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H.10(512) December 31, 1998
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 1, 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 Dec. 28 Dec. 29 Dec. 30 Dec. 31 Jan. 1
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6070 0.6114 0.6129 0.6123
AUSTRIA SCHILLING 11.822 11.747 11.802 11.720
BELGIUM FRANC 34.63 34.44 34.53 34.36
BRAZIL REAL 1.2080 1.2080 1.2082 1.2085
CANADA DOLLAR 1.5525 1.5520 1.5492 1.5375
CHINA,P.R. YUAN 8.2782 8.2786 8.2787 8.2789
DENMARK KRONE 6.3935 6.3580 6.3795 6.3625
*EURO COMMUNITY ECU 1.1698 1.1753 1.1682 1.1739
FINLAND MARKKA 5.1085 5.0765 5.0910 5.0645
FRANCE FRANC 5.6310 5.5990 5.6155 5.5870
GERMANY D. MARK 1.6793 1.6707 1.6765 1.6670 H
GREECE DRACHMA 282.25 280.86 283.10 279.90
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7465 7.7485 7.7480 7.7476
INDIA RUPEE 42.58 42.60 42.58 42.52 O
*IRELAND POUND 1.4790 1.4865 1.4810 1.4905
ITALY LIRA 1663.00 1654.00 1659.80 1654.00
JAPAN YEN 115.88 115.42 114.88 113.08 L
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000
MEXICO PESO 9.845 9.860 9.940 9.901
NETHERLANDS GUILDER 1.8930 1.8820 1.8892 1.8770 I
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5200 0.5243 0.5262 0.5270
NORWAY KRONE 7.6550 7.6010 7.5980 7.5800
PORTUGAL ESCUDO 172.30 171.29 171.86 170.65 D
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6570 1.6565 1.6575 1.6510
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 5.8825 5.8800 5.8700 5.8950
SOUTH KOREA WON 1210.30 1210.00 1203.00 1206.00 A
SPAIN PESETA 142.950 142.060 142.630 142.150
SRI LANKA RUPEE 68.000 68.390 68.450 68.460
SWEDEN KRONA 8.1350 8.0860 8.1170 8.1030 Y
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3720 1.3630 1.3805 1.3735
TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.310 32.310 32.280 32.270
THAILAND BAHT 36.950 37.150 36.800 36.500
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6745 1.6836 1.6665 1.6628
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 564.25 564.90 565.00 565.00
MEMO:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR
1)BROAD JAN97=100 114.72 114.50 114.59 113.97
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 93.55 93.22 93.26 92.53
3)OITP JAN97=100 126.93 126.97 127.13 126.85
4)G-10 MAR73=100 94.88 94.42 94.70 94.14
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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