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Selected Interest &
Exchange Rates
Weekly Series of Charts

June 5 , 1 9 7 8 -

DIVISION OfINTERNATIONAL FINANCE

Prepared by the
FINANCIAL MARKETS
SECTION

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




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TABLES

SUBSCRIPTION RATES:

1. LATEST FIGURES PLOTTED

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.

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

CHARTS
1. SPOT EXCHANGE RATE INDEXES
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2. 3-MONTH FORWARD EXCHANGE RATES
3. GOLD PRICE -LONDON
4. CALL MONEY RATES
5. 3-MONTH INTEREST RATES
6. EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT RATES

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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




CHART 2

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

6

CANADIAN DOLLAR

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PER CENT PER A1NUM

—

6

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6

DUTCH GUILDER

U. K. POUND

12

—

SWISS FRANC

V

GERMAN MARK

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FRENCH FRANC

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JAPANESE YEN

12
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1976

1978

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CHART 3

PRICE OF GOLD IN LONDON

#

AVERAGES FOR WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY
U.S. DOLLARS PER FINE OUNCE

DOLLARS PER FINE OUNCE

200

200

180

-

180

160

12.5 Kg BARS

AFTERNOON FIXING PRICE

140

120

-

-

120

100

I I I I I I I I I I
1976

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140

1978.

100

CHART 4

CALL MONEY RATES
WEEKLY SERIES

N
i
PEA CENT PER AL

PER < :NT PER ANNUM

12

U.S. FEDERAL FUNDS

8

4

\jy

—

JAPAN

^

OVERNIGHT EURO-DOLLARS

I I I

0

1

1

-

1

16
FRANCE
12

J-

8
U.K. 2-DAY LOCAL AUTHORITY
4

-

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

12
NETHERLANDS

CANADA
8

4

I I III III I I I

0
12

8

EURO-SWISS FRANC
GERMANY

4

0

EURO-DM

4



1976

1978

1976

1978

CHART 5

3-MONTH INTEREST RATES
WEEKLY SERIES
PER CENT PER ANNUM

PER CENT PER ANNUM

12

12 —
CANADIAN FINANCE CO. PAPER

EURO-DOLLAR

U.S.

CD S

I I I I ill I I I I

JAPANESE BANK
LOANS AND DISCOUNTS

U.K. INTERBANK STERLING

—

10

SWISS INTERBANK RATE

:

GERMAN INTERBANK RATE




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CHART 6

EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT RATES

LONDON

AVERAGES FOR WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY
PER CENT PER ANNUM

PER CENT PER ANNUM

10

3-MONTH

OVERNIGHT




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6-MONTH
7-DAY

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1-YEAR

10

1-MONTH

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1976

1978

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1978

CHART 7

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

PER CENT PER ANNUM

10

FEDERAL FUNDS
\

EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS

DASHED LINE

OVERNIGHT
EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS

90-DAY CD'S
DASHED LINE

DIFFERENTIAL

DIFFERENTIAL

ADJUSTED FOR RESERVE REQUIREMENTS

ADJUSTED FOR RESERVE REQUIREMENTS

1111 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1111
1976
FAVORS BORROWING IN U. S. IF POSITIVE




1978

1976

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1978

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CHART 8

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

PER CENT PER ANNUM

*

#

EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS
INTERBANK DM
INTERBANK STERLING

COVERED FRANKFURT

COVERED LONDON

EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS
DASHED LINE

DIFFERENTIAL

0
DIFFERENTIAL

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CANADIAN FINANCE CO. PAPER. COVERED

SWISS INTERBANK (SF) COVERED

U.S. COMMERCIAL PAPER




EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS

DASHED LINE

DASHED LINE

DIFFERENTIAL

DIFFERENTIAL

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CHART 9

LONG-TERM GOVERNMENT BOND YIELDS
WEEKLY SERIES
PER CENT PER AN!

:NT PER ANNUM

10

CANADA

UNITED STATES
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6
8

JAPAN

INDUSTRIAL

6

SWITZERLAND

4

2

GERMANY

18

UNITED IKINGDOM

16

FRANCE
-

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yJ

14

I

12

NETHERLANDS

U. 8 .

CORPORATE




10

I

MONTHLY

I
U. S.

I

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CORPORATE

I

8

MONTHLY

9

EURO-DOLLAR BONDS

Am# BONDS

7
EURO-DM BONDS

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1976

1978

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1976

1978

CHART 10

INDUSTRIAL STOCK INDEXES
WEEKLY SERIES
RATIO SCALE
1969= 00

140

120

UNITED STATES

100

UNITED KINGDOM

80

60
320

280

JAPAN

240

200

160

140

120
CANADA
100

SWITZERLAND

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80

I

60

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140

120

FRANCE
GENERAL INDEX

GERMANY

100

Y

80

60



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LAST VALUE PLOTTED
DATE
VALUE

SERIES NAME

^ j ^ R T

1.

SPOT

EXCHANGE

RATES

WEEKLY AVERAGES, NOON BUYING RATES ( U . S .

CENTS)

GERMAN MARK
JAPANESE YEN
DUTCH GUILDER
U . K . POUND
CANADIAN DOLLAR
FRENCH FRANC
SWISS FRANC
BELGIAN FRANC
I T A L I A N LIRA

MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY

31
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
31

47.34
0.44551
44.19
181.88
69.43
21.55
51.72
3.02715
0.11497

MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY

31
31
31
31
31
31
31
31

173 . 2 7
160 . 3 8
159 . 9 8
75 . 7 9
96 . 6 9
119 . 7 0
226 . 1 9
151 .36
71 .86

31
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
31

84 . 3 5
161 . 9 4
144 . 8 9
142 . 8 8
62 . 6 3
63 . 3 6
105 . 3 7
201 .10
134 . 6 6
60 . 0 5

31
31
31
31
31
31
31

-0.17
-2.51
4.65
—1*26
6.70
3.47
4.72

I N D I C E S , MAY 1 9 7 0 P A R I T I E S = 100
GERMAN MARK
JAPANESE YEN
DUTCH GUILDER
U . K . POUND
CANADIAN DOLLAR
FRENCH FRANC
SWISS FRANC
BELGIAN FRANC
I T A L I A N LIRA
WEIGHTED AVERAGE EXCHANGE VALUE I N D I C E S , MAY 1 9 7 0 =
U . S . DOLLAR
GERMAN MARK
JAPANESE YEN
DUTCH GUILDER
U . K . POUND
CANADIAN DOLLAR
FRENCH FRANC
SWISS FRANC
BELGIAN FRANC
I T A L I A N FRANC
CHART 2 .

Si

100
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY

3-MONTH FORWARD EXCHANGE RATES, PREMIUM OR DISCOUNT

CANADIAN DOLLAR
U . K . POUND
GERMAN MARK
FRENCH FRANC
SWI SS FRANC
DUTCH GUILDER
JAPANESE YEN



MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY

SERIES NAME
CHART 3 .

GOLD PRICE

I N LONDON

U . S . DOLLARS PER F I N E OUNCE
4.

MAY 3 1

MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY

31
31
26
19
26
26
26
26
19
26

7.36
7.62
8.38
8.06
3.50
3.34
4.13
7.75
4.19
0.52

MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY

31
31
31
31
31
31
31

7 .. 4 0
3 . .62
4 .. 5 0
8 . .02
8 .. 1 3
9 ,. 1 4
1..42

MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY

31
31
31
31
31
31

7 ,. 6 2
7 .. 5 8
7 .. 8 9
8 .. 0 2
8 .. 4 2
8 .. 5 8

MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY

31
31
31
31
31
31

7.62
7.36
0.57
8.02

3-MONTH INTEREST RATES

U . S . 90-DAY CD'S
GERMAN INTERBANK LOAN
JAPANESE BANK LOANS & DISCOUNTS
EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT
CANADIAN FINANCE PAPER
INTERBANK STERLING
SWISS INTERBANK LOAN
CHART 6 .

EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT RATES: LONDON

OVERNIGHT
7-DAY
1—MONTH
3-MONTH
6—MONT H
1-YEAR
CHART 7 .

181.12

CALL MONEY RATES

U . S . FEDERAL FUNDS
OVERNIGHT EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS
U . K . 2 - D A Y LOCAL AUTHORITY DEPOSITS
CANADA
GERMANY
EURO-OM
JAPAN
FRANCE
NETHERLANDS
EURO-SWISS FRANC
CHART 5 .

LAST VALUE PLOTTED
DATE
VALUE

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

OVERNIGHT EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS
U . S . FEDERAL FUNDS
D I F F E R E N T I A L A D J . FOR RESERVE REQUIREMENTS
3-MONTH EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT RATE
U . S . 90-DAY CD'S
D I F F E R E N T I A L A D J . FOR RESERVE REQUIREMENTS




7.40

0.32

SERIES NAME

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ART 8 .

INTEREST A R B I T R A G E ,

LAST VALUE PLOTTED
DATE
VALUE

3-MONTH FUNDS

EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT
INTERBANK STERLING ( L O N D O N ) , COVERED
DIFFERENTIAL

MAY 3 1
MAY 3 1
MAY 3 1

8.02

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

MAY 3 1
MAY 3 1
MAY 3 1

7.19
7.95
-0.77

EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT
INTERBANK DM ( F R A N K F U R T ) , COVERED
DIFFERENTIAL

MAY 3 1
MAY 3 1
MAY 3 1

8.27

EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT
SWISS I N T E R B A N K , COVERED
DIFFERENTIAL

MAY 3 1
MAY 3 1
MAY 3 1

CHART 9 .

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8.02
8.13

-0.11

MAY
MAY
APRIL
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY

19
19
19
19
12
19
26

8.35
5.44
5.98
3.48
9.09
10.54

6.80

11.33

CORPORATE

AAA BONDS
EURO-DM BONDS
EURO-DOLLAR BONDS
CHART 1 0 .

8.02

LONG TERM GOVERMENT BOND Y I E L D S

UNITED STATES
GERMANY
JAPAN (MONTHLY)
SWITZERLAND
CANADA
FRANCE
NETHERLANDS
UNITED KINGDOM
U.S.

6.63
1.39

8.56
6.52
7.83

APRIL
APRIL
APRIL

I N D U S T R I A L STOCK I N D I C E S

UNITED STATES
JAPAN
CANADA
FRANCE
UNITED KINGDOM
SWITZERLAND
GERMANY




MAY

MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY

2 6

19
5
12
26
26
19

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91.67
102.15
113.41
72.97
98.13

F E D E R A L

H . 10

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

JUNE

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
FOR

THE W E E K

ENDING

JUNE

2,

6*

1978

1978

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 Z E A L A N D
NORWAY
PORTUGAL
SOUTH AFRICA
SPAIN
SRI L A N K A
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
Digitized for UFRASER
NITED KINGDOM


MONETARY
UNIT
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

MAY 29
112.6700
6.58500
3.02300
89.3900
17.5400
23.1900
21.5500
47.2500
11.8500
181.7000
0.11497
0.44435
41.6300
4.3900
44.1300
100.6500
18.2800
2 .1775
lib.0000
1.2338
6.2700
21.3900
51.5900
181.7000

7

MAY 30

H

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L

1

D

A

Y

(RATE U . S . C E N T S )
MAY 31
113.0600
6.60000
3.05060
89.0400
17.7100
23.2350
21.7600
47.8300
11.8500
183.3500
0.11545
0.45180
41.8200
4.3900
44.5500
101.1000
18.4200
2.1775
lib.0000
1.2446
6.2700
21.6000
52.9000
183.3500

JUNE

1

113.1500
6.65000
3.05620
89.3300
17.7700
23.3550
21.7800
47.8250
11.8500
182.5700
0.11565
0.45145
41.8600
4.3900
44.5500
101.1000
18.4900
2.1900
lib.0000
1.2466
6.2700
21.6400
52.8500
182.5700

JUNE

2

113.2700
6.67000
3.06100
89.4550
17.7800
23.3550
21.7950
48.0400
11.9000
182.3000
0.11583
0.45200
41.8900
4.3900
44.8250
101.2000
18.5900
2.2000
115.1000
1.2477
6.2700
21.6400
53.0800
182.3000