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(516/517) Selected Interest & Exchange Rates Weekly Series of Charts April 13,1992 DIVISION O F INTERNATIONAL FINANCE Prepared by the BOARD O F GOVERNORS F E D E R A L RESERVE SYSTEM FINANCIAL MARKETS SECTION Washington, DlC. 20551 Table of Contents TABLES 1. LATEST FIGURES PLOTTED 2. DAILY CERTIFIED SPOT EXCHANGE RATES H.10 RELEASE CHARTS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. SPOT EXCHANGE RATE INDICES 3-MONTH FORWARD EXCHANGE RATES GOLD PRICE—LONDON CALL MONEY RATES 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 $30.00 per year or $.70 each in the United States, its possessions, Canada, and Mexico. Elsewhere. $35.00 per year or $.80 each. 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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 RATIO SCALE MARCH 1973=100 140 RATIO SCALE MARCH 1973=100 140 FOREIGN CURRENCY PRICE OF U.S. DOLLAR BELGIAN FRANC i i i I i i i I i i i I i i » i i i I i i i I i i i I i i I i i i l ' ' I I I I I I ' ' ' I ' ' i SWISS FRANC M- i i I i i i I i i i I i i i JAPANESE YEN ' i i I I I I I i ' ' CANADIAN DOLLAR U.K. POUND I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I DUTCH GUILDER — V i i — i I ' i ' l i i i I i i i ' GERMAN MARK i l l ' ' — | 55 ITALIAN LIRA FRENCH FRANC 50 45 40 — I 35 I I I I I I 1990 I I I I I I I I 1992 I t i i I i i 1990 i I i i ' l i ' 1992 i CHART 2 3-MONTH FORWARD EXCHANGE RATES PREMIUM (+) OR (-) AVERAGES FOR WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY PERCENT PER ANNUM 4 PERCENT PER ANNUM 4 i CANADIAN DOLLAR U.K. POUND — 12 8 i i i I i i i I i i i I i i i i i i I i ' i i i I i i 4 12 8 GERMAN MARK i i i i i JAPANESE YEN i i I i i i i i i SWISS FRANC i i i I i i i l i i i l i i i DUTCH GUILDER — " W 1 FRENCH FRANC 1 I 1 1 1 I I I 1 I 1 1 1 1 1990 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ITALIAN LIRA 1 1990 1 VS. 1992 1 1 1 1992 12 CHART3 PRICE OF GOLD IN LONDON A V E R A G E S FOR W E E K ENDING W E D N E S D A Y U.S. DOLLARS PER FINE OUNCE 460 U.S. DOLLARS PER FINE OUNCE 460 440 — 440 — 420 12.5 Kg BARS AFTERNOON FIXING PRICE 420 400 380 400 — — 360 360 340 — — 320 380 1989 1990 1991 1992 340 320 CHART 4 CALL MONEY RATES WEEKLY SERIES PERCENT PER ANNUM PERCENT PER ANNUM 16 16 12 12 FRANCE — U.S. FEDERAL FUNDS JAPAN 0 i i i I i i i I i i i I i i i ' ' i I i ' i I ' < i I i i i 0 16 16 12 12 CANADA GERMANY i i I i i i I i i i I i i i i i i I i i ' I i i i I i i i 0 16 UNITED KINGDOM 12 SWITZERLAND NETHERLANDS 01 I I I I I I 1990 I I I I I I I I 1992 I i i i l i i 1990 ' l ' i ' I i i 1992 i CHART 5 3-MONTH INTEREST RATES WEEKLY SERIES ANNUM PERCENT PER ANNUM 12 WEIGHTED AVERAGE FOREIGN RATE 10 SWISS INTERBANK RATE U.S. CD'S i i i I i ' i I i i i I ' i i i I i i i I i i i I i i CANADIAN FINANCE CO. PAPER U.K. INTERBANK STERLING i i I i i i I i i i I i i i GERMAN INTERBANK RATE 1 I I I I I I I I I FRENCH INTERBANK RATE I ' I 10 JAPANESE CD RATE NETHERLANDS INTERBANK RATE i i I i i 1990 i I i i i I i i 1992 i i i i I i i 1990 i I i i i I i ' 1992 ' CHART 6 EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT RATES LONDON AVERAGES FOR WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY PERCENT PER ANNUM PERCENT PER ANNUM 12 12 OVERNIGHT i I i i i I ' i i • ' ' • i ' I ' ' I i i i I i ' I i i i 6-MONTH ' l ' • i l i i i i i I i 1-MONTH 10 10 I 7-DAY 10 2 12 i 3-MONTH i ' 1990 i ' 10 I i ' i I i i i 1-YEAR l ' i i l i i 1992 ' i I ' • ' 1990 2 12 2 12 10 l • • ' I ' • 1992 • CHART 7 SELECTED EURO-DOLLAR AND U.S. MONEY MARKET RATES DIFFERENTIAL: PLUS(+), FAVORS BORROWING IN U.S. AVERAGES FOR WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY PERCENT PER ANNUM PERCENT PER ANNUM 14 14 12 12 OVERNIGHT EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS 3-MONTH EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS 10 10 FEDERAL FUNDS 90-DAY CD'S DASHED LINE DASHED LINE J—I—l—I—l—l I I i i i I i i i J I L J—I I I I I I I i l_L DIFFERENTIAL DIFFERENTIAL f K K MiU i i i I i i 1990 i I i i A iiN A h s i i i i 1992 i J—I—I—I—I—I—I 1990 l l ' ' 1992 CHART 8 INTEREST ARBITRAGE: 3-MONTH FUNDS DIFFERENTIAL: PLUS(+), INDICATES FAVOR DOLLAR ASSETS AVERAGES FOR WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY RCENT PER ANNUM PERCENT PER ANNl 16 16 12 12 INTERBANK STERLING CANADIAN FINANCE CO. PAPER, COVERED COVERED LONDON 8 8 EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS 4 0 U.S. COMMERCIAL PAPER DASHED LINE ' i i I i 4 DASHED LINE < i I i i i I i i i i I i i i I i i i I i i i 2 2 DIFFERENTIAL + 0 2 16 DIFFERENTIAL + 0 ' V - W - " I v ' - A l U / VW..W.,'UU^\ I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I • i i I i i i I i i i I i i i 12 SWISS INTERBANK (SF) COVERED COVERED FRANKFURT 8 8 EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS 4 — DASHED LINE i i ' I i ' EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS 4 DASHED LINE i I i i ' I i i i i i i I < i i I i i i I i i i 2 0 2 DIFFERENTIAL DIFFERENTIAL + + 0 2 2 16 12 INTERBANK DM 0 0 0 I l I » l 1990 l I I I I I » I 1992 I I I I I I I 1990 I I I I I I I I 1992 I 2 CHART 9 LONG-TERM GOVERNMENT BOND YIELDS WEEKLY SERIES =tCENT PER ANNUM PERCENT PER ANNl 14 14 CANADA UNITED STATES 12 12 10 10 8 8 I 6 14 i I I I I I I I I I I I I i i i I i i i I i i i I i i i 6 14 FRANCE UNITED KINGDOM 12 12 10 10 8 6 10 8 i i i l i ' i I i i i I i ' i SWITZERLAND i i i I i i i I ' i ' l ' i » 6 10 JAPAN 8 8 6 6 4 4 2 12 i • » I ' i i l i < ' l i • i NETHERLANDS • i i I i i i l i i i I i i ' 2 12 GERMANY 10 10 8 8 6 6 4 i i ' l ' i 1990 i l • ' ' l ' i 1992 • i i i I i i 1990 i l i ' i I i • 1992 ' 4 CHART 10 STOCK INDICES WEEKLY SERIES RATIO SCALE RATIO SCALE 1986=100 1986=100 200 175 200 UNITED STATES — NETHERLANDS — I 175 150 150 125 125 100 100 75 75 i i i I i i i l i i i l i i i i i i I i i JAPAN GERMANY SWITZERLAND FRANCE CANADA UNITED KINGDOM 1990 1992 1990 i I i » i I i i 1992 i SERIES ll-Mar-92 Chart 1. Spot rates (U.S. cents, weekly averages) Belgian franc Canadian d o l l a r French f r a n c German m a r k Italian lira Japanese yen Netherlands guilder Swiss f r a n c U.K. pound 2.9146 8 3 . 872 1 7 . 648 5 9 . 927 0.08000 0.75547 5 3 . 265 6 5 . 997 171 .92 M a r c h 1973 b a s e rates : 114 83 79 168 45 197 152 212 69 Weighted average exchange v a l u e indices, Belgian franc Canadian d o l l a r French f r a n c German m a r k Italian lira Japanese yen Netherlands guilder Swedish krona Swiss f r a n c U.K. pound U.S. d o l l a r 2. 3-Month Forward Exchange R a t e s , U.S. Chart 3. Gold P r i c e dollars 4. per Call fine London, ounce 2.9154 83.761 17.688 60.006 0.07975 0.74833 53.284 66.030 171.68 2.9431 84.020 17.868 60.583 0.08034 0.74902 53.796 66.418 173.15 2.9855 84.071 18.133 61.415 0.08134 0.75112 54.538 66.983 174.41 114.88 83.48 79.71 168.80 45.78 195.94 152.97 212.43 69.44 115.97 83.74 80.52 170.42 46.11 196.12 154.44 213.68 70.03 117.64 83.79 81.71 172.77 46.69 196.67 156.57 215.49 70.54 106.82 75.82 71.32 170.74 39.28 194.98 145.20 66.94 200.69 61.46 90.76 107.23 75.60 71.66 171.50 39.34 193.92 145.78 67.19 200.70 61.64 90 . 09 107.96 75.00 72.21 172.68 39.53 192.80 146.68 67.56 200.81 61.59 89.18 .20 .76 .35 .62 .53 .28 .14 .16 -3.00 -5.82 -5.44 -7.69 -0.57 -5.35 -4.33 -6.32 -2.91 -5.79 -5.42 -7.64 -0.62 -5.31 -4.54 -6.37 -2.86 -5.72 -5.47 -7.75 -0.50 -5.29 -4.51 -6.47 Afternoon 343 .43 338.99 341.98 339.32 3.94 3.94 6.88 9.93 9.61 5.59 9.35 7.88 10.20 4.09 4.14 6.90 9.86 9.61 5.39 9.44 7.88 9.98 3.98 4.05 6.85 9.76 9.64 4.68 9.17 7.88 9.33 115 83 79 169 46 196 153 213 69 .68 .85 .06 .27 .37 .85 .99 .90 .39 .48 .64 .20 .75 .38 .54 .58 .32 .93 .98 .24 .28 .87 .33 .01 .19 .47 .90 .55 1973=100 Premium o r -3 -5 -5 -7 -0 -5 -3 -5 in .85 .59 .53 .58 .92 .81 .91 .32 .53 Mar. 106 75 71 170 39 196 144 66 200 61 90 Canadian d o l l a r French f r a n c German m a r k Italian lira Japanese yen Netherlands guilder Swiss f r a n c U.K. pound Chart 2.9244 8 3 . 552 1 7 . 725 6 0 . 192 0.08016 0.74928 5 3 . 459 6 6 . 489 171 .95 = 100 Belgian franc Canadian d o l l a r French f r a n c German m a r k Italian lira Japanese yen Netherlands guilder Swiss f r a n c U.K. pound Chart 8-Apr-92 Exchange R a t e s and I n d i c e s Noon b u y i n g Indices, 1 8 - M a r - 9 2 25-Mai—92 1-Api—92 106 75 71 170 39 194 145 67 201 61 90 .96 .47 .34 .98 .41 .85 .42 .07 .73 .44 .54 Discount -3 -5 -5 -7 -0 -5 -4 -6 Fixing 349 . 0 9 Money R a t e s U.S. f e d e r a l f u n d s Overnight Euro-dollar Canada France Germany Japan Netherlands Switzerland U n i t e d Kingdom deposits 3 7 9 9 5 9 7 10 .95 .90 .05 .90 .58 .51 .43 38 .45 4 3 6 9 9 5 9 7 10 .04 .98 .73 .89 .56 .57 .42 .88 .48 SERIES l a i — 9 2 18 - M a i — 9 2 2 5 - M a r - 9 2 l - A p r - 9 2 Chart 5. 3-Month I n t e r e s t Rates U.S. 90-day CD's, secondary market Canadian f i n a n c e paper French i n t e r b a n k r a t e German i n t e r b a n k r a t e J a p a n e s e CD r a t e Netherlands interbank rate Swiss i n t e r b a n k r a t e U.K. i n t e r b a n k s t e r l i n g Weighted average f o r e i g n i n t e r e s t rate (G-10 C o u n t r i e s ) Chart 6. Euro-Dollar Deposit 7. Selected Euro-dollar Overnight Euro-dollar U.S. f e d e r a l f u n d s Differential & U.S. 8. Interest deposits Arbitrage, Euro-dollar deposit Interbank s t e r l i n g C London), Differential U.S. commercial paper Canadian f i n a n c e paper, Differential 9. 10. 4.14 7.36 9.93 9.65 4.74 9.49 8.60 10.93 8.93 i. 9 4 .23 .24 .29 .49 .05 4.14 4.16 4.14 4.23 4.41 4.94 4.05 4.06 4.11 4.16 4.26 4.73 4 4 4 4 5 3 .94 3 .94 - 0 . 00 4.14 4.09 0.05 4.05 3.98 0.07 4.25 4.24 0.01 4.31 4.30 0.01 4 .29 4 .. 2 7 0., 0 2 4.23 4.21 0.01 4.16 4.14 0.02 4 . 25 4 . 22 0 . 03 4. 31 4. 31 0.. 00 4 . 29 4 . 23 0., 06 4 .23 4 .29 - 0 .06 4 . 16 4 .29 - 0 .13 4 . 29 4 . 48 - 0 . 19 4 . 35 4 , 54 - 0 . 19 4. 31 4 . 52 - 0 . 21 4 .26 4 .50 -0 .24 4 .20 4 .45 -0 . 2 5 4 . 25 4 . 04 0. 22 4. 31 4 . 12 0. 20 4 . 29 4 . 06 0. 23 4 .23 4 .10 0 .13 4 .16 4 .05 0 .12 4 . 25 3 . 94 0. 3 1 4. 31 3 . 97 0. 34 4 . 29 3 . 95 0. 34 4 .23 3 .93 0 .29 4 .16 3 .99 0 .17 8 . 64 8 . 50 7 . 89 5 . 54 6 . 29 8 . 25 9 . 55 7 . 47 8 . 97 8 . 58 7 . 93 5 . 54 6 . 35 8 . 29 9 . 75 7 . 65 8 . 78 8. 71 8 . 00 5 . 47 6 . 41 8 . 38 9. 81 7 . 58 8 8 8 5 6 8 9 7 .78 .70 .02 .45 .56 .41 .92 .53 8 .80 8 .68 7 ,97 5..67 6 . 58 8 , 36 9. 98 7 . 43 1 1 6 . 76 1 4 7 . 09 1 0 6 . 00 I l l . 80 1 1 1 . 74 1 4 0 . 67 1 5 2 . 58 1 6 4 . 34 1 1 5 . 03 1 4 4 . 46 1 0 5 . 44 106 . 45 I l l . 41 1 4 2 . 05 149. 41 1 6 6 . 10 1 1 5 . 05 1 4 3 . 19 1 0 4 . 54 1 0 9 . 55 I l l . 03 1 4 3 . 25 149. 73 1 6 5 . 70 113 144 104 102 110 142 145 164 .70 .92 .61 .81 .49 .35 .77 .24 3 - M o n t h Funds covered covered L o n g T e r m G o v e r n m e n t B e l l w e t h e r Bond Y i e l d s 10-year m a t u r i t y , where a v a i l a b l e Canada France Germany Japan Switzerland Netherlands U n i t e d Kingdom United States Chart 3.98 4.06 4.25 4.31 4.51 5.08 4.21 7.47 10.02 9.65 4.88 9.55 8.58 10.83 8.97 3.98 4.04 -0.07 Euro-dollar deposit Swiss i n t e r b a n k , covered Differential Chart 3.90 4.09 4.21 4.25 4.39 4.81 4 .27 7 .57 10 . 0 3 9 .63 4 .89 9 .53 8 .38 10 . 7 3 8 .95 3.90 3.95 -0.05 covered Euro-dollar deposit I n t e r b a n k DM ( F r a n k f u r t ) , Differential 4.30 7.80 9.99 9.59 4.94 9.53 8.20 10.64 8.96 Monet r M a r k e t R a t e s 3-month E u r o - d o l l a r deposit U.S. 90-day CD's, secondary market Differential Chart 4.24 7.74 9.96 9.54 4.96 9.48 7.95 10.35 8.90 Rates Overnight 7-day 1-month 3-month 6-month 1-year Chart 8-Apr—92 Stock Canada France Germany Japan Netherlands Switzerland U n i t e d Kingdom United States Indices (Wednesday f i g u r e s ) I n d i c e s ( i n o r d e r , r e b a s e d t o 1986=100) a r e T o r o n t o Composite, T o k y o SE ( T o p i x ) , CBS A l l - G e n e r a l , S w i s s Bank I n d e x , F i n a n c i a l 110. 146. 105. 92. 111. 141. 143. 160. 57 05 08 24 30 95 89 20 CAC G e n e r a l , FAZ A k t i e n , T i m e s O r d i n a r y , NYSE C o m p o s i t e FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release April 13, 1992 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 10, 1992 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 UNIT •AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA BELGIUM CANADA CHINA,P.R. DENMARK •EURO COMMUNITY FINLAND FRANCE GERMANY GREECE HONG KONG INDIA •IRELAND ITALY JAPAN MALAYSIA NETHERLANDS •NEW ZEALAND NORWAY PORTUGAL SINGAPORE SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH KOREA SPAIN SRI LANKA SWEDEN SWITZERLAND TAIWAN THAILAND •UNITED KINGDOM DOLLAR SCHILLING FRANC DOLLAR YUAN KRONE ECU MARKKA FRANC D. MARK DRACHMA DOLLAR RUPEE POUND LIRA YEN RINGGIT GUILDER DOLLAR KRONE ESCUDO DOLLAR RAND WON PESETA RUPEE KRONA FRANC DOLLAR BAHT POUND MEMO: ••UNITED STATES DOLLAR Apr. 6 1 CURRENCY UNITS PER DOLLAR) Apr. 9 Apr. 8 Apr. 7 Apr. 10 0.7632 11.423 33.360 1.1878 5.4812 6.2940 1.2590 4.4430 5.4910 1.6215 190.15 7.7395 29.000 1.6370 1226.25 132.72 2.5800 1.8262 0.5439 6.3750 139.75 1.6525 2.8650 780.30 103.28 N. A. 5.8860 1.4887 25.460 25.660 1.7500 0.7628 11.436 33.410 1.1880 5.4812 6.3065 1.2582 4.4400 5.5010 1.6245 190.65 7.7375 28.900 1.6365 1225.75 133.28 2.5715 1.8295 0.5423 6.3860 139.40 1.6535 2.8740 781.50 103.32 43.135 5.9000 1.4920 25.405 25.620 1.7495 0.7595 11.447 33.470 1.1893 5.4812 6.3160 1.2562 4.4580 5.5080 1.6260 190.95 7.7340 29.050 1.6355 1227.00 132.60 2.5565 1.8314 0.5421 6.3980 140.45 1.6515 2.8775 773.00 103.28 N. A. 5.9050 1.4923 25.235 25.610 1.7485 0.7628 11.408 33.320 1.1884 5.4792 6.2840 1.2615 4.4230 5.4875 1.6210 189.95 7.7360 29.000 1.6445 1222.75 132.23 2.5500 1.8242 0.5437 6.3640 139.65 1.6540 2.8525 782.90 102.58 43.130 5.8750 1.4870 25.265 25.620 1.7640 0.7637 11.511 33.670 1.1867 5.4792 6.3810 1.2510 4.4650 5.5430 1.6375 191.70 7.7345 29.000 1.6293 1232.25 132.90 2.5480 1.8438 0.5435 6.4245 140.60 1.6520 2.8825 784.00 102.93 N. A. 5.9320 1.5080 25.299 25.590 1.7652 88.87 89.01 89.03 88.68 89.31 •VALUE IS U.S. DOLLARS **INDEX OF WEIGHTED AVERAGE EXCHANGE VALUE OF U.S. DOLLAR AGAINST CURRENCIES OF OTHER G-10 COUNTRIES. MARCH 1973 = 100. HEIGHTS ARE 1972-76 GLOBAL TRADE OF EACH OF THE 10 COUNTRIES. SERIES REVISED AS OF AUGUST 1978. FOR DESCRIPTION AND BACK DATA, SEE "INDEX OF THE WEIGHTED-AVERAGE EXCHANGE VALUE OF THE U.S. DOLLAR: REVISION" ON PAGE 700 OF THE AUGUST 1978 FEDERAL RESERVE BULLETIN. THIS RELEASE IS AVAILABLE ONLINE THROUGH THE FACILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE'S ECONOMIC BULLETIN BOARD. FOR INFORMATION, CALL 1202) 377-1986. FOR INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS RELEASE OR ABOUT RECEIVING IT IN DOCUMENT FORM, PLEASE CALL PUBLICATIONS SERVICES AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD AT 1202) 452-3244.