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June 18, 1969 No. 407
H-13 Division of International Finance Europe and British Commonwealth Section
LIBRARY

JUN
FEDERAL REGSRVA
OF RICHMOND

CdfiTflL

SELECTED INTEREST &
EXCHANGE RATES
FOR MAJOR COUNTRIES &
THE US.
WEEKLY SERIES OF CHARTS

N O T E
Due to technical difficulties, we are unable to reproduce
the charts in the H.13 series this week. This issue contains the current week's data only and we hope to resume
publication of the charts next week.

BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM




TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I. EXCHANGE RATES AND GOLD PRICES
Chart 1A and 16 - Spot Exchange Rates, Major Currencies against U.S. Dollar
Chart 2
- 3-Month Forward Exchange Rates, Major Currencies against
U.S. Dollar
Chart 3
- 3-Month Forward Exchange Rates, Major Currencies against
U.K. Pound
Chart 4
- Gold Price in London
PART II. SHORT-TERM INTEREST RATES
Chart 5
Chart 6
Chart 7
Chart 8
Chart 9A and 9B Chart 10
Chart 11
Chart 12.
-

Call Money Rates
London: Euro-S Deposit Rates
New York - London: Yields on U.S. Dollar Funds
London: Covered Yields on U.S. Dollar Funds
Interest Arbitrage: United States-United Kingdom
Interest Arbitrage: U.S.-Germany and U.S.-Switzerland
Interest Arbitrage: United States-Canada
Selected Short-term Interest Rates

PART III. LONG-TERM INTEREST RATES AND STOCK INDICES
Chart 13
Chart 14

- Long-Term Bond Yields
- Industrial Stock Indices

PART IV. LATEST FIGURES PLOTTED ON THE CHARTS
NOTE: This series is a continuation of the CAPITAL MARKETS DEVELOPMENTS ABROAD,
which has been published under that title through December 31, 1968.
The changes in the format and order of the charts are fully explained in the Supplement
to the series, ttfiich accompanied issue dated January 1,1969.




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No. 407

IV, LATEST FIGURES PLOTTED ON THE CHARTS

Rate

Chart

Panel

Series

Date

1A

Upper

Swiss franc

June 13

+ 1.38
- 0.04

U.K. pound

ii

Dutch guilder

ii

French franc

ii

- 0.46
- 0.76
- 0.75

German mark
Lower

Japanese yen
IB

Upper

2

Lower

ii

„

Italian lira

it

Canadian dollar

„

- 0.41

German mark

||

+ 6.69
+ 1.76

0.

68

+ 0.23

Swiss franc

11
It

- 4.41

Dutch guilder

||

4- A . 1 1

.1

+ 1.40

„

+10.36

French franc

„

- 8.31

Upper

German mark
U.S. dollar

II

4 3.56

Lower

Swiss franc

II

+ 4.90

||

- 2.76

||

41.61

June 11

10.88
9.13

French franc
Gold price, U.S. dollar per ounce

4
Upper

5

-

U.K. pound
Canadian dollar

3

+ 0.37

Belgian franc

Call Euro-$ deposits
Federal Funds

Middle

Differential

Lower

Japanese Unconditional Money

'1



German Call Money
U.K. 2-day Local Authority Deposits
French Day-to-day Money

"

ii

+ 1.75

June 6
June 13

6.94
5. 13

II

8.06

ii

9.62

IV - 2

Rate

Chart

Panel

Series

Date

6

Upper

Euro-$ Call Rate
Euro-$ 1-month Rate

June 13
ii

11.75

Euro-S 3-month Rate

n

11.63

June 11

12. 25

u
it

+4.02

Lower

Euro-$ 6-month Rate
7

Upper

Euro-$ 3-month Deposits

„

U.S. Certificate of Deposits
Second
Third

Differential
Euro-$ 3-month Deposits
U.S. Certificate of Deposits (Adj.)

Fourth
8

Upper

Differential
Euro-$ 3-month Deposits

Third
Fourth
9A

10

„
ii

12.25
6.38
+5.87

Differential

n

Euro-$ 3-month Deposits

ii

Local Authority Deposits (covered)

"

-6.19
11.06
5.00

Differential

||

A. 87

- 6 . 06

U.S. Treasury Bill rate

June 13

6.73

U.K. Treasury Bill rate

ii

7.71

Upper

Spread (+ = favor London)

Lower

3-month Forward Pound
Net Incentive (+ = favor London)

Upper

8.23

11.06

Local Authority Deposit (uncovered)
9B

11.25

June 6
„

Hire Purchase Deposits (covered)
Second

10.50

Euro-$ Deposits (covered)
German Interbank Loan rate

„
„

+0.98

"

-4.04

„

9.62

-3.06

June 11

5.25

ii

5.50

Second

Differential

ii

+0.25

Third

Euro-$ Deposits (covered)

"

10.49

Swiss Deposit rate
Fourth




Differential

„
,i

5.00
-5.49

£
IV-3

Chart

Panel

Series

Date

11

Upper

Canadian Finance Paper

June 13

7.13

it

6.88

ii
ii
,i

+n. i s

U.S. Treasury Bill rate

Rate

6.73

Canadian Treasury Bill rate
U.S. Prime Finance paper
(not plotted)
Middle

Bill rate differential

Lower

Net incentive on bills

7.25

Forward Canadian dollar
Net incentive on Finance Paper
12

Upper

Euro-$ Deposits

„

U.K. Treasury Bill rate

II

7.71

U.S. Treasury Bill rate

n

6.73

II

5.00

„

Swiss 3-month Deposit rate
Lower

7.36

Canadian Treasury Bill rate

June 13

6.88

„
June 6

7.42

Canada

June 11

7.77
6.08

June 6

4.62

United Kingdom

June 12

9.66„

Euro-dollar bonds

June 13

7.07

U.S. Corp. Dollar Euro-bonds

A p r i l 30
"

7.22
6.21

Mav 31

6.79

United States

Lower




6. 73
5.50

Netherlands

Switzerland
Middle

11. 63

A p r i l 30

German Interbank Loan rate
Upper

. _ _ + ! • 18

Japanese Average rate
U.S. Treasury Bill rate

13

+ 1.30
+ 1.45

Germany

U.S. Corp. DM Euro-bonds

6.42

U.S. Corp. Aaa bonds

.

„

IV-4
Rate

Chart

Panel

Series

14

Upper

Switzerland

June 13

406.8

Germany

June 6
June 13

298. 8
221.6

United States

Date

United Kingdom
Lower




Japan
Canada
United States

n

221. 7
344.8

June 5

240. 0

June 13

221.6