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Selected Interest &
Exchange Rates
Weekly Series of Charts

JANUARY 13,1976
Prepared by the
FINANCIAL MARKETS
SECTION




DIVISION OF
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CHARTS

TABLES

1. SPOT EXCHANGE RATE INDEXES

1. LATEST FIGURES PLOTTED

2. 3-MONTH FORWARD EXCHANGE RATES

2. DAILY CERTIFIED SPOT
EXCHANGE RATES-H.10 RELEASE «

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 INDEXES




SPOT EXCHANGE RATES
I N D E X E S O F D O L L A R PRICES O F F O R E I G N C U R R E N C I E S
A V E R A G E S FOR W E E K E N D I N G W E D N E S D A Y
FOREIGN CURRENCY
PRICE OF U.S. DOLLAR
Weighted average

100

120

CANADIAN DOLLAR

9C
100

80

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JAPANESE YEN

140

140

120

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FRENCH FRANC
120

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GERMAN MARK

160

SWISS FRANC

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140

140

120

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100

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DUTCH GUILDER

160

BELGIAN FRANC

140

140

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120

100

100
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120

ITALIAN LIRA

U.K. POUND

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100

100
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3-MONTH FORWARD EXCHANGE RATES
PREMIUM (+L OR DISCOUNT H
AVERAGES FOR WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY
PER CENT PER ANNUM

6

CANADIAN DOLLAR

5 \ -

1

1

1

1

1

1
SWISS FRANC

U.K. POUND

GERMAN MARK

DUTCH GUILDER

FRENCH FRANC

JAPANESE YEN
2 per cent on scale equals
1 per cent on all others
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:
1

1

1

1

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. Chart 3

PRICE OF GOLD IN LONDON
AVERAGES FOR WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY

810
12.5 Kg BARS
Afternoon fixing price




180

150

180

80

80

30
1873

1876

Chart 4

CALAMONEYRATES
WEEKLY SERIES

PER ANNUM

PER CENT PER

OVERNIGHT
EURO—DOL LA Kb

15
JAPAN

10

5

U.S. FEDERAL FUNDS

0
20
U.K. 2 - D A Y LOCAL AUTHORITY
15

FRANCE

10

5

0
15

10

NETHERLANDS
CANADA

s

0
20
EURO-SWISS FRANC
15

10

GERMANY

5
I VEURO-DM
0

5
1873




1975

1873

1875

Chart 5

3-MONTH INTEREST RATES

1

WEEKLY SERIES
PER CENT PER AK

SENT PER ANNUM

CANADIAN FINANCE CO. PAPER
12

UNITED STATES CD's

12

8

8

4

4

U.K. INTERBANK STERLING
16

16

12

12

8

8

4

4

16

12

EURO-DOLLAR
8

12
SWISS DEPOSIT RATE

8

JAPAN
Monthly

4




4

0

Chart 6

EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT RATES London
AVERAGES FOR WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY
PER CENT PER A»
18

16

3-MONTH

OVERNIGHT

12

12

8

8

4

4
16

16
6-MONTH

7-DAY

-

12

12

8

8
-

4

4
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1

1

1

1

1
16

16
1-MONTH

1-YEAR

12

12

8

8

4

4




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SELECTED EURO-DOLLAR AND U.S. MONEY MARKET RATES
AVERAGES FOR WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY

3-MONTH
Euro-dollar deposits

FEDERAL FUNDS

10

OVERNIGHT
[
Euro-dollar deposits

60-89 DAY CD'S

5

0

DIFFERENTIAL
Adjusted for reserve requirements
DIFFERENTIAL
Adjusted for reserve requirements
1
1973


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Favors Borrowing in U.S. if Positive
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

1975

1973

1975

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Chart 8

INTEREST ARBITRAGE: 3-MONTH FUNDS
AVERAGES FOR WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY
DIFFERENTIAL: PLUS (+), INDICATES FAVOR DOLLAR ASSETS
20

20

INTERBANK DM,
Covered Frankfurt

EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS
INTERBANK STERLING
Covered London
^

EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS

DIFFERENTIAL
DIFFERENTIAL

15

- C A N A D I A N FINANCE CO. PAPER, COVERED

EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS

10

U.S. COMMERCIAL PAPER
5

SWISS DEPOSITS (SF) ! |
COVERED •
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A/1 A —

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DIFFERENTIAL
5 for FRASER
Digitized
1973


1975

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DIFFERENTIAL

1973

1975

Chart 9

LONG-TERM GOVERNMENT BOND YIELDS
WEEKLY SERIES

9

UNITED STATES
CANADA

7

1

5

12
SWITZERLAND

GERMANY
10
/ JAPAN
Industrial

8

6
18

14

UNITED KINGDOM
12
FRANCE
10

8
NETHERLANDS
6

4

12
—

U.S. CORPORATE
Monthly

U.S. CORPORATE
Monthly

Euro Dm bonds

10

^

Aaa bonds
Euro-dollar bonds
8

8
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1073

1076

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Chart 10

INDUSTRIAL STOCK INDEXES
WEEKLY SERIES
RATIO SCALE

UNITED STATES
100

8C
45
320

140

UNITED KINGDOM

JAPAN
240

100

160
80

35

180

180
CANADA

SWITZERLAND
100

100

60
45

180

180

(

FRANCE
General index
GERMANY
100

100

80
J1

45
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1875

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SERIES NAME

LAST VALUE PLOTTED
DATE
VALUE

CHART 1. SPOT EXCHANGE RATES
U.S. DOLLAR, WEIGHTED AVERAGE
JAPANESE YEN
GERMAN MARK
DUTCH GUILDER
U.K. POUND
CANADIAN DOLLAR
FRENCH FRANC
SWISS FRANC
BELGIAN FRANC
ITALIAN LIRA

JAN.
JAN.
JAN.
JAN.
JAN.
JAN.
JAN.
JAN.
JAN.
JAN.

8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8

80.97
119.67
153.09
146.01
97.74
108.92
125.66
171.51
139.41
96.55

JAN.
JAN.
JAN.
JAN.
JAN.
JAN.
JAN.

8
8
8
8
8
8
8

0 .34
-8 .33
2 .38
-7 .97
1 .07
1 .36
-3.04

JAN.

8

174.40

JAN. 8
JAN. 8
JAN. 3
DEC. 20
JAN. 3
JAN. 3
DEC. 27
JAN. 3
DEC. 27
JAN. 3

7 .70
8 .07
9 .63
7 .35
7.00
7 .63
13.50
11.00
7.00
6 .88

8
8
1
8
8
8
8

7.88
7.62
9.29
9.73
9.55
12.25
7.00

CHART 2. 3-MONTH FORWARD EXCHANGE RATES
CANADIAN DOLLAR
U.K. POUND
GERMAN MARK
FRENCH FRANC
SWISS FRANC
DUTCH GUILDER
JAPANESE YEN
CHART 3. GOLD PRICE IN LONDON
U.S. DOLLAR PER FINE OUNCE
CHART 4. CALL MONEY RATES
U.S. FEDERAL FUNDS
OVERNIGHT EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS
U.K. 2-DAY LOCAL AUTHORITY DEPOSITS
CANADA
GERMANY
EURO-DM
JAPAN
FRANCE
NETHERLANDS
EURO-SWISS FRANC
CHART 5. 3-MONTH INTEREST RATES
U.S. CD'S C60—89 DAYS)
GERMAN INTERBANK LOAN
JAPANESE COMPOSITE LOAN
EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT
CANADIAN FINANCE COMPANY PAPER
INTERBANK STERLING
SWISS DEPOSIT




JAN.
JAN.
NOV.
JAN.
JAN.
JAN.
JAN.

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,
SERIES NAME

LAST VALUE PLOTTED '
DATE
VALUE

CHART 6. EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT RATES: LONDON
8
8
8
8
8
8

8.07
8.57
9.34
9.73
9.71
9.53

JAN.
JAN.
JAN.
JAN.
JAN.
JAN.

8
8
8
8
8
8

8.07
7.70
1.07
9.73
7.88
2.19

EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT
INTERBANK STERLING (LONDON), COVERED
DIFFERENTIAL

JAN.
JAN.
JAN.

8
8
8

9.73
3.92
5.80

U.S. COMMERCIAL PAPER
CANADIAN FINANCE CO. PAPER, COVERED
DIFFERENTIAL

JAN.
JAN.
JAN.

8
8
8

8.43
9.89
-1.46

EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT
INTERBANK DM (FRANKFURT), COVERED
DIFFERENTIAL

JAN.
JAN.
JAN.

8
8
8

9.73
10.00
-0.27

EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT
SWISS DEPOSIT (SF), COVERED
DIFFERENTIAL

JAN.
JAN.
JAN.

8
8
8

9.73
8.07
1.66

OVERNIGHT
7-DAY
1-MONTH
3-MONTH
6-MONTH
1-YEAR

JAN.
JAN.
JAN.
JAN.
JAN.
JAN.

SELECTED EURO-DOLLAR AND U.S. MONEY MARKET RATES
OVERNIGHT EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS
U.S. FEDERAL FUNDS
DIFFERENTIAL ADJ. FOR RESERVE REQUIREMENTS
3-MONTH EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT RATE
U.S. CD'S (60-89 DAYS)
DIFFERENTIAL ADJ. FOR RESERVE REQUIREMENTS
CHART 8. INTEREST ARBITRAGE, 3-MONTH FUNDS




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SERIES NAME

LAST VALUE PLOTTED
DATE
VALUE

CHART 9. LONG TERM GOVERNMENT BOND YIELDS
UNITED STATES
GERMANY
JAPAN (MONTHLY)
SWITZERLAND.
CANADA
FRANCE
NETHERLANDS
UNITED KINGDOM

27
27
1
13
20
13
27
20

7 .37
9 .75
10 .88
7.14
8.80
10,,93
8.72
17,,18

NOV. 29
NOV. 29
NOV. 29

8.89
9.28
9.41

DEC.
DEC.
NOV.
DEC.
DEC.
DEC.
DEC.
DEC.

U.S. CORPORATE
AAA BONDS
EURO-DM BONDS
EURO-DOLLAR BONDS
CHART 10. INDUSTRIAL STOCK INDEXES
UNITED STATES
JAPAN
CANADA
FRANCE
UNITED KINGDOM
SWITZERLAND
GERMANY




JAN.
DEC.
DEC.
DEC.
DEC.
JAN.
DEC.

3
13
20
20
20
3
20

71 .92
187 .67
83,.11
82 .00
38.95
52.62
74.51

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1975

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
FOR THE WEEK ENDING

JANUARY 1 0 ,

1975

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is advised t h a t the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York has c e r t i f i e d for customs purposes the f o l l o w i n g noon
buying r a t e in New York City for cable t r a n s f e r s payable in f o r e i g n currencies:

COUNTRY
AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
CANADA
DENMARK
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
INDIA
IRELAND
ITALY
JAPAN
MALAYSIA
MEXICO
NETHERLANDS
NEW ZEALAND
NORWAY
PORTUGAL
SOUTH A F R I C A
SPAIN
S R I LANKA
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
U N I T E D KINGDOM

MONETARY
UNIT

JAN.

DOLLAR
SCHILLING
FRANC
DOLLAR
KRONE
MARKKA
FRANC
D . MARK
RUPEE
POUND
LIRA
YEN
DOLLAR
PESO
GUILDER
DOLLAR
KRONE
ESCUDO
RAND
PESETA
RUPEE
KRONA
FRANC
POUND

132.4500
5.87000
2.81300
100.8400
17.6700
28.1100
22.7000
42.1100
12.3000
235.3500
0.15530
0.33220
43.2200
8.0000
40.5800
131.0000
19.4400
4.0600
144.5000
1.7835
14.9000
24.9200
39.4600
235.3500




6

JAN.

7

(RATE U . S .
JAN.

132.7500
5.91000
2.81200
100.6300
17.7200
28.1700
22.7500
42.1100
12.3000
235.4000
0.15500
0.33230
43.2200
8.0000
40.6300
131.3500
19.5000
4.0800
144.5000
1.7840
14.9000
24.7800
39.4600
235.4000

CENTS 1
8

132.7000
5.90000
2.78450
100.6200
17.7300
28.1300
22.6500
41.7500
12.3000
234.7000
0.15460
0.33250
43.2000
8.0000
40.2800
131.5000
19.3800
4.0800
144.5000
1.7820
14.9000
24.5900
38.8000
234.7000

JAN.

*

9

132.4900
5.88000
2.79400
100.3400
17.6900
28.0500
22.7100
42.0100
12.3000
235.0000
0.15430
0.33240
4?.0900
P.0000
40.3800
131.1700
19.3200
4.0700
144.5000
1.7770
14.9000
24.6300
3°.0400
235.0000

JAN.

10

132.7500
5.90000
2.79900
100.1800
17.7700
28.1300
22.7500
42.0400
12.3000
235.2000
0.15440
0.33240
43.3500
8.0000
40.5400
131.2500
19.4400
4.0800
144.7000
1.7805
14.9000
24.6200
39.0300
235.2000