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(516/517) Selected Interest & Exchange Rates Weekly Series of Charts April 6,1992 DIVISION OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCE Prepared by the FINANCIAL MARKETS SECTION BOARD OF GOVERNORS FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Washington, DC. 20551 Table of Contents TABLES 1. LATEST FIGURES PLOTTED 2. DAILY CERTIFIED SPOT EXCHANGE RATES H.10 RELEASE CHARTS 1. SPOT EXCHANGE RATE INDICES 2. 3-MONTH FORWARD EXCHANGE RATES 3. GOLD PRICE—LONDON 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 $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=100 140 130 120 110 RATIO SCALE MARCH 1973=100 140 130 120 110 FOREIGN CURRENCY PRICE OF U.S. DOLLAR 100 100 BELGIAN FRANC 90 90 80 70 280 260 240 220 80 • i i l ' i i I ' i i i • • i i I i i ' I i i ' I i i 70 280 260 240 220 SWISS FRANC JAPANESE YEN — 200 200 180 180 160 160 140 — 140 I 120 100 90 I I I I I I I I ' ' ' 1 __ U.K. POUND i l ' • ' I ' ' i I ' i i CANADIAN DOLLAR 120 100 90 80 80 70 70 60 60 50 200 i i 180 ' l ' i ' I • J_L I ' I I I I ' I I I ' I DUTCH GUILDER 180 160 160 140 140 GERMAN MARK 120 100 120 110 100 50 200 120 I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 I I I I I I I ' I I I I I I I ' ' ITALIAN LIRA FRENCH FRANC 100 60 55 50 90 45 80 40 70 35 60 30 50 I I I I I I 1990 I I I I I I I ' 1992 I i i i I i i 1990 i l i ' i l ' i 1992 i 25 CHART 2 3-MONTH FORWARD EXCHANGE RATES PREMIUM (+) OR (-) AVERAGES FOR WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY PERCENT PER ANNUM PERCENT PER ANNUM 4 4 U.K. POUND CANADIAN DOLLAR V 12 8 I I I I I 1 I I I I i I i i I i i i l i i i l i i i 1 i i 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 8 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1990 - vwx i i i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ITALIAN LIRA FRENCH FRANC 12 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 "W N 1 1 l DUTCH GUILDER SWISS FRANC 1 1 I JAPANESE YEN GERMAN MARK i 1 1 l " 1 1 1 i i 1 i i 1992 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1990 1992 12 CHART3 PRICE OF GOLD IN LONDON AVERAGES FOR WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY U.S. DOLLARS PER FINE OUNCE U.S. DOLLARS PER FINE OUNCE 460 r — 460 440 — 440 12.5 Kg BARS AFTERNOON FIXING PRICE 420 — 420 400 400 380 — 380 360 — 360 340 — — 340 320 1989 1990 1991 1992 320 CHART 4 CALL MONEY RATES WEEKLY SERIES PERCENT PER ANNUM — i 16 PERCENT PER ANNUM 16 12 — U.S. FEDERAL FUNDS 12 FRANCE JAPAN 0 • i i I i ' i I i i i I i i i i i l i i i I i i i l i i 0 16 16 12 12 CANADA GERMANY I I I I I ' I I ' I I I I I • i i l i i ' l i ' i I i i i 0 16 16 r — UNITED KINGDOM 12 SWITZERLAND NETHERLANDS i 1990 1992 i i l I ' 1990 ' l i i i I ' i 1992 i CHARTS 3-MONTH INTEREST RATES WEEKLY SERIES PERCENT PER ANNUM 12 PERCENT PER ANNUM WEIGHTED AVERAGE FOREIGN RATE 10 8 SWISS INTERBANK RATE 6 U.S. CD'S 4 2 2 16 CANADIAN FINANCE CO. PAPER 14 12 10 U.K. INTERBANK STERLING 8 6 2 6 10 8 GERMAN INTERBANK RATE FRENCH INTERBANK RATE 6 4 12 4 10 JAPANESE CD RATE 8 NETHERLANDS INTERBANK RATE 6 4 1990 1992 1990 1992 4 CHART6 EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT RATES LONDON AVERAGES FOR WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY PERCENT PER ANNUM PERCENT PER ANNUM 12 12 OVERNIGHT 10 2 12 • ' ' I i • I ' ' ' I ' ' I I I I I I 10 • i 7-DAY 10 2 I ' 3-MONTH i i I i i i 6-MONTH I I I ' ' I ' • ' ' • l ' • ' 10 I ' » ' I ' • • 12 1-MONTH 10 » 1 ' 1 1 » 1 1990 I 1-YEAR ' 1 ' I 1 1 1992 i i i I i i 1990 i 2 12 2 12 10 I i i i I i i 1992 i # • ' S - ' • • • • • # CHART7 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 A N N U M 14 14 OVERNIGHT EURO DOLLAR DEPOSITS 3-MONTH EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS 10 FEDERAL FUNDS DASHED LINE 90-DAY CD'S DASHED LINE 2 2 2 DIFFERENTIAL 1 + 0 1 DIFFERENTIAL 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 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 i 2 2 DIFFERENTIAL DIFFERENTIAL + + 0 2 0 •yW*W I I I I I I ' l l I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 16 12 INTERBANK DM SWISS INTERBANK (SF) COVERED COVERED FRANKFURT 8 8 EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS 4 EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS DASHED LINE i i 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 i 2 0 2 DIFFERENTIAL DIFFERENTIAL + + 0 2 2 16 12 0 0 0 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 I 1992 I 2 CHART 9 LONG-TERM GOVERNMENT BOND YIELDS WEEKLY SERIES PERCENT PER ANNl SCENT PER ANNUM 14 CANADA UNITED STATES 12 10 8 6 14 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I • ' ' l ' ' i l i i i l i i i I i i i I i i i I i i i FRANCE UNITED KINGDOM 12 10 8 6 10 I I I I I I I I I I I I i i i SWITZERLAND JAPAN i i i I i i i I i i i I i i i i NETHERLANDS GERMANY 8 6 4 2 12 i i I i i i I i i i I i i i 10 8 6 4 i i i I i • 1990 i I i i i I i i 1992 i i i i l i i 1990 i I i i i I i i 1992 i CHART 10 STOCK INDICES WEEKLY SERIES RATIO SCALE 1986=100 RATIO SCALE 1986=100 200 175 200 , UNITED STATES . NETHERLANDS 175 150 150 125 125 100 100 75 75 • i i I i i ' I i i i l ' ' JAPAN i i i i I ' i — GERMANY SWITZERLAND FRANCE CANADA UNITED KINGDOM ' 1990 1992 1990 1992 SERIES 4-Mar-92 Chart 1. S p o t Exchange R a t e s a n d I n d i c e s Noon b u y i n g r a t e s ( U . S . cents, weekly averages) Belgian franc Canadian d o l l a r French f r a n c German mark Italian lira Japanese yen Netherlands g u i l d e r Swiss f r a n c U . K . pound Indices, 2.9466 84.330 17.834 60.602 0.08079 0.76794 53.846 66.742 174.53 116.11 84.05 80.36 170.48 46.37 201.07 154.58 214.72 70.59 Weighted average exchange v a l u e i n d i c e s , Belgian franc Canadian d o l l a r French f r a n c German mark Italian lira Japanese yen Netherlands g u i l d e r Swedish krona Swiss f r a n c U . K . pound U.S. d o l l a r 3 - M o n t h F o r w a r d Exchange R a t e s , U.S. Gold P r i c e i n 2.9244 83.552 17.725 60.192 0.08016 0.74928 53.459 66.489 171.95 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 66.418 173.15 114 83 79 168 45 197 152 212 69 .85 .59 .53 .58 .92 .81 .91 .32 .53 115 83 79 169 46 196 153 213 69 .24 .28 .87 .33 .01 .19 .47 .90 .55 114 83 79 168 45 195 152 212 69 .88 .48 .71 .80 .78 .94 .97 .43 .44 115 83 80 170 46 196 154 213 70 106 .96 75 .47 7 1 .34 170 .98 39 . 4 1 194 . 8 5 145 . 4 2 67 .07 201 . 7 3 61 .44 90 . 5 4 106 75 71 170 39 194 145 66 200 61 90 .82 .82 .32 .74 .28 .98 .20 .94 .69 .46 .76 107 .23 75 .60 71 .66 171 .50 39 .34 193 .92 145 .78 67 .19 200 .70 61 .64 90..09 -3 -5 -5 -7 -0 -5 -4 -6 . 00 .82 .44 .69 .57 .35 .33 .32 - 2 .91 - 5 . 79 - 5 . 42 - 7 . 64 - 0 . 62 - 5 . 31 - 4 . 54 - 6 . ,37 338 .99 341, 98 .97 .74 .52 .42 .11 .12 .44 .68 .03 :1973=100 106 .68 75 .85 71 .06 170 .27 39 .37 196 .85 144 .99 66 ,.90 200 .39 61 .48 90 .64 Premium o r D i s c o u n t -3.05 -5.86 -5.43 -7.62 -0.88 -5.41 -3.63 -5.98 - 3 .20 - 5 . .75 - 5 , .38 - 7 . .54 - 0 . .58 - 5 .32 - 3 . ,93 - 5 . .98 -3 -5 -5 -7 -0 -5 -4 -6 .20 .76 .35 .62 .53 .28 .14 .16 London, A f t e r n o o n F i x i n g d o l l a r s p e r f i n e ounce Chart 4. Mar. 106.89 75.55 71.17 170.70 39.40 198.46 145.27 67.02 200.82 61.89 89.61 Canadian d o l l a r French f r a n c German mark Italian lira Japanese yen Netherlands g u i l d e r Swiss f r a n c U . K . pound Chart 3. 2.9146 83.872 17.648 59.927 0.08000 0.75547 53.265 65.997 171.92 M a r c h 1973 b a s e r a t e s = 100 Belgian franc Canadian d o l l a r French f r a n c German mark Italian lira Japanese yen Netherlands g u i l d e r Swiss f r a n c U . K . pound Chart 2. l l - M a r - 9 2 18-Mai—92 25-Mai—92 l - A p r - 9 2 351.76 349,.09 4.08 4.11 7 .05 9.93 9.57 5.55 9.33 6.88 10.55 3. 95 3. 90 7 . 05 9. 90 9 . 58 5. 51 9 . 43 7 . 38 10. 45 343 .43 C a l l Money R a t e s U.S. f e d e r a l f u n d s Overnight Euro-dollar deposits Canada France Germany Japan Netherlands Switzerland U n i t e d Kingdom 4 3 6 9 9 5 9 7 10 .04 .98 ,.73 .89 .56 .57 .42 .88 .48 3 3 6 9 9 5 9 7 10 .94 .94 .88 .93 .61 .59 .35 .88 .20 4. 09 4. 14 6 . 90 9. 86 9. 6 1 5. 39 9. 44 7 . 88 9. 98 SERIES ii—92 Chart 5. 3-Month I n t e r e s t Rates U.S. 9 0 - d a y C D ' s , s e c o n d a r y m a r k e t 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 r a t e CG-10 C o u n t r i e s ) Chart 6. Euro-Dollar S e l e c t e d E u r o - d o l l a r & U . S . Monet Overnight E u r o - d o l l a r U.S. f e d e r a l f u n d s deposits Differential 3-month E u r o - d o l l a r d e p o s i t U.S. 9 0 - d a y C D ' s , s e c o n d a r y m a r k e t Differential Chart 8. Interest Arbitrage, Euro-dollar deposit Interbank s t e r l i n g (London), Differential U.S. c o m m e r c i a l p a p e r Canadian f i n a n c e p a p e r , Differential covered covered Euro-dollar deposit Swiss i n t e r b a n k , c o v e r e d Differential 10-year m a t u r i t y , 10. Stock 4 .27 7 .57 10 .03 9 .63 4 .89 9 .53 8 .38 10 .73 8 .95 4.21 7.47 10.02 9.65 4.88 9.55 8.58 10.83 8.97 4.11 4.13 4.15 4.15 4.29 4.68 3 .90 4 .09 4 .21 4 .25 4 .39 4 .81 3.98 4.06 4.25 4.31 4.51 5.08 3 .94 4 .23 4 .24 4 .29 4 .49 5 .05 4.14 4.16 4.14 4.23 4.41 4.94 Market Rates 4.11 4.08 0.03 3 .90 3 .95 - 0 .05 3.98 4.04 -0.07 3 .94 3 .94 - 0 .00 4.14 4.09 0.05 4.15 4.16 -0.01 4 .25 4, 24 0., 0 1 4.31 4.30 0.01 4. 29 4, 27 0. 02 4.23 4.21 0.01 4.15 4.16 -0.01 4 . 25 4 . 22 0. 03 4.31 4.31 0.00 4. 29 4. 23 0. 06 4.23 4.29 -0.06 4.23 4.37 -0.14 4 . 29 4 . 48 - 0 . 19 4.35 4.54 -0.19 4 . 31 4 . 52 - 0 . 21 4.26 4.50 -0.24 4.15 3.96 0.19 4 . 25 4 . 04 0 . 22 4.31 4.12 0.20 4 . 29 4 . 06 0 . 23 4.23 4.10 0.13 4.15 3.80 0.35 4 . 25 3 . 94 0 . 31 4.31 3.97 0.34 4 . 29 3 . 95 0 . 34 4.23 3.93 0.29 8. 8. 7. 5. 6. 8. 9. 7. 64 50 89 54 29 25 55 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 8.78 8.70 8.02 5.45 6.56 8.41 9.92 7.53 116 .76 147 . 0 9 106 . 0 0 111 . 8 0 111 . 7 4 140 .67 152 .58 164 . 3 4 1 1 5 . 03 1 4 4 . 46 1 0 5 . 44 106 . 45 I l l . 41 1 4 2 . 05 1 4 9 . 41 1 6 6 . 10 8.44 8.41 7.84 5.53 6.18 8.20 9.33 7.37 Indices (Wednesday f i g u r e s ) Canada France Germany Japan Netherlands Switzerland U n i t e d Kingdom United States 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) < Tokyo SE ( T o p i x ) , CBS A l l - G e n e r a l , S w i s s 4.30 7.80 9.99 9.59 4.94 9.53 8.20 10.64 8.96 id Yields 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 4 .24 7 .74 9 .96 9 .54 4 .96 9 .48 7 .95 10 . 3 5 8 .90 3 - M o n t h Funds covered Euro-dollar deposit I n t e r b a n k DM ( F r a n k f u r t ) , Differential Chart 9. 4.16 7.47 9.91 9.51 5.13 9.47 7.50 10.29 8.88 Deposit Rates Overnight 7-day 1-month 3-month 6-month 1-year Chart 7. 11- Mar - 9 2 18-Mai—92 2 5 - M a r - 9 2 l - A p r - 9 2 119 . 5 5 146 . 1 4 107 . 0 1 116 .24 112 . 3 3 143 . 6 2 154 .28 166 . 6 3 Toronto Composite, 115 143 104 109 111 143 149 165 CAC G e n e r a l , .05 .19 .54 .55 .03 .25 .73 .70 113. 144. 104. 102. 110. 142. 145. 164. 1FAZ A k t i e n , 70 92 61 81 49 35 77 24 FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 3, 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: (CURRENCY UNITS PER DOLLAR ) Apr. 2 Mar. 31 Apr. 1 MONETARY UNIT Mar. 30 ^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 0.7670 11.603 33.950 1.1907 5.4812 6.4020 1.2388 4.5010 5.5915 1.6493 191.55 7.7395 28.700 1.6132 1244.50 133.06 2.5820 1.8576 0.5483 6.4745 142.35 1.6620 2.8850 779.00 104.28 N. A. 5.9850 1.5042 N. A. 25.620 1.7330 0.7700 11.580 33.890 1.1902 5.4812 6.3885 1.2413 4.4920 5.5815 1.6465 191.25 7.7390 29.100 1.6160 1241.75 132.92 2.5815 1.8544 0.5463 6.4640 142.20 1.6560 2.8820 779.70 104.17 N. A. 5.9760 1.5020 25.508 25.620 1.7363 0.7666 11.625 34.000 1.1915 5.4812 6.4045 1.2363 4.5110 5.5985 1.6510 191.95 7.7410 29.000 1.6120 1245.75 134.50 2.5850 1.8588 0.5450 6.4825 142.65 1.6610 2.8750 779.60 104.58 N. A. 5.9930 1.5090 25.450 25.620 1.7265 0.7663 11.582 33.860 1.1930 5.4812 6.3880 1.2420 4.4970 5.5720 1.6455 191.65 7.7405 28.950 1.6172 1241.50 133.83 2.5820 1.8523 0.5446 6.4670 142.00 1.6585 2.8825 779.60 104.48 43.113 5.9760 1.5027 25.500 25.680 1.7295 0.7665 11.424 33.380 1.1893 5.4812 6.3030 1.2572 4.5650 5.5030 1.6240 189.40 7.7390 29.000 1.6335 1227.00 133.25 2.5770 1.8288 0.5470 6.3850 139.60 1.6510 2.8770 779.60 103.33 N. A. 5.9000 1.4890 N. A. 25.660 1.7430 MEMO: ^UNITED STATES DOLLAR 89.99 89.85 90.24 89.95 89.05 COUNTRY Apr. 3 *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. 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