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(516/517) Selected Interest & Exchange Rates Weekly Series of Charts February 24,1992 DIVISION OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCE Prepared by the FINANCIAL MARKETS SECTION BOARD OF GOVERNORS FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Washington, DiC. 20551 I. Table of Contents • TABLES 1. LATEST FIGURES PLOTTED 2. DAILY CERTIFIED SPOT EXCHANGE RATES H.10 RELEASE t CHARTS ! 1. SPOT EXCHANGE RATE INDICES I 2. 3-MONTH FORWARD EXCHANGE RATES 3. GOLD PRICE—LONDON 4. CALL MONEY RATES 1 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 • SCALE H 1973=100 140 130 RATIO S MARCH 197 FOREIGN CURRENCY PRICE OF U.S. DOLLAR 120 110 100 BELGIAN FRANC 90 80 70 280 260 240 220 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 ' SWISS FRANC JAPANESE YEN 200 180 160 140 120 • i i I i i i I i i i I i i ' I ' I ' I I I ' l l 100 90 CANADIAN DOLLAR — U.K. POUND 80 70 60 50 200 I I 180 ' I ' I • I I I I I I I I I I I < I I I I I ' I DUTCH GUILDER 160 140 GERMAN MARK 120 100 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 120 110 100 ITALIAN LIRA FRENCH FRANC 90 80 70 60 50 i i 1990 i I i i i l i i 1992 i i i i I i i 1990 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 ( U.K. POUND CANADIAN DOLLAR ^ i i I i i i i i v i W I i V i i - " I i i v 1 " 1 1 1 1 12 8 JAPANESE YEN GERMAN MARK 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i I i i i DUTCH GUILDER SWISS FRANC V / 1 1 1 1 - vwx 1 1 1 ITALIAN LIRA FRENCH FRANC 1 — 1 1990 1992 1 1 1 1 1 1 1990 1 1 i1 i I i i i 1992 12 CHART 3 PRICE OF GOLD IN LONDON AVERAGES FOR WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY U.S. DOLLARS PER FINE OUNCE U.S. DOLLARS PER FINE OUNCE 460 460 440 440 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 CENT PER ANNUM PERCENT PER AN 16 12 FRANCE U.S. FEDERAL FUNDS 8 JAPAN 4 0 • i i I i i i I i i i I I I I I I I 16 12 CANADA GERMANY 8 4 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 I I I I I I I I I 16 UNITED KINGDOM 12 SWITZERLAND 8 NETHERLANDS 4 0 I I I I I I 1990 I I I I I I I I 1992 I • I I I I I 1990 I 1992 CHART 5 3-MONTH INTEREST RATES WEEKLY SERIES PERCENT PER ANNUM PERCENT PER ANNUM 2 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 CHART 6 EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT RATES LONDON AVERAGES FOR WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY CENT PER ANNUM PERCENT PER AN 12 OVERNIGHT 10 3-MONTH 8 6 4 2 i i l 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 l i i i l i i i I i i i 12 7-DAY 10 6-MONTH 8 6 4 • 2 I i i i I i i i I i i i • i i I i ' i 12 1-MONTH 10 1-YEAR 8 6 4 2 i i l i i 1990 i l i i i l i i 1992 i i i i I i i 1990 ' 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 OVERNIGHT 3-MONTH EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS FEDERAL FUNDS 90-DAY CD'S DASHED LINE J I i DASHED LINE i i DIFFERENTIAL L J i i L J j I I I I I 1990 I I I I I I L DIFFERENTIAL rW 1 Ai.NA / '1 1, Wwv M 'Wv V I I i i i 1 n i i i 1992 J i i I i i 1990 i •n . ^ I i i i I i i 1992 i 11 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 12 INTERBANK STERLING CANADIAN FINANCE CO. PAPER, COVERED COVERED LONDON 8 EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS 4 U.S. COMMERCIAL PAPER DASHED LINE i 0 i i I i i DASHED LINE 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 l i i i 2 DIFFERENTIAL DIFFERENTIAL + 0 j I 2 16 YwV"W^,uv^v'niu/ i I I I I vuv < I I " I I I I I I i i ' l i i i 12 INTERBANK DM SWISS INTERBANK (SF) COVERED COVERED FRANKFURT 8 EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS 4 EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS DASHED LINE i 0 i i I i i 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 DIFFERENTIAL + 0 2 4 c DIFFERENTIAL w^- i i i I ' i 1990 i I i i i I i i 1992 i I I I I ' < I 1990 I 1992 I CHART 9 LONG-TERM GOVERNMENT BOND YIELDS WEEKLY SERIES RCENT PER ANNUM PERCENT PER ANN! 14 UNITED STATES CANADA 12 10 8 i • 6 i I i i i I i i i I i i i i i i I i i i l i i i l i i i I i i ' i i i i l i i i i- I- i i i I i i i I i i i • • I ' • i l i i i 14 UNITED KINGDOM FRANCE 12 10 8 I 6 10 I I I I I I I I I I SWITZERLAND • i i JAPAN 8 6 4 2 12 • ' • I ' ' ' I • i i I i i i NETHERLANDS i i GERMANY 10 8 6 4 i i i l i i 1990 i l i i ' I ' i 1992 i • ' • I ' 1990 1992 CHART 10 STOCK INDICES WEEKLY SERIES 1986: 200 'SCALE RATIOS 100 198 UNITED STATES 175 .NETHERLANDS 150 125 100 75 50 400 350 i i i I i i ' I i i i I i i i . JAPAN i i i I i ' i l ' i i l i i ' I i i i l i i i l i i i I I I I I ' ' ' I ' » ' i i ' ' i ' , GERMANY 300 250 200 150 100 • i i I i i i l i i i l i i i • i i 200 175 — SWITZERLAND — FRANCE 150 125 100 75 50 I I ' I I I I I I I I I I I 200 175 — CANADA — UNITED KINGDOM 150 125 100 75 50 I I ' I I I 1990 ' I ' I I I I I 1992 I • i I ' ' 1990 • 1992 ' SERIES C h a r t 1. 22-Jan-92 29-Jan~92 5-Feb-92 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) Indices, 3.0415 85.538 18.372 62.630 0.08327 0.80159 55.612 70.391 179 . 5 4 3.0325 84.942 18.314 62.433 0.08302 0.79431 55.454 70.084 179.38 3.0708 84.758 18.560 63.246 0.08402 0.79095 56.165 70.792 181.44 2.9697 84.218 17.953 61.100 0.08143 0.78124 54.308 67.735 176.10 .85 .25 .79 .18 .80 .88 .65 .46 .62 119.49 84.66 82.53 175.63 47.66 207.98 159.20 225.47 72.55 121.01 84.48 83.63 177.92 48.23 207.10 161.24 227.75 73.38 117.02 83.94 80.90 171.88 46.74 204.55 155.91 217.91 71.23 107.66 74.37 71.54 172.31 39.63 201.12 146.44 67.40 206.48 62.27 87.15 108.30 73.65 72.06 173.55 39.84 198.62 147.35 67.75 207.13 62.58 86.39 107.00 74.90 71.17 170.98 39.45 200.79 145.54 67.06 202.48 62.04 88.84 .69 .76 .30 .43 .97 .31 .33 .21 -2.88 -5.87 -5.43 -7.54 -1.08 -5.51 -3.34 -6.25 -3.01 -5.96 -5.49 -7.71 -1.25 -5.57 -3.34 -6.19 -3.11 -5.74 -5.35 -7.57 -1.03 -5.37 -3.21 -5.90 357.19 355 . 1 4 355.36 356.00 354.15 3.87 3.89 7.13 9.78 9.40 5.48 9.18 6.88 10.59 4 .01 3 .96 6 .93 9 .98 9 .49 5 .57 9 .39 6 .88 10 . 7 3 4.17 4.01 7.10 10.03 9.64 5.58 9.50 6.88 10.55 3.93 3.96 7.15 9.98 9.56 5.66 9.43 6.68 10.38 4.20 4.50 7.20 9.84 9.55 5.59 9.31 6.38 10.55 3.0391 86.670 18.345 62.536 0.08307 0.79685 55.528 70.563 178.78 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 M a r c h 1973 b a s e r a t e s = 100 119.76 86.38 82.67 175.92 47.68 208.64 159.41 227.01 72.31 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 Weighted a v e r a g e exchange v a l u e i n d i c e s , Mar. 107.64 75.81 71.49 172.17 39.55 201.30 146.28 67.24 207.43 61.88 86.89 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 C h a r t 2. 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 1973=100 107 74 71 172 39 202 146 67 206 62 86 .64 .68 .55 .31 .62 .47 .39 .35 .73 .12 .80 -2 -5 -5 -7 -0 -5 -3 -6 London, A f t e r n o o n F i x i n g d o l l a r s per f i n e ounce C h a r t 4. 119 85 82 176 47 209 159 226 72 Premium o r D i s c o u n t -2.81 -5.68 -5.28 -7.39 -1.02 -5.29 -3.48 -6.24 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 C h a r t 3. 12-Feb-92 19-Feb-92 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 E u r o - d o l l a r Canada France Germany Japan Netherlands Switzerland U n i t e d Kingdom deposits SERIES Chart 5. 22-Jan~92 29-Jan-92 5-Feb-92 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 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 r a t e (G-10 C o u n t r i e s ) Chart 6. 4 .07 7 .16 9 .75 9 .44 5 ,18 9 .36 7..50 10,.56 8,.82 3. 89 4. 06 4, 08 4. 09 4,,11 4,.41 S e l e c t e d E u r o - d o l l a r & U.S. Overnight Euro-dollar U.S. f e d e r a l f u n d s Differential deposits 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 paper Canadian f i n a n c e paper, Differential covered covered Euro-dollar deposit Swiss i n t e r b a n k , covered Differential 10. 4. 7. 9. 9. 5. 9. 7. 10. 8. 07 52 95 54 22 55 23 28 93 3. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 96 05 05 09 14 45 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 01 04 04 05 11 50 3. 3. 3. 3. 3. 4. 96 94 93 93 99 33 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 50 05 03 04 15 51 3. 89 3. 87 0. 02 3 . 96 4 . 01 - 0 . 04 4 . 01 4 . 17 - 0 . 16 3. 96 3 . 93 0. 03 4 . 50 4 . 20 0. 30 4. 09 4. 07 0. 02 4 . 09 4 . 07 0 . 01 4 . 05 4 . 06 - 0 . 01 3 . 93 3. 94 - 0 . 01 4.,04 4. 07 - 0 . .03 4.,09 4.,16 - 0 . .07 4 . 09 4 . 18 - 0 . 09 4 . 05 4 . 15 - 0 . 10 3. 93 4,,06 - 0 , 13 4..04 4..23 - 0 . .19 4..08 4..30 - 0 . 22 4 . 08 4 . 34 - 0 . 26 4 . 09 4 . 31 - 0 . 22 4..00 4..20 - 0 . .20 4..12 4..36 - 0 . 23 4..09 4. 03 0..06 4 . 09 3 . 98 0 . 11 4 . 05 3 . 90 0 . 15 3 .93 3 .87 0 . 06 4..04 4.. 07 - 0 . .03 4..09 3..96 0. 13 4 . 09 3 . 91 0. 18 4 . 05 3 . 85 0. 20 3 .93 3 .80 0..13 4..04 3..96 0..08 8 . 33 8 . 37 7 . 89 5 . 37 6 . 18 8 . 35 9 . 48 7 . 22 8 . 37 8 . 41 7 . 90 5. 51 6 . 18 8 ..34 9.. 4 1 7 ..30 8 8 7 5 6 8 9 7 .29 .45 .87 .56 .04 .30 .35 .23 8 .45 8 .48 7 .89 5 .53 6 .12 8 .30 9 .35 7 .43 119 138 102 120 109 138 152 169 .83 .28 .39 .59 .79 .65 .32 .48 Long Term Government B e l l w e t h e r Bond Y i e l d s 1 0 - y e a r 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. 94 7 . 26 9. 96 9. 49 5. 24 9..52 7 .,20 10. 41 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 . 06 7 . 24 9 . 94 9 . 46 5 . 14 9 . 54 7 . 25 1 0 . 56 8 . 87 Money M a r k e t R a t e s 3-month E u r o - d o l l a r d e p o s i t U.S. 90-day C D ' s , secondary market Differential Chart 8. 4 . 07 7 . 07 9 . 88 9 . 40 5 . 05 9 . 36 7 . 30 10. 55 8 . 78 E u r o - D o l l a r Deposit Rates Overnight 7-day 1-month 3-month 6-month 1-year Chart 7. 12-Feb-92 19-Feb-92 Stock Canada France Germany Japan Netherlands Switzerland U n i t e d Kingdom United States 8,.14 8..36 7..88 5..44 6 .19 8 .34 9 .46 7 .09 Indices (Wednesday f i g u r e s ) 121 138 102 121 109 135 152 169 .26 .10 .54 .27 .79 .31 .13 .22 119. 140. 101. 119. 109. 135. 152. 166. 92 04 92 83 19 87 51 61 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 C o m p o s i t e , Tokyo SE C 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 120 138 102 122 109 136 152 168 .16 .15 .85 .96 .41 ..77 .91 ,.25 118 140 103 114 110 138 153 166 .08 .24 .20 .98 .06 .47 .25 .03 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 ( .• oOL^ov • M — FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release H.10(512 ) February 21, 1992 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 21, 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 *1RELAND ITALY JAPAN MALAYSIA NETHERLANDS *NEW ZEALAND NORWAY PORTUGAL SINGAPORE SOUTH AFRICA DOLLAR SCHILLING FRANC DOLLAR YUAN KRONE ECU MARKKA FRANC D. MARK DRACHMA DOLLAR RUPEE POUND LIRA YEN RINGGIT GUILDER DOLLAR KRONE ESCUDO DOLLAR RAND SOUTH KOREA WON SPAIN PESETA SRI LANKA RUPEE SWEDEN KRONA SWITZERLAND FRANC TAIWAN DOLLAR THAILAND BAHT •UNITED KINGDOM POUND MEMO: UNUNITED STATES DOLLAR Feb. 17 H 0 L I D A Y (CURRENCY UNITS PER DOLLAR) Feb. 18 Feb. 19 Feb. 20 Feb. 21 0.7541 11.596 33.910 1.1895 5.4837 6.3820 1.2418 4.5045 5.6090 1.6490 190.65 7.7640 25.910 1.6228 1236.00 128.00 2.5965 1.8547 0.5412 6.4530 141.95 1.6465 2.8320 769.90 103.18 N. A. 5.9785 1.4895 25.028 25.440 1.7510 0.7572 11.595 33.870 1.1879 5.4837 6.3870 1.2429 4.5095 5.6000 1.6465 190.15 7.7610 27.000 1.6215 1235.75 128.40 2.5945 1.8529 0.5412 6.4555 141.85 1.6445 2.8350 770.90 103.18 N. A. 5.9785 1.4888 25.065 25.480 1.7520 0.7558 11.595 33.860 1.1850 5.4837 6.3900 1.2440 4.5120 5.6005 1.6470 189.85 7.7635 26.550 1.6195 1235.00 128.65 2.5890 1.8534 0.5439 6.4560 141.75 1.6435 2.8360 771.00 103.23 42.878 5.9780 1.4895 25.075 25.510 1.7500 0.7534 11.615 33.930 1.1842 5.4837 6.4010 1.2400 4.5175 5.6065 1.6502 190.75 7.7630 26.400 1.6178 1238.75 128.72 2.5905 1.8570 0.5422 6.4655 141.90 1.6445 2.8450 772.00 103.48 42.868 5.9855 1.4940 25.061 25.520 1.7465 89.33 89.28 89.30 89.44 •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. WEIGHTS 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. 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