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H.10(512) November 27, 1998
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 27, 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. 23 Nov. 24 Nov. 25 Nov. 26 Nov. 27
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6410 0.6417 0.6400 0.6339
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 12.000 12.015 11.990 12.062
BELGIUM FRANC 35.21 35.22 35.16 35.37
BRAZIL REAL 1.1973 1.1985 1.1980 1.2005
CANADA DOLLAR 1.5472 1.5486 1.5440 1.5366
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.2777 8.2778 8.2777 8.2782
DENMARK KRONE 6.4860 6.4910 6.4790 6.5115
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1530 1.1520 1.1550 1.1467
FINLAND MARKKA 5.1875 5.1920 5.1825 5.2010
FRANCE FRANC 5.7200 5.7235 5.7140 5.7480
GERMANY D. MARK 1.7057 1.7072 1.7036 H 1.7132
GREECE DRACHMA 286.30 286.53 285.90 287.49
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7430 7.7435 7.7425 7.7435
INDIA RUPEE 42.44 42.48 42.43 O 42.60
*IRELAND POUND 1.4590 1.4555 1.4625 1.4500
ITALY LIRA 1688.80 1689.50 1686.80 1696.90
JAPAN YEN 120.93 120.85 121.80 L 123.24
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8003 3.8000 3.7997
MEXICO PESO 9.875 9.930 9.933 9.969
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.9235 1.9249 1.9213 I 1.9318
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5325 0.5338 0.5315 0.5285
NORWAY KRONE 7.4925 7.4970 7.5070 7.5545
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 175.00 175.15 174.87 D 175.68
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6365 1.6370 1.6400 1.6495
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 5.6675 5.7000 5.6850 5.7100
SOUTH KOREA WON 1248.00 1260.00 1255.00 A 1248.00
SPAIN PESETA 145.000 145.180 144.930 145.720
SRI LANKA RUPEE 67.800 67.920 67.920 67.900
SWEDEN KRONA 8.1172 8.0920 8.2070 Y 8.1750
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4066 1.4090 1.4075 1.4152
TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.500 32.550 32.550 32.550
THAILAND BAHT 36.350 36.200 36.150 36.100
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6540 1.6582 1.6613 1.6522
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 570.25 570.75 571.80 571.52
MEMO:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR
1)BROAD JAN97=100 115.54 115.63 115.63 115.93
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 94.94 94.95 95.01 95.39
3)OITP JAN97=100 126.57 126.78 126.68 126.75
4)G-10 MAR73=100 96.49 96.49 96.49 96.99
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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please call publication services at Federal Reserve Board at (202) 452-3244.
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