.4300 6.4265 6.4830 6.5295 6.5420
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.1566 1.1577 1.1481 1.1395 1.1371
GREECE DRACHMA 278.15 278.10 280.00 281.95 282.25
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7502 7.7497 7.7492 7.7495 7.7485
INDIA RUPEE 42.55 42.52 42.52 42.55 42.54
JAPAN YEN 113.80 114.03 115.62 116.36 116.00
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000
MEXICO PESO 10.230 10.220 10.170 10.178 10.152
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5341 0.5357 0.5360 0.5342 0.5387
NORWAY KRONE 7.4500 7.4440 7.4650 7.5150 7.5230
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6875 1.6835 1.6890 1.6892 1.6925
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.0525 6.0400 6.0250 6.0450 6.0700
SOUTH KOREA WON 1181.00 1177.00 1176.00 1176.50 1176.00
SRI LANKA RUPEE 68.900 68.740 68.800 68.880 69.100
SWEDEN KRONA 7.7225 7.7060 7.7155 7.7725 7.7870
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3823 1.3870 1.4012 1.4165 1.4168
TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.500 32.500 32.360 32.380 32.340
THAILAND BAHT 36.900 36.750 36.900 37.000 36.920
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6563 1.6585 1.6485 1.6470 1.6457
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 572.50 573.00 573.50 574.20 573.75
MEMO:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR
1)BROAD JAN97=100 115.45 115.54 116.01 116.31 116.13
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 92.46 92.57 93.24 93.62 93.28
3)OITP JAN97=100 130.84 130.85 130.84 130.93 131.09
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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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
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