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Selected Interest &
Exchange Rates
Weekly Series of Charts

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LIBRARY
JULY 5, 1977

DIVISION OF
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE

Prepared by the
FINANCIAL MARKETS
SECTION

BOARD OF GOVERNORS
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Washington, D C. 20551




Table of Contents

TABLES
1. LATEST FIGURES PLOTTED
2. DAILY CERTIFIED SPOT
EXCHANGE RATESH.10 RELEASE
CHARTS
1. SPOT EXCHANGE RATE INDEXES
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 INDEXES




SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
Weekly $15.00 per year or $.40 each in the United
States, its possessions, Canada, and Mexico; 10 or
more of the same issue to one address, $13.50 per
year or $.35 each. Elsewhere. $20.00 per year or $.50
each. Address requests to Publications Services, Division of Administrative Services, and make payment
remittance payable to the order of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System in a form
collectible at par in U.S. Currency.

CHART 1

SPOT EXCHANGE RATES
DOLLAR PRICES OF FOREIGN CURRENCIES AND WEIGHTED AVERAGE VALUES (DASHED LINE)
AVERAGES FOR WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY
RATIO SCALE
MAY 1 9 7 0 PARITY=100

RATIO SCALE
MAY 1970 PARITY=100

120

CANADIAN DOLLAR

100

FOREIGN CURRENCY
PRICE OF U.S. DOLLAR
100

80

11

80

140

140

FRENCH FRANC

JAPANESE YEN

120

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100

S

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120

—

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SWISS FRANC

GERMAN MARK

160

J \ r \

-

160

DUTCH GUILDER

-

140
I

120

S r -

s

BELGIAN FRANC

_

140

r

v - —

iI

V

U

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v

120

—

100

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100

100

100




11 l i i 11

I

ITALIAN LIRA

U.K. POUND

80

60

1975

1977

1975

1977

CHART 2

3-MONTH FORWARD EXCHANGE RATES
PREMIUM (+) OR ( - )
AVERAGES FOR WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY
:ENT PER

ANNUM

6

+

/V\

CANADIAN DOLLAR

0
-

6

1

1 1
PER CENT PER ANNUM

+

0
DUTCH GUILDER

U. K. POUND

6

12

18

6

SWISS FRANC

GERMAN MARK

+

0

I I I ill

6
6

JAPANESE YEN
2 PER CENT ON SCALE EQUALS
1 PER CENT ON ALL OTHER
+

0

FRENCH FRANC

9

6

12




I iIIIIIIIII
1975

1977

1975

1977

#

CHART 3

PRICE OF GOLD IN LONDON
AVERAGES FOR WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY
U.S. DOLLARS PER FINE OUNCE

U.S. DOLLARS PER FINE OUNCE

200

200

180

-

160

-

140

-

-

180

-

160

12.5 Kg BARS
AFTERNOON FIXING PRICE

140

120

-

-

120

100

-

-

100




I I I I I I I I
1975

80
1977

CHART 4

CALL MONEY RATES
WEEKLY SERIES

PER CENT PER ANNUM

PER CENT PER ANNUM

1&

16

.5. FEDERAL FUNDS

Inn

JAPAN
-

OVERNIGHT EURO-DOLLARS

12

-

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16

-

-

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U.K. 2 - D A Y LOCAL AUTHORITY

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12

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12

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12

NETHERLANDS

CANADA

H

0
20

16

EURO-DM

EURO-SWISS FRANC

GERMANY

-

12

-

8

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1975

1977

1975

1977

3-MONTH INTEREST RATES
WEEKLY SERIES
PER CENT PER ANNUM

PER CENT PER ANNUM

CANADIAN FINANCE CO. PAPER

UNITED STATES C D ' s

U.K. INTERBANK STERLING

GERMAN INTERBANK RATE

EURO-DOLLAR




SWISS INTERBANK RATE

JAPAN
MONTHLY

1975

1977

1975

1977

CHART 6

EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT RATES

LONDON

AVERAGES FOR WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY
PER CENT PER ANNUM

12 -

PER CENT PER ANNUM

OVERNIGHT

II

3-MONTH

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-

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-

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7-DAY

6-MONTH

1-MONTH

1-YEAR

1975

1977

1975

-

1977

12

CHART 7

SELECTED EURO-DOLLAR AND U. S.MONEY MARKET RATES
AVERAGES

FOR

WEEK

ENDING

WEDNESDAY
PE* CENT PER ANNUM

PER CENT PER ANNUM

12

OVERNIGHT
EURO-DOLLAR

DEPOSITS

3-MONTH
EURO-DOLLAR
FEDERAL

DEPOSITS

FUNDS

DASHED LINE

90-DAY

CD'S

DASHED LINE

DIFFERENTIAL
ADJUSTED FOR RESERVE REQUIREMENTS

DIFFERENTIAL
ADJUSTED FOR RESERVE REQUIREMENTS

+
0

I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I LlI I I I I
1975
FAVORS BORROWING IN U. S. IF POSITIVE




1977

1975

1977

CHART

8

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

LY'1.

PER CENT PER ANNUM

EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS

12

\L\

/
1

'

INTERBANK STERLING

INTERBANK DM

COVERED LONDON

COVERED FRANKFURT

—

6

EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS
DASHED LINE

DIFFERENTIAL
DIFFERENTIAL

I I I l l l l l I I I M i l l M il
CANADIAN FINANCE CO. PAPER, COVERED
EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS
12

12

U.S. COMMERCIAL PAPER

SWISS INTERBANK (SF) COVERED

DASHED LINE

DASHED LINE

DIFFERENTIAL




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DIFFERENTIAL

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1977

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1975

1977.

CHART 9

LONG-TERM GOVERNMENT BOND YIELDS
WEEKLY SERIES
PER

ENT PER ANNUM

PER CENT PER A

9

CANADA

UNITED STATES

10

7

8

5

6

12

9
—

/—

A

f

10

/

\

\

JAPAN
\ / \

k

\\

—

V v

8

X

INDUSTRIAL

\
\

rv

^

SWITZERLAND
-

—

X

I X V
I ^

GERMANY

x

I

N\

^

\

7

5

\\

V
—-

6

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3

13

19

11

17
FRANCE

UNITED KINGDOM

9

15

7

13
NETHERLANDS

L_U

5

11

12

12
U.S. CORPORATE

U.S. CORPORATE

MONTHLY

MONTHLY

10

10
EURO-DOLLAR

Aaa BONDS

BONDS

8

8
E U R O - D M BONDS

6




6
1975

1977

1975

1977

CHART 10

INDUSTRIAL STOCK INDEXES
WEEKLY SERIES
RATIO >CALE
1 9 6 9 = DO

180
-

—

140
-

UNITED STATES

100

80

RATIO SCALE
1969=100

-

60
UNITED KINGDOM

360

280
JAPAN
200

160

120
180
100

140
SWITZERLAND

CANADA

80

100
60
80

60

i l l ii h i l l i

180

180

140

140
FRANCE
GENERAL INDEX

GERMANY

100

100

80

80

I !IIIIM IIi

60




1975

1977

1975

1977

60

SERIES NAME
CHART 1 .

LAST VALUE PLOTTED
DATE
VALUE

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
I T A L I A N LIRA

JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE

29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29

89.85
132.98
155.62
145.26
71.67
1 01.86
112.5 6
176.05
138.42
70.62

JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE

29
29
29
29
29
29
29

-1.38
—3 .5 0
2.00
-3*64
2.13
2.46
-0.17

JUNE 2 9

141.76

CHART 2 . 3-MONTH FORWARD EXCHANGE RATES
CANADIAN DOLLAR
U . K . POUND
GERMAN MARK
FRENCH FRANC
SWISS FRANC
DUTCH GUI LDER
JAPANESE YEN
$. GOLD PRICE I N LONDON
U . S . DOLLAR PER F I N E OUNCE
CALL MONEY RATES
U . S . FEDERAL FUNDS
OVERNIGHT EURO—DOLLAR DEPOSITS
U J U 2—DAY LOCAL AUTHORITY DEPOSITS
CANADA
GERMANY
EURO-DM
J APAN
FRANCE
NETHERLANDS
EURO-SWISS FRANC

JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE

29
29
24
24
24
24
24
24
17
24

5.43
5.52
7.13
6.90
4.40
4.14
5.63
8.7 5
0.84
1.11

JUNE
JUNE
APRIL
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE

29
29

5.30
4.22
8.04
5.80
7.12
7.78
3.72

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 INTERBANK LOAN



29
29
29
29

SERIES NAME
CHART 6 .

LAST VALUE PLOTTEl
DATE
VALUE

EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT RATES: LONDON
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE

29
29
29
29
29
29

5.52
5.4J5
5J:
5.80
6.15
6.39

29
29
29
29
29
29

5.52
5.43
0.32
5.8 0
5.30
0w40

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

JUNE 2 9
JUNE 2 9
JUNE 2 9

5.80
4.28
1.52

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

JUNE 2 9
JUNE 2 9
JUNE 2 9

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

JUNE 2 9
JUNE 2 9
JUNE 2 9

6 J2.C
-0.42

EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT
SWISS INTERBANK, COVERED
DIFFERENTIAL

JUNE 2 9
JUNE 2 9
JUNE 2 9

5.80
5.8 5
-0.05

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

SELECTED EURO-DOLLAR AND U . S . MONEY MARKET RATES

OVERNIGHT EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS
U . S . FEDERAL FUNDS
DIFFERENTIAL A D J . FOR RESERVE REQUIREMENTS
3-MONTH EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT RATE
U . S . C D ' S ( 6 0 - 8 9 DAYS)
DIFFERENTIAL A D J . FOR RESERVE REQUIREMENTS
CHART 8 .

JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE

INTEREST ARBITRAGE, 3—MONTH FUNDS




%•

5.39
5.7 5
-0.3b

5.80

SERIES NAME
CHART 9 .

LAST VALUE PLOTTED
DATE
VALUE

LONG TERM GOVERNMENT BOND YIELDS

UNITED STATES
GERMANY
JAPAN (MONTHLY)
SMI TZERLAND
CANADA
FRANCE
NETHERLANDS
UNITED KINGDOM

JUNE
JUNE
MAY
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE

24
17
17
24
17
17
24

7.25
6.11
7.43
4.42
8.70
10.93
7J4
12.34

U . S . CORPORATE
AAA BONDS
EURO-DM BONDS
EURO-DOLLAR BONDS
jART 1 0 .

MAY
MAY
HAY

8.0 5
6.87
7.72

INDUSTRIAL STOCK INDEXES

UNITED STATES
JAPAN
CANADA
FRANCE
UNITED KINGDOM
SWITZERLAND
GERMANY




JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
JUNE
MAY

24
17
10
17
24
24
27

103.61
247.64
89.16
79.98
107.10
73.74
97.29

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R E S E R V E

s t a t i s t i c a l

r e l e a s e

JULY

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
FOR THfc WEEK ENDING

JULY

1,

1977

1 t 1917

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 rate in New York City for cable transfers payable in foreign currencies:

COUNTRY
AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
CANADA
DENMARK
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
INDIA
IRELAND
ITALY
JAPAN
MALAYSIA
MEXICO
NETHERLANDS
NEW ZEALAND
NORWAY
PORTUGAL
SOUTH AFRICA
SPAIN
SRI LANKA
SWtOEN
SWITZERLAND
UNITED KINGDOM




( RATE U . S . CENTS
JUNE 29

MONE TARY
UNIT

JUNE 27

JUNE 28

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

111.0000
5.98000
2.76550
94.1000
16.5100
24.5300
20.2625
42.4700
11.2600
172.0100
0.11300
0.3*835
40.2300
4.3500
40.0650
96.4000
lb.7800
2 .5800
114.7506
1.4347
13.7000
22.5500
40.2200
172.0100

1 1 1 . 0600
5.9650 0
2.76200
9 4 . 1400
1 6 . 5100
2 4 . 5300
*0.2700
42.4600
1 1 . 2600
172.0300
0 . 11300
0. 36920
40.2200
4 . 3500
4 0 . 0350
9 6 . 4200
16.7700
2 . 5800
114.7500
1.4358
1 3. 7000
2 2 . 6050
4 0 . 2600
1 7 * . 0300

111.4500
6 .00000
2.77200
94 . 1 5 0 0
16 . 5 5 0 0
24 . 6 0 0 0
20 . 3 3 5 0
42 . 7 4 5 0
11 . 2 o 0 0
172 . 0 9 0 0
0.11300
0 .37390
40 . 2 1 0 0
4.3400
40.3100
96HA500
18.8100
2 .5600
114.7500
1 .4347
13 ./OOO
22 . 7 4 0 0
40 . 5 9 5 0
172 . 0 9 0 0

JUNE 3 0

JULY

1

111.5000
6.02750
2.77250
94.3500
16.5900
24.6950
20.3200
42.7150
11.2600
171.9700
0.11299
0.37370
40.2000
*.3400
40.3550
9*.6500
16.3200
2.5800
115.1000
1.4339
1 3 . 7 0 00
22.7100
40.5400
171.9700

111.4500
6.02000
2.77300
94.3700
16.5800
24.7500
20.3286
42.7300
11.3500
171.9700
0.11300
0.37435
40.2000
4.3275
40.3450
*6.7000
18.7700
2.5*00
llS.OuUO
1.4331
13.7000
22.7100
•*0.6300
111.9700