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• O A n o OF a O V K R N O R f l

H . 13
No. 313

August 23, 1967.
Iqapital marketjevelopments abroad

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II.

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Ten Charts on Financial Markets Abroad
Latest Figures Plotted in H. 13 Chart Series, 1967

Ten Charts on Financial Markets Abroad

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Chart 9
Chart 10

New York, London, Montreal: Yields for
U.S. Dollar Investors on 3-month Funds
London: Yields for U.S. Dollar Investors
on 3-month Funds
Interest Arbitrage: Frankfurt/London,
"Zurich/London
Interest Arbitrage: New York/Canada
Interest Arbitrage: New York/London
Short-term Interest Rates
Long-term Bond Yields
Spot Exchange Rates--Major Currencies
Against U.S. Dollar
3-month Forward Exchange Rates
Industrial Stock Indices

Europe and British Commonwealth Section.




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YIELDS FOR U.S. DOLLAR INVESTORS O N 3 - M O N T H FUNDS
DOLLAR DEPOSIT RATES: NEW Y O R K - L O N D O N

EURO D O L L A R D E P O S I T

U . S . C E R T I F I C A T E OF D E P O S I T

EURO-DOLLAR OVER
U . S . C E R T I F I C A T E OF D E P O S I T

F I N A N C E C O . PAPER RATES ( c o v e r e d ) : Q U O T E D I N NEW YORK




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H. 13
No. 313

Xi.

Latest Figures Plotted in H.13 Chart Series, 1967
(all figures per cent per annum)

Chart 1
(Wednesday,

Upper Panel

August 16

Euro-$ deposit

5.06

U.S. certif. of deposit

4.£

Lower Panel

(Friday,

)

Chart 5
(Friday, Aug. 18
Treasury bills:

4. 75

U.S.
Canada
Hire-purchase paper, U.K.

7 T W

Spread favor U.K.

+0. 99

Forward pound

-0. 69

Net incentive (U.K. +)

+0.30

Chart 6
(Friday, Aug. 18
Treasury bills:

Euro-$ deposits:
5. 12

90-day
180-day
Aug. 4

Hire-purchase paper

.

5.56
5.75
5.69
5.59
5.56

11

Aug. 4
Local-authority deposit
11

Upper Panel

Chart 3
August 15
(Period:

Interbank loan (mid-point)

3.56

Euro-$ deposit (average)

5.16

Lower Panel

5. 16
4. 17

U.K.
U.S.

5.12

Chart 2
(Friday, Aug. 18 )

4. 25
4.94

)

August 18

Finance co. paper

Call
30-day

August 23, 1967.

(Date :

July 15
4.00

Price of gold
§- 4
(Friday,
Aug. 11

)

35.182
35.184

Aug. 15
Interbank loan rate (German)

3.56

Euro-$ deposit (London)

5. 12

Zurich 3-month deposit
(Date:
July 15
Japan composite rate
(Date:
May 26

U.S. Gov't. (Wed. ,

Treasury bills:

)
4.23
4.17

Canada
U.S.
Spread favor Canada

+0.06

Forward Canadian $

-0.97

Net incentive (Canada +)

-0.91

Canadian finance paper




5.50

)

4.00

)

7.30

German Fed. (Fri.,

)

4.94

Aug. 17 )

6.81

Aug. 16

U.K. War Loan (Thurs.,

Aug. 18

Swiss Confed. (Fri., Aug. 4
Canadian Gov't. (Wed.,

Chart 4
(Friday,
Aug. 18

4. 17
5. 16
4.23

U.S.
U.K.
Canada

Chart 7

'

Zurich 3-month deposit
Au

)

)

)

6.79

)

4.65

Aug. 9. )

5. 97
5.97

Netherlands Gov't, perpetual 3%
(Friday,
August 2
)

5.65

Euro-$ bonds (Fri.,

6.33

August 11

)

For descriptions and sources of data, see
special supplement to H.13, Number 239,
March 16, 1966.