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(516/517) Selected Interest & Exchange Rates Weekly Series of Charts I July 31,1989 DIVISION OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCE Prepared by the BOARD OF GOVERNORS FINANCIAL MARKETS FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM SECTION Washington, OC. 20551 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
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  • (516/517)

    Selected Interest & Exchange Rates Weekly Series of Charts

    I Ju ly 3 1 , 1 9 8 9 DIVISION OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCE

    Prepared by the BOARD OF GOVERNORS FINANCIAL MARKETS FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM SECTION Washington, OC. 20551

    Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

  • Table of Contents

    TABLES

    1. LATEST FIGURES PLOTTED

    2. DAILY CERTIFIED SPOT EXCHANGE R A T E S -H.10 RELEASE

    CHARTS

    1. S P O T EXCHANGE RATE INDICES

    2. 3-MONTH FORWARD EXCHANGE RATES

    3. GOLD PRICELONDON

    4. CALL MONEY RATES

    5. 3-MONTH INTEREST RATES

    6. EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT RATES

    7. SELECTED EURO-DOLLAR AND U.S. MONEY MARKET RATES

    8. INTEREST ARBITRAGE: 3-MONTH FUNDS

    9. LONG-TERM GOVERNMENT BOND YIELDS

    10. INDUSTRIAL STOCK INDICES

    SUBSCRIPTION RATES:

    Weekly $24.00 per yea r or $.60 e a c h in t h e United S t a t e s , its p o s s e s s i o n s , C a n a d a , and Mexico; 10 or m o r e of t h e s a m e i s s u e t o o n e a d d r e s s , $22.50 per year or $.55 each . Elsewhere , $30.00 per year or $.70 e a c h . A d d r e s s r e q u e s t s to P u b l i c a t i o n s Serv ices , Division of Adminis t ra t ive Services , a n d m a k e pay-m e n t r e m i t t a n c e p a y a b l e to t he order of t h e Board of Gove rno r s of t h e Federa l Reserve S y s t e m in a fo rm co l lec t ib le at par in U.S. Cur rency .

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    CHART 1

    SPOT EXCHANGE INDICES DOLLAR PRICES OF FOREIGN CURRENCIES AND WEIGHTED AVERAGE VALUES (THIN LINE)

    AVERAGES FOR WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY

    SCALE 11973*100

    FOREIGN CURRENCY PRICE OF U.S. DOLLAR

    RATIOS MARCH 197:

    BELGIAN FRANC

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  • CHART2

    3-MONTH FORWARD EXCHANGE RATES PREMIUM (+) OR (-)

    AVERAGES FOR WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY

    PERCENT PER ANNUM

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  • U.S.

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    CHART 3

    PRICE OF GOLD IN LONDON A V E R A G E S F O R W E E K E N D I N G W E D N E S D A Y

    LLARS PER FINE OUNCE U.S. DOLLARS PER FINE 01

    1 2 . 5 Kg B A R S

    AFTERNOON FIXING PRICE

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    CALL MONEY RATES WEEKLY SERIES

    ENTPER ANNUM PERCENT PER ANF

    U.S. FEDERAL FUNDS

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    3-MONTH INTEREST RATES WEEKLY SERIES

    ENTPER ANNUM

    U.S. C D ' S

    WEIGHTED AVERAGE FOREIGN RATE

    PERCENT PER AW

    FRENCH INTERBANK RATE

    U.K. INTERBANK STERLING

    GERMAN INTERBANK RATE

    CANADIAN FINANCE CO.

    PAPER

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    EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT RATES LONDON AVERAGES FOR WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY

    )ENT PER ANNUM PERCENT PER ANI

    OVERNIGHT 3-MONTH

    7-DAY 6-MONTH

    1-MONTH 1-YEAR

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    SELECTED EURO-DOLLAR AND U.S. MONEY MARKET RATES DIFFERENTIAL: PLUS(+),FAVORS BORROWING IN U.S.

    AVERAGES FOR WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY

    PERCENT PER ANI

    FEDERAL FUNDS DASHED UNE

    OVERNIGHT EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS

    1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

    DIFFERENTIAL

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    DIFFERENTIAL

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    CHART8

    INTEREST ARBITRAGE: 3-MONTH FUNDS DIFFERENTIAL: PLUS(+), INDICATES FAVOR DOLLAR ASSETS

    AVERAGES FOR WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY

    ENTPER ANNUM PERCENT PER ANH

    INTERBANK STERLING COVERED LONDON

    EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS DASHED LINE

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    LONG-TERM GOVERNMENT BOND YIELDS WEEKLY SERIES

    ;ENT PER ANNUM PERCENT PER ANP

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  • CHART 10

    INDUSTRIAL STOCK INDICES WEEKLY SERIES

    RATIO SCALE 1969=100

    RATIO SCALE 1969=100

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  • LAST VALUE PLOTTED DATE VALUE

    CHART 1 . SPOT EXCHANGE BATES AND INDICES

    WEEKLY AVERAGES, NOON BUYING RATES ( 0 . S . CENTS)

    GERMAN MARK JULY 2 6 5 2 . 7 1 JAPANESE YEN JULY 2 6 0 - 7 0 4 5 0 DUTCH GUILDER JUL I 2 6 4 6 . 7 2 U . . .. POUND JULY 2 6 1 6 2 . 7 8 CANADIAN DOLLAR JULY 2 6 8 4 . 1 8

    ( FRENCH FRANC JULY 2 6 1 5 . 5 5 ( SWISS FRANC JULY 2 6 6 1 . 15 BELGIAN FRANC JULY 2 6 2 . 5 1 9 3 8

    ( ITALIAN LIRA JULY 2 6 0 , 0 7 3 0 7 SWEDISH KRONA JULY 2 6 1 5 . 43

    I N D I C E S , MARCH 1 9 7 3 BASE RATES = 100

    GERMAN MARK JULY 2 6 1 4 8 . 2 7 JAPANESE YEN JULY 2 6 1 8 4 . 4 6 DUTCH GUILDER JULY 2 6 1 3 4 . 13 U. K. .. POUND JULY 2 6 6 5 . 8 4 CANADIAN DOLLAR JULY 2 6 8 3 . 9 0 FRENCH FRANC JULY 2 6 7 0 . 0 5 SWISS FRANC JULY 2 6 1 9 6 . 7 4 BELGIAN FRANC : JULY 2 6 9 9 . 2 8 ITALIAN LIRA JULY 2 6 4 1 . 5 1

    WEIGHTED AVERAGE EXCHANGE VALUE INDICES , MAR 1 9 7 3 = 1 0 0 ( G - 1 0 COUNTRIES PLOS SWITZERLAND)

    ( U. S . DOLLAR JULY 2 6 9 9 . 4 7 GERMAN MARK JULY 2 6 1 5 9 . 3 8 JAPANESE YEN JULY 2 6 1 9 7 . 5 7

    ( DUTCH GUILDER JULY 2 6 1 3 6 . 2 8 U .K. POUND JULY 2 6 6 2 . 75 CANADIAN DOLLAR JULY 2 6 8 2 . 40

    (' FRENCH FRANC JULY 2 6 6 6 . 9 3 SWISS FRANC JULY 2 6 1 9 9 . 74 BELGIAN FRANC JULY 2 6 9 8 . 8 0

    t ITALIAN LIRA JULY 2 6 3 8 . 6 3 SWEDISH KRONA JULY 2 6 6 7 . 16

    CHART 2 . 3-MONTH FORWARD EXCHANGE BATES, PREMIUM OB DISCOUNT

    ( CANADIAN DOLLAR J O L T 2 6 - 3 . 2 6 U. K. POUND J U L ! 2 6 - 4 . 8 1 GERMAN MARK JULY 2 6 1 . 9 9

    f FRENCH FRANC JULY 2 6 - 0 . 09 f SWISS FRANC JULY 2 6 1 . 7 7 DUTCH GUILDER JULY 2 6 1 . 7 7

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  • SERIES NAME LAST FALUE PLOTTED

    DATE FA IDE

    CHART 3 . GOLD PRICE I B LONDON, AFTERNOON FIXING

    U. S . DOLLARS PER F INE OUNCE JOLT 2 6 3 7 1 . 7 9

    CHART 4 . CALL MONEY RATES

    U . S . FEDERAL FUNDS JULY 2 6 9 . 14 OVERNIGHT EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS JULY 2 6 9 . 0 5 U. K. JULY 2 6 1 4 . 0 3 CANADA JULY 2 6 1 2 . 3 3 GERMANY JULY 2 6 6 . 8 9 JAPAN JULY 2 6 5 . 10 FRANCE JULY 2 6 8 . 9 5 NETHERLANDS JULY 2 6 6 . 7 8 SWITZERLAND JULY 2 6 6 . 3 8

    CHART 5 . 3-MONTH INTEREST RATES

    U . S . 90-DAY C D ' S , SECONDARY MARKET JULY 2 6 8 . 7 4 GERMAN INTERBANK LOAN JULY 2 6 7 . 0 0 JAPANESE GENSAKI RATE JULY 2 6 4 . 7 8 CANADIAN FINANCE PAPER JULY 2 6 1 2 . 2 4 INTERBANK STERLING JULY 2 6 1 3 . 94 SWISS INTERBANK LOAN JULY 2 6 6 . 9 0 FRENCH INTERBANK RATE JULY 2 6 8 . 9 8 NETHERLANDS INTERBANK RATE JULY 2 6 7 . 1 1 WEIGHTED AVERAGE FOREIGN INTEREST RATE JULY 2 6 8 . 55

    ( G - 1 0 COUNTRIES PLOS SWITZERLAND)

    CHART 6 . EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT RATES: LONDON

    OVERNIGHT JULY 2 6 9 . 0 5 7-DAY JULY 2 6 9 . 0 1 1-MONTH JULY 2 6 8 . 9 9 3-MONTH JULY 2 6 8 . 84 6-MONTH JULY 2 6 8 . 6 8 1-YEAR JULY 2 6 8 . 4 5

    CHART 7 . SELECTED EURO-DOLLAR AND U . S . MONET MARKET RATES

    OVERNIGHT EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS JULY 2 6 9 . 05 U . S . FEDERAL FUNDS JULY 2 6 9 . 14 DIFFERENTIAL J U L I 2 6 - 0 . 09

    3-MONTH EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT RATE JULY 2 6 8 . 84 U . S . 90-DAY C D ' S , SECONDARY MARKET JULY 2 6 8 . 74 DIFFERENTIAL JULY 2 6 A. 10

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  • S E R I E S NAME LAST VALUE PLOTTED

    DATE VALUE

    CHART 8 . INTEREST ARBITRAGE, 3-HONTH FUNDS

    EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT JULY 26 8. 84 INTERBANK STERLING (LONDON). COVERED JULY 26 8. 96 DIFFERENTIAL JULY 26 - o . 12

    U . S . COMMERCIAL PAPER JULY 26 8. 64 CANADIAN FINANCE PAPER, COVERED JULY 26 8. 89 DIFFERENTIAL JULY 26 - 0 . 24

    EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT JULY 26 8 . 84 INTERBANK DM (FRANKFURT) , COVERED JULY 26 9 . 03 DIFFERENTIAL JULY 26 - a . 19

    EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT JULY 26 8. 84 SWISS INTERBANK, COVERED JULY 26 8. 7 0 DIFFERENTIAL JULY 26 0, 14

    CHART 9 . LONG TEEM GOVERMENT BOND YIELDS

    UNITED STATES JULY 2 1 8 . 0 7 GERM ANY JULY 2 1 6 . 77 JAPAN JULY 2 1 5 . 0 6 SWITZERLAND JULY 2 1 5 . 1 6 CANADA JULY 1 4 9 . 6 0 FRANCE JULY 2 1 8 . 9 9 NETHERLANDS (MONTHLY) APRIL 7 . 0 8 UNITED KINGDOM JULY 2 1 9 . 1 1

    U . S . CORPORATE

    AAA BONDS HAY 9 . 3 3

    CHART 1 0 . STOCK INDICES

    UNITED STATES UNITED KINGDOH CANADA GERMANY SWITZERLAND NETHERL ANDS FRANCE JAPAN

    JULY 19 3 5 5 . 0 0 JULY 19 4 1 8 . 4 2 JULY 19 3 8 3 . 5 6 JULY 19 2 7 1 . 5 8 JULY 19 2 5 5 . 5 9 JULY 19 4 4 9 . 8 7 JULY 1 9 4 9 1 . 4 5 JULY 19 6 6 2 . 8 2

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  • FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release

    H . 1 0 ( 5 1 2 )

    FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 2 8 , 1 9 8 9

    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:

    COUNTRY MONETARY

    U N I T (CURRENCY U N I T S PER DOLLAR)

    COUNTRY MONETARY

    U N I T JULY 2 4 JULY 2 5 JULY 2 6 JULY 2 7 JULY 2 8

    *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 7 4 . 6 5 7 4 . 8 7 7 5 . 4 6 7 5 . 6 7 7 4 . 8 0 AUSTRIA S C H I L L I N G 1 3 . 4 4 0 1 3 . 3 4 0 1 3 . 2 1 7 1 3 . 1 6 5 1 3 . 2 8 0 BELGIUM FRANC 3 9 . 9 5 0 3 9 . 6 5 0 3 9 . 2 3 0 3 9 . 1 3 0 3 9 . 5 3 0 CANADA DOLLAR 1 . 1 8 8 8 1 . 1 8 8 0 1 . 1 8 7 0 1 . 1 8 3 2 1 . 1 8 5 0 C H I N A , P . R . YUAN 3 . 7 3 1 4 3 . 7 3 1 4 3 . 7 3 1 4 3 . 7 3 1 4 3 . 7 3 1 4 DENMARK KRONE 7 . 4 1 8 0 7 . 3 7 0 0 7 . 2 9 6 5 7 . 2 7 5 0 7 . 3 4 2 0 FINLAND MARKKA 4 . 2 9 7 0 4 . 2 7 5 0 4 . 2 3 6 0 4 . 2 1 5 0 4 . 2 5 0 0 FRANCE FRANC 6 . 4 7 2 0 6 . 4 2 7 5 6 . 3 5 0 5 6 . 3 3 3 5 6 . 3 9 3 0 GERMANY D . MARK 1 . 9 0 9 2 1 . 8 9 5 8 1 . 8 7 4 5 1 . 8 6 9 0 1 . 8 8 7 5 GREECE DRACHMA 1 6 4 . 8 0 0 1 6 3 . 7 7 0 1 6 3 . 0 0 0 1 6 1 . 8 5 0 1 6 2 . 4 0 0 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7 . 8 0 7 0 7 . 8 0 7 0 7 . 8 0 7 0 7 . 8 0 6 0 7 . 8 0 6 0 I N D I A RUPEE 1 6 . 5 7 0 0 1 6 . 5 5 0 0 1 6 . 4 7 0 0 1 6 . 4 1 0 0 1 6 . 4 5 0 0

    ^IRELAND POUND 1 4 0 . 2 0 1 4 1 . 1 0 1 4 2 . 2 0 1 4 2 . 4 0 1 4 0 . 9 0 ITALY LIRA 1 3 7 7 . 5 0 1 3 6 5 . 0 0 1 3 4 9 . 5 0 1 3 4 6 . 0 0 1 3 5 7 . 7 5 JAPAN YEN 1 4 3 . 1 8 1 4 2 . 5 5 1 4 0 . 6 5 1 3 8 . 9 5 1 3 9 . 5 8 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2 . 6 8 2 0 2 . 6 8 0 0 2 . 6 7 0 5 2 . 6 6 3 5 2 . 6 6 3 0 NETHERLANDS GUILDER 2 . 1 5 3 8 2 . 1 3 8 7 2 . 1 1 4 5 2 . 1 0 8 8 2 . 1 2 9 0

    *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 5 7 . 7 3 0 5 7 . 8 0 0 5 8 . 4 0 0 5 8 . 4 9 0 5 8 . 1 0 0 NORWAY KRONE 7 . 0 0 4 0 6 . 9 6 5 0 6 . 8 9 4 5 6 . 8 7 0 0 6 . 9 2 1 0 PORTUGAL ESCUDO 1 5 9 . 5 5 0 1 5 8 . 8 5 0 1 5 7 . 2 0 0 1 5 6 . 9 0 0 1 5 7 . 8 5 0 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1 . 9 6 3 0 1 . 9 5 9 0 1 . 9 5 9 0 1 . 9 5 6 5 1 . 9 5 7 5 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 2 . 7 1 2 0 2 . 6 9 0 0 2 . 6 7 2 0 2 . 6 5 6 0 2 . 6 7 0 0 SOUTH KOREA WON 6 7 0 . 1 0 6 7 0 . 3 0 6 6 7 . 2 0 6 7 0 . 1 0 6 7 0 . 0 0 S P A I N PESETA 1 1 9 . 8 0 0 1 1 8 . 8 0 0 1 1 7 . 9 0 0 1 1 7 . 3 5 0 1 1 8 . 2 0 0 S R I LANKA RUPEE 3 4 . 9 1 7 3 4 . 9 6 7 3 5 . 0 1 8 3 5 . 0 1 8 NA SWEDEN KRONA 6 . 5 1 0 0 6 . 4 8 1 0 6 . 4 2 4 0 6 . 3 9 9 0 6 . 4 3 8 0 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1 . 6 4 5 0 1 . 6 3 1 5 1 . 6 1 3 0 1 . 6 0 8 0 1 . 6 2 4 2 TAIWAN DOLLAR 2 5 . 8 5 5 2 5 . 7 8 5 2 5 . 7 5 0 2 5 . 7 8 5 2 5 . 7 7 0 THAILAND BAHT 2 5 . 8 9 0 2 5 . 8 6 0 2 5 . 8 3 0 2 5 . 7 7 0 2 5 . 7 8 0

    *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1 6 1 . 7 3 1 6 2 . 5 8 1 6 4 . 9 5 1 6 5 . 9 8 1 6 4 . 4 5

    MEMO: U N I T E D STATES DOLLAR 1 0 0 . 0 7 9 9 . 4 7 9 8 . 3 8 9 7 . 9 4 9 8 . 7 2

    8 INDEX OF WEIGHTED AVERAGE EXCHANGE VALUE OF U . S . DOLLAR AGAINST CURRENCIES OF OTHER G - 1 0 COUNTRIES. MARCH 1 9 7 3 = 1 0 0 . WEIGHTS ARE 1 9 7 2 - 7 6 GLOBAL TRADE OF EACH OF THE 1 0 COUNTRIES. S E R I E S REVISED AS OF AUGUST 1 9 7 8 . FOR DESCRIPTION AND BACK DATA, SEE "INDEX OF THE WEIGHTED-AVERAGE EXCHANGE VALUE OF THE U . S . DOLLAR: R E V I S I O N " ON PAGE 7 0 0 OF THE AUGUST 1 9 7 8 FEDERAL RESERVE B U L L E T I N .

    JULY 3 1 , 1 9 8 9

    *VALUE I S U . S . CENTS

    Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis


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