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(516/517) Selected Interest & Exchange Rates Weekly Series of Charts January 11,1993 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 RATIO SCALE MARCH 1973=100 120 140 FOREIGN CURRENCY PRICE OF U.S. DOLLAR 110 |— BELGIAN FRANC 130 100 120 90 110 80 100 70 270 i i i I i i i I i i i I i i ' • i ' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 90 240 220 JAPANESE YEN — 250 I 200 230 180 210 160 SWISS FRANC 190 I ' 170 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 140 100 100 90 90 U.K. POUND 80 80 70 70 CANADIAN DOLLAR 60 60 50 200 ' ' ' l ' ' ' I i i i i i i I I 1 I I 1 ' 1 I 1 ' 1 I 1 1 50 200 180 190 160 180 140 170 120 — i i i I i i i 160 GERMAN MARK DUTCH GUILDER I i i i I i • i • i i r i i i i i i i i i ' i I i i i FRENCH FRANC ITALIAN LIRA i i i I i » ' I i CHART 2 3-MONTH FORWARD EXCHANGE RATES PREMIUM (+) OR (-) AVERAGES FOR WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY PERCENT PER ANNUM PERCENT PER ANNUM 2 , 2 U.K. POUND CANADIAN DOLLAR + 0 + 0 2 2 4 4 6 6 8 8 10 10 I 12 2 + 0 I I I I I I I I I I I • I ' ' I i i i I i i i l i i i 12 8 JAPANESE YEN GERMAN MARK — 6 4 2 4 6 8 2 10 4 I 12 2 + ' I I ' I I I I I I i v / ' v v i i I i i I i i i i I i i i 6 4 DUTCH GUILDER SWISS FRANC 0 2 ' 2 V \ w , + — V 4 0 VAX — 2 6 4 8 6 10 12 2 + 0 i i i I i i i I1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ITALIAN LIRA FRENCH FRANC 8 7 3 2 1 4 5 6 9 8 13 10 17 12 1 1 1 1990 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1992 1 1 1 1 i i 1990 i l i ' ' I i i 1992 ' l ' ' ' 21 CHART 3 PRICE OF GOLD IN LONDON AVERAGES FOR WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY U.S. DOLLARS PER FINE OUNCE U.S. DOLLARS PER FINE OUNCE — 420 400 — 400 380 — — 380 360 — — 360 420 12.5 Kg BARS AFTERNOON FIXING PRICE 340 320 340 1990 1991 1992 1993 320 CHART4 CALL MONEY RATES WEEKLY SERIES PERCENT PER ANNUM PERCENT PER ANNUM 10 16 — U.S. FEDERAL FUNDS 14 12 FRANCE 10 8 4 — JAPAN 1 1 » I 1 1 « 1 1 1 ' 1 _L_L i i i I i i i > 1 » » l 1 1 1 2 10 10 GERMANY • 1 I I 1 « • I ' 1 NETHERLANDS ' I I I I i i i l i i i l i i i l i i i — 9 — 8 CHART 5 3-MONTH INTEREST RATES WEEKLY SERIES PERCENT PER ANNUM PERCENT PER ANNUM WEIGHTED AVERAGE FOREIGN RATE CANADIAN FINANCE PAPER 8 U.S. CD S 6 4 3 2 16 14 12 10 U.K. INTERBANK STERLING NETHERLANDS INTERBANK RATE 8 6 6 9 7 FRENCH INTERBANK RATE JAPANESE CD RATE 5 8 3 10 8 4 GERMAN INTERBANK RATE SWISS INTERBANK 6 7 1990 1992 1990 1992 CHART 6 EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT RATES LONDON AVERAGES FOR WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY PERCENT PER ANNUM PERCENT PER ANNUM 10 10 I I I I OVERNIGHT 3-MONTH 7-DAY 6-MONTH I I I I I I I I I I I I 10 1-YEAR 1-MONTH i i i 1990 I i i i I i i 1992 i I i i i • ' 1990 » i ' 1 1 i • 1 1992 • 1 1 • 1 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 10 OVERNIGHT 1-MONTH EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS 8 EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS 6 90-DAY CD'S FEDERAL FUNDS DASHED LINE DASHED LINE 4 2 2 2 DIFFERENTIAL 1990 1992 DIFFERENTIAL 1990 1992 CHART 8 INTEREST ARBITRAGE: 3-MONTH FUNDS DIFFERENTIAL: PLUS(+), INDICATES FAVOR DOLLAR ASSETS AVERAGES FOR WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY PERCENT PER ANNUM PERCENT PER ANNUM 10 10 8 — CANADIAN FINANCE CO. PAPER, COVERED INTERBANK STERLING 6 COVERED LONDON — 4 — U.S. COMMERCIAL PAPER EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS' 2 DASHED LINE DASHED LINE — i i I i i i i I i i i I i i ' i ' 2 10 I I I ' ' ' I I I I I I I • • • l • DIFFERENTIAL DIFFERENTIAL AA/V'^V ' VV^-WM'V«VV- I I I I I I I I I I I I i I i l i i • i • SWISS INTERBANK (SF) COVERED INTERBANK DM COVERED FRANKFURT 6 — 4 — EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS DASHED LINE DASHED LINE i i I i i i I i i i I i i ' i I I ' I ' I I ' ' l ' I I I ' I ' l 1 I I DIFFERENTIAL DIFFERENTIAL zx i i i i 1990 i ' ' i i i 1992 ' i i i i » I 1990 I I I ' I 1992 2 10 CHART 9 LONG-TERM GOVERNMENT BOND YIELDS WEEKLY SERIES RCENT PER ANNUM PERCENT PER ANN! 10 UNITED STATES UNITED KINGDOM 9 8 7 6 5 12 • » ' I ' ' ' i ' » i l ' ' i i CANADA 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 I I i i i I i i i I I I I I I I I I I I FRANCE 11 10 9 8 7 8 I I I I I I I I I |W, I I I I i ' i SWITZERLAND JAPAN 7 6 5 4 10 i i i l i i i I i i i I i i i NETHERLANDS I l l I GERMANY 9 8 7 6 _L_L I 1990 I l I I i i 1992 i I i i i I I 1990 I I 1992 CHART 10 STOCK INDICES WEEKLY SERIES RATIO SCALE 1986=100 RATIO SCALE 1986=100 200 200 UNITED STATES UNITED KINGDOM 180 — SWITZERLAND I I I I I ERMANY I I I I I I I I I I JAPAN I I FRANCE I I I I I I I I I I I I I CANADA i i i NETHERLANDS l 1990 i i ' I ' ' 1992 ' I i ' ' ' i 1990 i l i i i 1 i i 1992 i l i i i SERIES Chart 1. 9-Dec~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) 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, M a r c h 1973 base r a t e s : 3.0866 7 8 . 375 1 8 . 646 6 3 . 504 0.07210 0.80372 56 . 520 7 0 . 967 157 .50 3.0932 78.385 18.645 63.696 0.07155 0.80846 56.642 71.089 156.47 3.0878 7 8 . 870 1 8 . 594 6 3 . 483 0.07075 0.81075 56 . 444 7 0 . 391 155 .37 121 . 6 3 78 . 1 2 84 . 0 2 178 .64 41 .39 210 .44 162 .26 228 . 3 1 63 .70 121.89 78.13 84.02 179.18 41.07 211.68 162.61 228.70 63.29 121 .67 78 . 6 1 83 . 7 9 178 .58 40 . 6 1 212 . 2 8 162 . 0 4 226 .46 62 . 8 4 119 78 82 174 39 210 158 220 61 .22 .83 .18 .89 .48 .33 .74 .88 .27 117.60 78.10 81.07 172.68 37.93 209.27 156.77 218.04 61.68 112 70 75 181 34 212 153 57 213 54 90 .97 .73 .03 .67 .36 .23 .70 .48 .36 .78 .25 112 72 74 180 33 213 152 57 211 54 91 .23 .03 .60 .21 .85 .41 .65 .42 .01 .10 .88 111.71 72.02 74.23 179.46 32.75 214.41 152.12 57.11 210.21 55.07 92.97 -3 -8 -5 -10 -0 -5 -2 -3 .71 .54 .42 .02 .22 .02 .73 .72 -3 -7 -5 -9 -0 -4 -2 -3 .40 .93 . 18 .36 .18 .75 .68 .65 -3.54 -9.26 -5.13 - 9 .44 -0.23 -4.66 -2.49 -3.65 W e i g h t e d a v e r a g e e x c h a n g e v a l u e i n d i c e s ;, M a r . Belgian franc Canadian d o l l a r French f r a n c German mark 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 3 - M o n t h F o r w a r d Exchange R a t e s , 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. U.S. 2.9845 78.361 17.990 61.384 0. 06609 0.79927 54.609 67.773 152.51 1973 = 100 112 .57 70 .03 75 .02 181 .10 34 .96 209 .49 153 .44 59 .23 214 . 5 1 55 .43 89 . 9 1 112.81 70.02 75.01 181.73 34.67 210.83 153.77 59.02 214.86 55.02 89.89 Premium o r D i s c o u n t - 3 .95 - 6 .92 - 5 . 14 - 1 0 .25 0 . 09 - 5 .02 - 2 .65 - 3 .28 -3.99 -7.62 -5.49 -9.98 -0.11 -5.15 -2.76 -3.48 Gold P r i c e i n 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. 3.0255 7 9 . 089 1 8 . 237 6 2 . 172 0.06879 0.80332 5 5 . 294 6 8 . 659 151 .48 = 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. 16-Dec~92 2 3 - D e c - 9 2 30-Dec-92 6 - J a n - 9 3 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 334 .84 335.24 335 . 0 3 332 .77 329.84 2.93 2.86 7.75 9.91 8.90 3.83 8.59 5.45 7.05 2 .94 2 .93 6 .60 9 .93 8 .78 3 .81 8 .57 6 .15 7 .15 2 .86 3 .05 6 .46 10 . 3 1 8 .70 3 .84 8 .59 6 .17 5 .88 3.03 3.16 6.81 12.75 8.78 3.85 8.48 5.50 6.84 ' 2 .94 2 .86 8 .65 9 .85 8 .87 3 .81 8 .75 5 .48 6 .65 SERIES C h a r t 5. 9-Dec~92 3-Month I n t e r e s t Rates U.S. 90-day CD'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 r a t e 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. Euro-Dollar Deposit deposits Interest Arbitrage, Euro-dollar deposit Interbank s t e r l i n g (London), Differential U.S. commercial paper Canadian f i n a n c e p a p e r , Differential 3 .34 7 .53 10 .78 8 .80 3 .76 8 .27 6 .02 7 . 04 7 .81 3 .28 7 .41 11 .88 8 .68 3 .76 8 .06 5 .67 7 .03 7 .91 2 .86 2 .93 3 .84 3 .63 3 .68 4 . 00 2 .86 2 .89 3 .55 3 .50 3 .58 3 .99 2 .93 3 .19 3 .36 3 .40 3 .53 3..99 3 . 05 3 .94 3 .28 3 .36 3 .55 3 .94 3 .16 3 .11 3 .16 3 .30 3 .47 3 .91 2 .86 2 .93 - 0 .07 2..93 2. 94 - 0 . 01 3.. 05 2 .86 0 . 19 3 .16 3 .03 0 .13 3. 63 3 .60 0 . 02 3 .50 3 .50 0 . 00 3. 40 3. 36 0 . 04 3..36 3,.34 0., 02 3 .30 3 .28 0.. 02 3. 63 3. 71 - 0 . , 08 3..50 3..55 - 0 . , 05 3 . 40 3 . 41 - 0 . 01 3..36 3., 33 0.. 03 3 .30 3 .32 - 0 . 02 3. 78 4. 11 - 0 . 33 3.,70 3. 95 - 0 . 25 3. 61 3 . 98 - 0 . 37 3..54 4. 06 - 0 . 52 3 .38 3 .80 - 0 .42 3. 63 3. 66 - 0 . 04 3. 50 3, 34 0 . 16 3 . 40 3 . 44 - 0 . 04 3 . 36 3 . 51 - 0 . 15 3. 30 3. 44 - 0 . 14 3. 63 3. 50 0. 12 3. 50 3. 32 0. 18 3 . 40 3 . 32 0 . 08 3 . 36 3 . 31 0. 05 3. 30 3. 14 0 ..15 7 . 85 8 . 27 7 . 35 4. 71 5. 81 7 . 49 8 . 30 6 . 80 7 . 92 8 . 24 7 . 36 4. 73 5. 62 7 . 45 8 . 30 6 . 80 7 . 82 8 . 26 7 . 28 4. 71 5 . 48 7 . 39 8 . 29 6. 71 7 . 80 8 . 13 7 . 19 4 . 65 5 . 47 7 . 27 8 . 18 6 . 70 7 . 85 8 . 12 7 . 14 4 . 64 5 . 52 7 . 19 8 . 18 6 . 64 109. 48 128. 75 8 9 . 00 9 9 . 28 107 . 24 154. 95 160. 97 176. 02 109. 84 126 . 62 86 . 94 9 9 . 61 105. 72 157 . 04 161. 50 174. 42 1 1 0 . 74 1 3 0 . 43 8 9 . 55 1 0 2 . 07 1 0 7 . 40 1 5 9 . 99 167 . 80 177 . 17 1 1 0 . 77 1 3 2 . 77 9 0 . 25 9 8 . 88 1 0 7 . 35 1 6 2 . 64 1 6 8 . 43 177 . 28 I l l . 74 133. 31 91 . 08 97 . 69 109. 03 164. 70 170 . 28 175. 81 3 - M o n t h Funds covered covered Euro-dollar deposit I n t e r b a n k DM ( F r a n k f u r t ) , Differential covered Euro-dollar deposit Swiss i n t e r b a n k , c o v e r e d Differential Long Term 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 C h a r t 10. 3 .36 7 .75 11 . 2 9 8 .99 3 .78 8 .51 6 .09 7 .20 8 .10 2 .86 2 .94 - 0 . . 08 3-month E u r o - d o l l a r d e p o s i t U.S. 90-day CD's, s e c o n d a r y market Differential Chart 9. 3 .50 8 .02 10 .79 8 .96 3 .77 8 .62 6 .13 7 .09 8 .06 S e l e c t e d E u r o - d o l l a r & U . S . Money M a r k e t R a t e s Overnight Euro-dollar U.S. f e d e r a l f u n d s Differential Chart 8. 3 .60 8 .14 10 .18 8 .92 3 .71 8 .72 6 .19 7 .05 8 .02 Rates Overnight 7-day 1-month 3-month 6-month 1-year Chart 7. 16-Dec-92 23_Dec_92 30-Dec-92 6 -Jan-93 Stock I n d i c e s Canada France Germany Japan Netherlands Switzerland U n i t e d Kingdom United States (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 C o m p o s i t e , CAC G e n e r a l , FAZ A k t i e n , Tokyo 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 T i m e s O r d i n a r y , NYSE C o m p o s i t %*pt GOl/y FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release '••ititr&y January 11, 1993 H.10(512) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE MEEK ENDING JANUARY 8, 1993 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 Jan. 4 1 CURRENCY UNITS PER DOLLAR) Jan. 7 Jan. 6 Jan. 5 Jan. 8 0.6818 11.520 33.680 1.2782 5.7662 6.3490 1.1912 5.4000 5.5945 1.6375 218.15 7.7420 29.000 1.6055 1521.00 125.40 2.6040 1.8410 0.5121 6.9710 147.69 1.6520 3.0770 789.70 116.48 N. A. 7.1840 1.4790 N. A. 25.540 1.5010 0.6735 11.449 33.480 1.2768 5.7662 6.2995 1.2042 5.3600 5.5450 1.6248 216.45 7.7435 29.000 1.6189 1529.00 125.11 2.5915 1.8280 0.5053 6.9590 146.48 1.6545 3.0580 791.30 115.83 N. A. 7.2300 1.4702 25.405 25.570 1.5450 0.6700 11.510 33.620 1.2782 5.7744 6.3120 1.1972 5.3850 5.5685 1.6345 218.20 7.7432 29.000 1.6020 1529.00 125.10 2.5943 1.8370 0.5055 6.9820 147.15 1.6608 3.0650 793.40 116.30 N. A. 7.2580 1.4870 25.427 25.535 1.5413 0.6690 11.513 33.670 1.2798 5.7744 6.3260 1.1982 5.4550 5.5635 1.6365 218.75 7.7420 29.000 1.6035 1512.50 125.25 2.5985 1.8400 0.5080 7.0260 146.93 1.6585 3.0690 794.20 116.03 46.150 7.3675 1.4925 25.411 25.550 1.5360 0.6720 11.527 33.700 1.2825 5.7744 6.3440 1.1968 5.4815 5.5710 1.6385 219.15 7.7430 29.000 1.6019 1501.00 125.27 2.5980 1.8411 0.5101 7.0070 147.12 1.6620 3.0890 795.00 116.42 N. A. 7.4175 1.4950 25.423 25.560 1.5400 93.49 92.83 93.14 93.22 93.23 •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. 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