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JL 5V> ««•<* IS, 1972 No. S4I H-13 Owi.twW liwii y l # # {Q> % # tf'B 1ECTED INTEREST & EXCHANGE RATES FOR MAJOR COUNTRIES & THE U.S WEEKLY SEMES OF CHARTS B O M P O F 6 Q W K M O P T * F T I I f l U m i f m r SWTEM, TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I. EXCHANGE RATES AND GOLD PRICES Chart 1A and B - Spot Exchange Rates, Major Currencies against U.S. Dollar Chart 2A and B - 3-Month Forward Exchange Rates, Major Currencies against U.S. Dollar Chart 3A and B - 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 - Call Money Rates Chart 6A and B - London: Euro-S Deposit Rates Chart 7A and B - New York - London: Yields on U.S. Dollar Funds Chart 8A and B - London: Covered Yields on U.S. Dollar Funds Chart 9A and B - Interest Arbitrage: United States-United Kingdom Chart 10A and B - Interest Arbitrage: U.S.-Germany and U S -Switzerland Chart 11 - Interest Aibitrage: United States-Canada Chart 12A and B - 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. SELECTED CENTRAL BANK DISCOUNT RATES AND LATEST FIGURES PLOTTED ON THE CHARTS NOTE: This series is a continuation of the CAPITAL MARKETS DEVELOPMENTS ABROAD, which was published under that title through December 31,1968. The changes in the format and order of the charts are explained in the Supplement to the series, which accompanied issue dated January 1,1969. All series and their sources are fully described in a Supplement dated January 1, 1972. 3 ^ C h a r t 1A SPOT EXCHANGE RATES MAJOR CURRENCIES AGAINST U S. DOLLAR Weekly averages p e r cent GERMAN MARK U.K. POUND against U.S. SWISS FRANC Below DUTCH GUILDER —JAPANESE YEN FRENCH FRANC against US. dollar Betow M J 1972 S S D 1973 D Chart I B SPOT EXCHANGE RATE - MAJOR CURRENCIES AGAINST U S DOLLAR Weekly averages Per cent BELGIAN FRANC Central rate US ITALIAN j M s 0 M s J 1972 0 1973 Ratio scale. U S 102 CANADIAN DOLLAR . / / 100 w A J 9« V/ 96 V 94 1 i i 1 i i i i i M M J S D 1970 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 M j S 1971 D M M 1111111 J S 1972 O M 92 SPOT EXCHANGE RATES - MAJOR CURRENCIES AGAINST U.S. DOLLAR May 11. 1971 - Weekly averages Dec. 17. 1971 Per cent GERMANY NETHERLANDS FRANCE JAPAN Par Below par JUNE JULY SEPT. AUG. 1971 * Financial f r a n c OCT. NOV. DEC. SPOT EXCHANGE RATES - MAJOR CURRENCIES AGAINST U S. DOLLAR May 11, 1 9 7 1 - Dec 17, 1971 BELGIUM U.K. SWITZ. ITALY Par US Below MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. 1971 * F o r clarity the vertical scale is double that used in 1C OCT NOV DEC. y- 3-MONTH FORWARD EXCHANGE - MAJOR CURRENCIES AGAINST U S. DOLLAR Weekly a v e r a g e s Per cent per annum CANADIAN DOLLAR U.K. POUND DISCOUNT GERMAN MARK DISCOUNT- PREMIUM I DUTCH GUILDER DISCOUNT— M J S D M 1969 J S D 1970 • Canadian Dollar Rate not supported by Bank of Canada. * * No quotation. M J 1971 %•? 3-MONTH FORWARD EXCHANGE - MAJOR CURRENCIES AGAINST U.S. DOLLAR Per cent per an weekly averages PREMIUM* SWISS FRANC :NCH FRANC • i I • i 1• • 1 i I I i i I i i I i i * Devaluation of the French franc from 4 . 9 4 to 5 . 5 5 for $1.00. * * No quotation ! • • i 1, , i , , 1i i 1 i I i i I i i I i i 6 3-MONTH FORWARD EXCHANGE - MAJOR CURRENCIES AGAINST U.K. POUND Friday figures Per cent per a n n u m 20 GERMAN MARK U.S. DOLLAR DISCOUNT- M J S D 1969 * No quotation. M J 1970 S D S 1971 D J 1972 S D 3W 3-MONTH FORWARD EXCHANGE-MAJOR CURRENCIES AGAINST UK. POUND Friday figures Per cent per annum PREMIUM SWISS FRANC FRENCH FRANC DISCOUNT- M J S D 1969 M J s 1970 • D e v a l u a t i o n of the French franc from 4.94 to 5.55 for $1.00 D M J 1971 S D M J 1972 S D GOLD PRICE IN LONDON, 12.5 Kg BARS Week's average of a f t e r n o o n fixings U.S. dollar equivalent per fine ounce - - - - /f - / 1 \ hi A 4 r prr 1/ 1 1 M 1 1 J 1 1 S 1 I D 1 I M 1969 1 1 1 1 J S 1970 1 1 D i i i i M V - i i J i i S 1971 D i i M i i i i i i J S 1972 D X 3 CALL MONEY RATES DOLLAR FUNDS Per cent t-er annun-, Weekly averages 16 EURO DOLLAR DEPOSITS CALL OVERNIGHT FEDERAL FUNDS EURO-DOLLAR OVER FEDERAL FUNDS 1 i i 1 i ' ' i i i i 1 i i ' i i I i i i i I i i ' i i 1 i i i i 1 ' i I i i 1' ' EURO-CURRENCIES Weekly averages Per cent per annum 12 EURO-SWISS FRANC M J S D 1969 * May 10. 1971 - M J S 1970 Changed to Overnight Euro $ Deposits D M J 1971 S D M 1972 CALL MONEY RATES SELECTED FOREIGN AND EEC CURRENCIES Friday f i g u r e s Per cent per annum 12 FRANCE NETHERLANDS I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 i i 1 i i ! i i 1i i 1i i 1i ! JAPAN - \ i i i i i 1 i i ! i i i i 1i i 1 i i 1 i i CANADA i I 1 i i 1I i 1i l i i 1 i i 1i i 1 i i f 12 GERMANY - ,n cnuvi M j v V V v J umV a i i ! i I 1 i i ! , i M J S - n D 1969 i i 1i i 1i i 11 1 M J S 1970 D i i 1i M I J ifv 1 1111 S D • M 1971 France, Day-to-day Money; N e t h e r l a n d s , Call Money, weekly average. Japan, U n c o n d i t i o n a l Money; Canada, Day-to-day Loans, w e e k l y a v e r a g e ; G e r m a n y , Call M o n e y ; U K . 2-day Local A u t h o r i t y Deposits J 1972 S D 37} Chart 6A LONDON: EURO DOLLAR DEPOSIT RATES Friday figures Per cent per a n n u m ! 25.50 - OVERNIGHT 1-MONTH CALL 7DAY M J S D M 1969 J S 1970 * M a y 1 2 / 7 1 - c h a n g e d to Overnight Euro-Dollar Deposits * * J u l y 1 - c h a n g e d to 7-Day Euro-Dollar D M J 1971 S D M J 1972 S D 12 LONDON: EURO DOLLAR DEPOSIT RATES Friday f i g u r e s Per cent per . k /i fit y 1\ / j j 1^ v v A A 1 VhJTz-HOKTH V M 11I 1I I 1 M M J S D 11 11111111 1 1 M 1969 J 1970 S D 1 111 1111111 M J S 1971 D I 11 11111111 M J S 1972 D NEW YORK-LONDON: YIELDS ON U S. DOLLAR FUNDS 3-MONTH DOLLAR DEPOSIT RATES—SECONDARY MARKET Wednesday figures Per cent per annum EURO DOLLAR DEPOSIT U S. CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT DIFFERENTIAL • A / FAVOR EURO-DOLLAR - A \ i / w v x y v V \ / ElIRO DOLLAR OVER U.S. 0 ERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT i i 1 i i 1 i i 1 i i M J S D 1969 i i 1 i i 1 i i 1 i i M J S 1970 D i i 1 i i 1 i i 1 i i M J S 1971 D 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 M J 1972 S D NEW YORK-LONDON: COST OF U.S. DOLLAR FUNDS 3-MONTH DOLLAR DEPOSIT RATES-PRIMARY MARKET Wednesday f i g u r e s Per cent per a n n u m EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT ADJUSTED EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT U.S. CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT ADJUSTED I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 4 " Mfl - / v ft/ ^ - J \ »1 4 • ADJUSTED* V ' + r °, , ! , , 1 , i 1 , , i i ! M i 1 i J 1970 1969 * Adjusted for Reserve i Requirement * * A d j u s t e d for 10% M a r g i n a l Reserve R e q u i r e m e n t * * * A d | u s t e d for 2 0 % M a r g i n a l Reserve R e q u i r e m e n t i 1 i S i i D |- \/\\ EURO DOLLAR OV U.S. CERTIFICATE: OF DEPOSIT WV U / v S i 1 I M I 1 i J 1971 I 1 i S l 1 1 1 M 1 1 1 1 1 1 J 1972 S 1 1 I J 7i ? C h a r t 8A LONDON: COVERED YIELDS ON U.S. DOLLAR FUNDS HIRE PURCHASE AND EURO DOLLAR RATES Per cent per a n n u m Friday f i g u r e s | 12 — " A EURO-DOLLAR OEPOSIT rv /in " r\ A ] HIRE PURCHASE u COVERED - M 1 i i 1 i i 1 i I. 1 1111111111 1 1111111111 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II FAVOR HIRE PURCHASE DIFFERENTIAL i. i i I I i i FAVOR EURO DOLLAR I II I 11 I I I 1 1 Chart 8 6 LONDON: COVERED YIELDS ON U.S. DOLLAR FUNDS LOCAL AUTHORITY AND EURO DOLLAR RATES Friday f i g u r e s Per cent per a n n u m EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT LOCAL AUTHORITY DEPOSIT COVERED FAVOR LOCAL AUTHORITY M J IS S D 1969 1970 D M J 1971 S D J 1972 s + D Chart 9A INTEREST ARBITRAGE: UNITED STATES AND UNITED KINGDOM Friday figures Per cent per a n n u m 1 3-MONTH TREASURY B LL RATES 1 " J 10 J A ! \ U K. LOCAL AUTHORITY DEPOSITS* \ UNCOVERED r r r z ^ r r f ^ \ A J LOMOOM / V l \ l M J S D I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 M 1969 * Plotted for comparison purposes J S 1970 O 1 1 1 I 1 11 I 11 1 M J S 1971 A IV V M E W YORK I I 1 I I 1 l I 1I I / O 1 1 1 II M 1 II J 1 11 S 1972 O I Chart 9 8 INTEREST ARBITRAGE: UNITED STATES AND UNITED KINGDOM Friday f i g u r e s RATE DIFFERENTIAL AND 3-MONTH FORWARD STERLING I 4 PREMIUM] 2 SPREAD IN FAVOR OF LONDON + 0 2 FORWARD RATE 4 6 8 10 DISCOUNT 12 FAVOR LONDON DIFFERENTIAL 4 2 + 0 2 4 6 8 FAVOR NEW YORK 10 M J S D 1969 M J 1970 S D M J 1971 S D M J 1972 S D 3>tl Chart 10A 3-MONTH FUNDS INTEREST ARBITRAGE: EURO DOLLAR - GERMAN MARK FRANKFURT INTERBANK LOAN RATE VS. LONDON EURO DOLLAR RATE Per cent per annum Wednesday rates IN TERMS OF DM GERMAN INTERBANK LOAN RATE COVERED DIFFERENTIAL FAVOR FRANKFURT FAVOR EURODOLLAR I I I 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I No quotation Chart 10B 3-MONTH FUNDS INTEREST ARBITRAGE: EURO DOLLAR - SWISS FRANC ZURICH DEPOSIT RATE VS. LONDON EURO-DOLLAR RATE Wednesday rates Per cent per annum IN TERMS OF SWISS FRANCS EURODOLLAR COVERED SWISS DEPOSIT RATE FAVOR ZURICH DIFFERENTIAL FAVOR EURO-DOLLAR M J S D 1969 No quotation M J 1970 S D M J 1971 S D J 1972 S D 363 3-MONTH INTEREST ARBITRAGE: UNITED STATES - CANADA Per cent per annum 1 1 | 1 1 | 1 1 | 1 1 10 Friday figures 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - BILL RATES 1 1 | II \ Vi V . | 1 1 | 1 1 1 I | l I | l I j I I , \ /J \ - N. FIN. CO. PAPER UNITED STATES TREASURY BILLS - CANADIAN X X TREASURY BILLS V \ A A N J — BILL RATE DIFFERENTIAL AND FORWARD CANADIAN DOLLAR FORWARD RATE GROSS SPREAD IN FAVOR OF CANADA COVERED RATE DIFFER ENTIALS TREASURY BILLS FAVOR U S. FAVOR CANADA PRIME FINANCE PAPER i i 1 i I I I I 1 I I M j S D 1963 U J M I I I I 1-1—I—i- i - i J S O M 1971 I i i I i i I i i J S D 1970 V FAVOR US. I I I I I I I I I I I H J S O 1972 $ss CkKt 12* SELECTED SHORT-TERM INTEREST RATES* Per cent per a n n u m ,j - - Vi 10 V L\/w. UJC V "U 11111111 - GlEHMAHY ir\ ifk \ \ j v - - ( 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1I 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 i 1n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1l / l i i 1 i i 1 i i - - J# PAH Vi - \\tfs. Ax camaoa\ - V a ) 11111111111 111111111 i i 1968 I I 1 * I 1 I I ! I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 I 11 11 1 1 1 M 1 1 1 1 1970 3-month treasury bill rates for all countries except JapanfAwarage rate on bank loans end discounts) and GermanyWntartank Loan Rate) 1972 , Chart 12B SELECTED SHORT-TERM INTEREST RATES * Per cent per annum , EURO DOLLAR - LONDON SWITZERLAND 1968. 1970 * 3-month treasury bill rate for U.S., Switzerland - 3 - m o n t h deposit rate. • • 3-month rate for U S dollar deposits in London. 1972 •&1 Chart 13 LONG-TERM BOND YIELDS Weekly figures Per cent per annum . \ r - Y /v. US. 111111 m 11 - NETHERUINDS SWITZERLAND 1 11I I 1 I I 1 1 1 I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 111111l 1 1 1 1 1 11 1.1.1.1.1 1 1 1.1.1-i-L. 1 V* [ EURO-DOLLAR BONDS 1 1 ] 1 1 1 1 1 1I I 1 11 I I 1 1 1 1 I 1I 1 1 J 1 1 I I 1 i1i 11 i i 1 i i 1 i iJ1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 ] J. US. COUP. DOUAR E l m o - s o w * US. CORP. Am BONOS US. CORP. DM EURO-BONDS 1970 197! 1972 * We* series for Switzerland starts 8 2-68. U S Corp. OeNar Ewro-Bonds end U S Corp DM Euro-Bonds starts 1 2 7 0 * * Hew Average ytetd of ati German PA. Bonds begins 1 7 - M • • • New series F starts 12 71 1968=100 INDUSTRIAL STOCK INDEXES ! Ratio scale : 280 / w UNITED STATES 1 1 I 1 1 1 i I I i I 1 i i l 1 iM V i i 1 i i 200 i i 1 i i ! i i 1 i i 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 ! 1 480 SWITZERLAND Z " 360 - j" UNITED KINGDOM F 1 1 1 1 1 I 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 1 JAPAN/^ 1 T 240 T 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 / : 480 360 GERMANY z j /V — j T 1 1 1 \ ^ 1 1 ! i 1 ! i ! l ! 1 ! ! ; ! 1 ! 1 ! 1 1969 * \J 1970 240 CANADA \ J i i ! i i i i i 1 i i 1 i i I i i I i i I i i 1 1971 1972 Japan index of 2 2 5 i n d u s t r i a l and other stocks t r a d e d on Tokyo exchange * * Japan index of a l l i n d u s t r i a l and other stocks t r a d e d on t h e f i r s t s e c t i o n of the Tokyo Stock E x c h a n g e H. 13 IV. SELECTED CENTRAL BANK DISCOUNT RATES No.549 Country Current Rate In Effect Since Previous Rate In Effect Since EEC.: Belgium France Germany Italy Netherlands Switzerland United Kingdom Canada 4.0 March 2 , 1972 4.5 Feb. 6.0 Jan. 13. 1972 6.50 Oct. 29. 1971 3.0 Feb. 25, 1972 4.0 Dec. 23, 1971 5. 1972 4.5 Oct. 14. 1971 s.n Ipr 4. 0 March 1. 1972 4.5 Jan. 6. 1972 3.75 Sept. 15, 1969 3.0 ruly 10. 1967 5.0 Sept. 3. 1971 6.0 Apr. 1. 1971 \ 1971 4.75 Oct. 25, 1971 5.25 Feb. 24. 1971 Japan 4.75 Dec. 29, 1971 5.25 Julv 28. 1971 United States 4.50 Dec. 13, 1971 4.75 Nov. 11, 1971 IV-2 LATEST FIGURES PLOTTED ON THE CHARTS Chart Panel Series 1A Upper Swiss franc U.K. pound French franc Japanese yen Lower IB Upper Lower +2.205 -0.092 100.31 +1.873 +2.266 Upper German mark Swiss franc U.K. pound Dutch guilder Canadian dollar French franc Japanese yen +2.02 +4.48 -0.23 +2.17 -1.30 -0.10 +1.18p Lower 3A German mark U.S. dollar Swiss franc French franc 3B Gold price, U.S. dollar per ounce 4 5A Upper Middle Lower j j !„ 1 Upper 5B ; 1 1 i I 1 +0.028 +0.879 +1.818 +1.942 March 10 Belgian franc Italian lire Canadian dollar German mark Dutch guilder 2A 26 Rate Date Lower . ! 1 Overnight Euro-S deposits Federal Funds Differential Euro-currencies: Euro DM Euro Swiss Fr. Japan, Unconditional Money U.K., 2-day Local Author. Deps. Canada, Day-to-day Loans France, Day-to-Day Money Germany Call Money Netherlands, Call Money March 3 +2.75 0.00 +3.92 +0.44 March 10 M " " „ 48.23 ii 3.94 3.43 0.51 " it 2.88 0.00 5.25 5.38 March 10 " March 3 " flSSfi k March 10 " F e h . 25 1 1 4.62 3.94 1.45 3 H IV-3 Chart Panel 6A Series Euro-) 7-Day Rate March 10 Euro-S 1-month Rate 6B Rate Date 5.62 •I 5.75 Euro-S 3-month Rate 5.62 Euro-$ 6-month Rate 7A 7B Upper 5.62 Euro-$ 3-month Deposits March 8 4.62 U.S. Certificate of Deposits ii 3.78 Lower Differential if +0.84 Upper Euro-S 3-month Deposits ii 4.62 Euro-S 3-month Deposits (Adj.) ii 5. 78 U.S. Certificate of Deposits (Adj.) ii Lower 4.08 Differential: on Adj. Euro-S Deposits +1.70 on Unadj. Euro-S Deposits 8A 8B Upper +0.54 Euro-S 3-month Deposits ii 5.13 Hire Purchase Deposits (covered) ii 5.05 Lower Differential II Upper Euro-S 3-month Deposits 5.13 Local Authority Deposits (covered) Lower 9A Differential -0.14 U.S. Treasury Bill rate March 10 Net Incentive (+= favor London) 4.29 March 3 Spread (+= favor London) 5.06 +0.76 March 10 3-month Forward Pound Lower 3.53 " Local Authority Deposit (uncovered) Upper 4.99 ii U.K. Treasury Bill rate • 9B -0.08 ii +0.15 1 ! 1 +0.91 IV-4 Chart Panel Series 10A Upper Euro-$ Deposits (covered) German Interbank Loan rate 10B 11 Rate Date March 10 H Differential Upper Euro-S Deposits (covered) " 0.35 Swiss Deposit rate " 0. 50d Lower Differential Upper Canadian Finance Paper + 1.90 +0. 15 5.13 3.53 Canadian Treasury Bill rate 3.33 U.S. Prime Finance paper (not plotted) Second 12A 4.88 Lower U.S. Treasury Bill rate i 2.98 3.75 Bill rate differential -0.20 Forward Canadian dollar II -1.28 Third Net incentive on bills II -1.48 Bottom Net incentive on Finance Paper Upper U.K. Treasury Bill rate U.S. Treasury Bill rate German Interbank Loan rate Lower Japanese Average rate Canadian Treasury Bill rate 12B +0.10 March 10 4.29 March 8 4.88 „ December 7.457 March 10 3.33 U.S. Treasury Bill rate .. Euro-S Deposits „ Swiss 3-month Deposit rate 3.53 „ 3.53 5.62 0.50 U.S. Treasury Bill rate 3.53 : 3X5 IV-5 Chart Panel Series 13 Upper Netherlands Date Canada United States Switzerland Middle * Germany United Kingdom Feb. 25 6.63 Mar. 1 Mar. 8 6.43 6.51 Mar. 8 5.51 Mar. 3 4.58 Feb. 29 7.26 Mar. 3 8.39 Euro-dollar bonds Lower U.S. Corp. Aaa bonds 14 Upper Switzerland Germany United States Middle United Kingdom Canada Lower 7.2 U.S. Corp. Dollar Euro-bonds*** U.S. Corp. DM Euro-bonds ** Japan Rate Jan *** 7.86 6.88 Feb. Mar. 3 7.27 421.5 Mar. 7 283.0 Mar. 10 244.86 •• 279.64 Mar. 2 247.16 Mar. 4 507.00 Mar. 10 244.86 United States * New - Average yield of ALL German Public Authorities bonds made as of banking key days. " *** Beginning week ended September 5 1970, the Japanese index plotted is that of all Industrial and other stocks on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Series F