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BOARD O F e O V E R N O R S

DIVISION O F I N T E R N A T I O N A L F I N A N C E

H. 13
No. 182

February 10, 1965

CAPITAL MARKET DEVELOPMENTS ABROAD
I.
II.

I.




Nine Charts on Financial Markets Abroad
Latest Figures Plotted in H.13 Chart Series, 1965

Nine Charts on Financial Markets Abroad

Chart 1 - International Money Market Yields for
U.S. Dollar Investors
Chart 2 - Interest Arbitrage, United States/Canada
Chart 3 - Interest Arbitrage, New York/London
Chart U - Interest Arbitrage for German Commercial
Banks
Chart 5 - Short-term Interest Rates
Chart 6 - Long-term Bond Yields
Chart 7 - Industrial Stock Indices
Chart 8 - Spot Exchange Rates - Major Currencies
Against U.S. Dollar
Chart 9 - 3-month Forward Exchange Rates

OFFICIAL USE ONLY
(Decontrolled after six months)

INTERNATIONAL
3-MONTH

MONEY

EURO-DOLLAR

N E W YORK OFFER
Friday figures

MARKET

YIELDS

U.S. DOLLAR

FOR

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

RATES O N

SELECTED

3-MONTH

OF

INVESTORS

DEPOSIT

INVESTMENTS

: TREASURY BILLS- Fully H e d g e d

n

j

iij.
1963




1964

194$

INTEREST A R B I T R A G E , UNITED STATES / C A N A D A
Per

3 - MONTH

ten!

p*

T R E A S U R Y BILL R A T E S

UNITED STATES

RATE DIFFERENTIAL A N D

/

RATE

A -t

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w

FORWARD

CANADIAN

DISCOUNT
FORWARD

DIFFERENTIAL W I T H

RATE

FORWARD

IN

FAVOR

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DOLLAR

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INTEREST ARBITRAGE, NEW

YORK/LONDON

3 - M O N T H T R E A S U R Y BILL R A T E S

RATE

DIFFERENTIAL

F O R W A R D

-

AND

3 - M O N T H

j

STERLING

A

RATE DIFFERENTIAL W I T H




FORWARD

EXCHANGE

COVER

(NET I N C E N T I V E )

INTEREST

ARBITRAGE

FOR

GERMAN

COMMERCIAL

3 - M O N T H T R E A S U R Y BILLS, I N T E R B A N K L E N D I N G
E U R O - D O L L A R DEPOSIT RATES i
j
;

BANKS

RATE

AND

A

RATE

DIFFERENTIAL

AND

FORWARD

DEUTSCHE

MARK

S P R E A D IN F A V O R O f F R A N K F U R T

-

RATE

.

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r

.

DIFFERENTIAL WITH

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,

RATE

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S H O R T - T E R M INTEREST R A T E S *

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L O N G - T E R M U O N D YIELDS




Chart 7'
INDUSTRIAL STOCK




INDICES
Ratio iceli

SWITZERLAND'

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S P O T E X C H A N G E RATES - M A J O R CURRENCIES A G A I N S T U . S . DOLLAR

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EXCHANGE

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AGAINST

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DOLLARS

AGAINST POUND

STERLING

- LONDON

AGAINST

STERLING

- LONDON

POUND

6
1963




1964

196$

H.13
No, 182

February 10, 1965
II.

Latest Figures Plotted In H.13 Chart Series 1965
Per cent
per annum

Chart 1
Upper panel
Feb» 3

(Wednesday,

Chart 5
(Friday, F e b * 5
t
except as noted)

)

Euro-$ deposit

h*$0

U.S. certif. of deposit

li.Ui

Treasury

Lower panels
(Friday, Feb, 5
Treasury bills:

)

U.S.

3.87

U.K.

3.71

Canada

3.U7

Finance Co. paper:

U.S.

ii.00

Canada

iu15

U.S.

3.89

U.K.

6.32

Germany

3.12

Canada

3.63

3.25

Euro-$ deposit (London)

U.5Q

Japan: composite rate
(Date: Oct* 30 )

7.990

Chart 6
Bonds:

Chart 2
Feb» 5

Treasury bills:

)

Canada

3.63

U.S.

3.89

Spread favor Canada

-0.26

Forward Canadian dollar

-0.23

Net incentive (Canada +)

-0.19

Chart 3
(Friday, F e b «

bills:

Swiss 3-month deposits
(Date: Jan, 15
)

U.5o

Hire-purchase paper, U.K.

(Friday,

Per cent
per annum

S

Treasury bills:

)
U.K.

6.32

U.S.

3.89

Spread favor U.K.

+2.L3

Forward pound

-2.55

Net incentive (U.K. +)

-0.12

Digitized forFor
FRASER
description and sources
September 23, 1964.


U.S. govt.
Feb. 3
(Wed.,

1.18

U.K. war loan
(Thurs., F e b . U

6.U1

German Fed. Railway
(Fri. ,
Feb. 5

6.19

Swiss Confederation
(Fri.,
Jan. 29

U.05

Canadian govt.
(Wed. ,
Feb. 3

U.99

Netherlands government
perpetual
(Fri.,
Jan. 22
)

5.03

of data see special annex to H. 13 Number 164,