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November 2 1 , 1 9 7 3
^ . R e l e a s e N o . 637
H-13
Division,of International Finande, Statistical & Data Management Unit

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SELECTED INTEREST &
EXCHANGE RATES
FOR MAJOR COUNTRIES &
THE US.
W E E K L Y SERIES O F C H A R T S

BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM




H. 13
November 21, 1973
Release No. 637

TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I. EXCHANGE RATES AND GOLD PRICES
C h a r t 1A, I 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
Chart 6A and B Chart 7A and B Chart 8A and B Chart 9A and B Chart 10A and B Chart 11
Chart 12A and B -

Call Money Rates
London: Euro-$ 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. 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.




SPOT EXCHANGE RATES

MAJOR CURRENCIES AGAINST U.S. DOLLAR

Weekly averages

40

30
GERMAN
MARK N i

BELGIAN FRANC

SWISS FRANC
20

JAPANESE
YEN

CANADIAN
DOLLAR

U.S.

M

J

1972

S

D

M

J

S

1973

Weekly averages (week e n d i n g on Friday) of daily o f f e r e d rates in the New York m a r k e t as per c e n t above or below S m i t h s o n i a n
central rates.




D

Chart I B

SPOT EXCHANGE RATES - MAJOR CURRENCIES AGAINST U.S. DOLLAR
Weekly averages

FRENCH FRANC;

DUTCH GUILDER

ITALIAN LIRA
against

U.K. POUND

M

J

1972

s

D

J

S

1973

Weekly averages (week e n d i n g on Friday) of daily o f f e r e d rales in the New York m a r k e t as per cent above or below S m i t h s o n i a n
c e n t r a l rates.




D

3-MONTH FORWARD EXCHANGE - MAJOR CURRENCES AGAINST U.S. DOLLAR
Per cent per am

Weekly averages

I I ] I I 1 I 1 | I I | I 1 | I I 1 I 1 [ I I | 1 I [ I I | I 1 ] I I | I I | I 1 1 I I | I
PREMIUM

4
CANADIAN DOLLAR
+
0

U.K. POUND

4

DISCOUNT -

8
PREMIUM +

GERMAN MARK
4

+
0

4
DISCOUNT

PREMIUM

DUTCH GUILDER
4

+
0

DISCOUNT -

I 1 1 1 I I 1

C a n a d i a n D o l l a r Rate not s u p p o r t e d by Bank of Canada,
e DESCRIPTION AND SOURCES OF DATA. January 1, 1973, pp. 2-3.




4

t,
C h a r t 2B

3-MONTH FORWARD EXCHANGE - MAJOR CURRENCES AGAINST U.S. DOLLAR
Weekly averages

Per cent per a n n u m

PREMIUM

FRENCH FRANC

DISCOUNT PREMIUM

SWISS FRANC

DISCOUNT -

S

S

D

1970

1971

See DESCRIPTION AND SOURCES OF DATA, January 1, 1973, pp. 2-3.




S

1972

1973

D

Chart 3A

3-MONTH FORWARD EXCHANGE - MAJOR CURRENCIES AGAINST U.K. POUND
Friday f i g u r e s

Per c e n t per a n n u m

PREMIUM

GERMAN MARK

U.S. DOLLAR

DISCOUNT -

M

J

S

D

1970

J

S

D

1971

See DESCRIPTION AND SOURCES OF DATA, J a n u a r y 1. 1973, p. 3.




M

J

1972

s

J

1973

S

D

C h a r t 3B

3-MONTH FORWARD EXCHANGE - MAJOR CURRENCIES AGAINST U.K. POUND
Friday f i g u r e s

Per c e n t per a n n u m

PREMIUM +

SWISS FRANC

FRENCH FRANC

DISCOUNT -

M

S

D

M

1970

J

S

D

1971

See DESCRIPTION AND SOURCES OF DATA, J a n u a r y 1, 1973, p. 3.




M

J

1972

S

D

M

J

1973

S

D

GOLD PRICE IN LONDON, 12.5 Kg BARS
Week's average of af t er noon fixings

U.S. d o l l a r e q u i v a l e n t per f i n e o u n c e

120

1971

1972

See DESCRIPTION AND SOURCES of DATA, J a n u a r y 1, 1973, p. 4.




0

CALL MONEY RATES
DOLLAR FUNDS
Per cent per a n n u m

Weekly averages

14

OVERNIGHT EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS

CALL EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSITS

FEDERAL FUNDS
DIFFERENTIAL

EURO-DOLLAR OVER
FEDERAL FUNDS

FAVOR
EURO-DOLLAR

FAVOR ' S E u E R A L

EURO-CURRENCIES
Weekly averages

- t f

EURO-DM

EURO-SWISS FRANC
i J - L - L I I 11 1 I I 1 I I 1 I - 1 J L - L L J I I
1970

1971

* Changed f r o m CALL to OVERNIGHT Euro d o l l a r deposits, May 10, 1971
See DESCRIPTION AND SOURCES OF DATA, January 1, 1973, pp 4 6




1972

1973

FUNDS

Chart 5B

CALL MONEY RATES
SELECTED FOREIGN AND EEC CURRENCIES
Friday f i g u r e s

Per c e n t per

12

8
FRANCE

4

NETHERLANDS
0

8

JAPAN
4
CANADA

0
12

8
U.K.

4
GERMANY

0
M

S

1970

D

M

J

S

D

1971

M

J

S

D

1972

France, Day-to-day Money; N e t h e r l a n d s , Call M o n e y , weekly average; Japan, U n c o n d i t i o n a l M o n e y ;
Canada, Day-to day Loans, w e e k l y average; 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 D e p o s i t s .

AND SOURCES OF DATA, January
DigitizedSee
forDESCRIPTION
FRASER


1, 1973, pp. 4-6".

M

J

1973

S

0

\1s
LONDON: EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT RATES
Per cent per annum

Friday f i g u r e s

12

OVERNIGHT

CALL

7-DAY

I

!

\ J \

-

I

i

\

i

V

-

i

i

i
M

i

i

i

i

J

i

i
S

i

i

1
D

i

1 1 1 I

M

1970
#

1-MONTH

1

J

1 1 1 1
S

D

1971

May 1 2 / 7 1 - c h a n g e d to O v e r n i g h t E u r o - D o l l a r Deposits

* * J u l y 1 - c h a n g e d to 7-Day Euro-Dollar
See DESCRIPTION AND SOURCES OF DATA, January 1, 1973, p. 6.




l
M

l

h

l

l

l
J

1972

l

«

l
S

l

l

rt\

y
f
i

D

M

i

1

i

10

-

i

1 i
J

1973

i

1
S

i

i
D

Chart 6B

LONDON: EURO DOLLAR DEPOSIT RATES
Friday figures

Per cent p»r a n n u m

\

y

V ,
- A

A"

J

3-MONTH

-

-

-

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

i I 1 I I 1 M

1 I I

nJ *>-

i i 1 i i 1 i i 1 i i

vv
6-MONTH

f

-

-

.

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1111

1970

1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1971

See DESCRIPTION AND SOURCES OF DATA, J a n u a r y 1, 1973, p. 6.




-

1 1 1 1 l 1 l I I l l

i I 1 i I 1 I l 1 I I

1972

1973

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C h a r t 7A

NEW YORK-LONDON: YIELDS ON U.S. DOLLAR FUNDS
3-MONTH DOLLAR DEPOSIT RATES-SECONDARY MARKET
Per cent per a n n u m

Wednesday figures

12

1

r

10

hAj\

jJ
r -

A

r\f)

) DOLLAR DEPOSIT

t
K / a I

-

U.S. CERTIFKGATE OF DEPOSIT

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ! 1 1- h - r

I l l 1 1 I 1 1 1

i i 1 i i 1 i i I i i

1 1 I ! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
!

DIFFERENTIAL

FAVOR EURO DOLLAR

A
i\
IfAJV

-

-

Anvv

EURO-DOlLLAR OVER U.S. CERTIFIC:ATE OF DEPOSIT

- i i 1 i i 1 i i 1 I I
M

J

S

D

i i I i i 1 i i 1 i i

I I 1 l l 1 l I 1 I i
M

1970

J

S

D

M

1971

See DESCRIPTION AND SOURCESOF DATA, January l , 1973, pp. 6-7.




J

S

1972

D

I I 1 I I 1 I I 1 I I
M

J

1973

S

D

C h a r t 7B

NEW YORK-LONDON: COST OF U.S. DOLLAR FUNDS
3-MONTH DOLLAR DEPOSIT RATES-PRIMARY MARKET
. Per/cent per annum

Wednesday figures

EURO DOLLAR DEPOSIT
ADJUSTED'

A

EURO DOLLAR DEPOSIT
U.S. CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT
ADJUSTED

w
EURO DOLLAR OVER
U.S. CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT

ADJUSTED'

M

J

S

D

1970

M

J

S

D

1971

* Adjusted for Reserve Requirement
* * Adjusted for 10% Marginal Reserve Requirement
* * * A d j u s t e d for 2 0 % M a r g i n a l Reserve Requirement
See DESCRIPTION A N D SOURCES OF DATA, J a n u a r y 1, 1973, pp. 6-7.




M

J

1972

S

D

M

J

1973

S

D

Chart 8A

LONDON: COVERED YIELDS ON U.S. DOLLAR FUNDS
HIRE PURCHASE/STERLING CD's vs EURO-DOLLAR RATES
Per c e n t per a n n u m

Friday f i g u r e s

12

EURO DOLLAR DEPOSIT

HIRE PURCHASE
COVERED

STERLING CD's
COVERED

1 I I I I 1 1 I I 1 0
_

|

DIFFERENTIAL

!

FAVOR STERLING C D ' s

rv

1
h i ! .

1

1

FAVOR EURO-DOLLAR

1 1l ^ f
M

1 M i l l
J

S

1 I 1 M
D

1970

M

1 1 1 1 1 1

J

S

D

1971

i
M

i

M

I

I

J




i

I

i

i

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
J

1972

* H i r e Purchase s u s p e n d e d August 11, 1972 and S t e r l i n g C e r t i f i c a t e s of Deposit
begin A u g u s t 11, 1972.
See DESCRIPTION AND SOURCES OF DATA, January 1, 1973, pp. 7-8.

i

1973

S

v)

Chart 8B

LONDON: COVERED YIELDS ON U.S. DOLLAR FUNDS
LOCAL AUTHORITY AND EURO DOLLAR RATES
Friday f i g u r e s

Per c e n t per a n n u m

EURO DOLLAR DEPOSIT

LOCAL AUTHORITY
DEPOSIT

FAVOR LOCAL AUTHORITY

_

DIFFERENTIAL

FAVOR EURO DOLLAR

M

J

S

D

M

1970

J

S

D

1971

See DESCRIPTION AND SOURCES OF DATA, J a n u a r y 1, 1973, pp. 7-8.




M

J

1972

S

D

M

J

1973

S

D

ir*
INTEREST ARBITRAGE: UNITED KINGDOM AND UNITED STATES
Friday f i g u r e s

3-MONTH

Per cent per a n n u m

TREASURY BILL RATES

U.K. LOCAL AUTHORITY
UNCOVERED

DEPOSITS

NEW YORK

LONDON

NEW YORK

M

S

D

1970

J

S

D

1971

* P l o t t e d for c o m p a r i s o n purposes
See DESCRIPTION AND SOURCES OF DATA, J a n u a r y 1, 1973, pp. 8 - 9




S
1972

D

S
1973

D

Chart 9 B

INTEREST ARBITRAGE: UNITED KINGDOM AND UNITED STATES
r . iday f i g u r e s

Per cent per a n n u m

PREMIUM

RATE DIFFERENTIAL AND 3 - M O N T H FORWARD STERLING
SPREAD IN FAVOR OF LONDON

FORWARD RATE

DISCOUNT

RATE DIFFERENTIAL WITH FORWARD EXCHANGE COVER

FAVOR LONDON

FAVOR NEW YORK
J

S

D

M

1970

S

D

1971

See DESCRIPTION AND SOURCES OF DATA. January 1, 1973, p p . 8 - 9 .




M

J

1972

S

D

J

1973

S

D

C h a r t 10A

3-MONTH FUNDS INTEREST ARBITRAGE: EURO-DOLLAR-GERMAN MARK
FRANKFURT INTERBANK LOAN RATE VS. LONDON EURO-DOLLAR RATE
w e o n e s o a y rates

Per c e n t per a n n u m

GERMAN INTERBANK
LOAN RATE

EURODOLLAR
COVERED

FAVOR FRANKFURT

DIFFERENTIAL

FAVOR EURO-DOLLAR

S

D

1970

S

D

1971

See DESCRIPTION AND SOURCES OF DATA, J a n u a r y 1, 1973, pp. 9-10..
No q u o t a t i o n

i




M

S

1972

D

S

1973

D

3-MONTH FUNDS INTEREST ARBITRAGE: EURO-DOLLAR - SWISS FRANC
ZURICH DEPOSIT RATE VS. LONDON EURO-DOLLAR RATE
Per cent per annum

Wednesday rates

I I | I I | II

| I II

I I | I I | I I | I I I I I | I I | I I | I I I I I | I I- | I I | I I I 12

SWISS DEPOSIT RATE

EURO-DOLLAR
COVERED

DIFFERENTIAL

FAVOR EURO-DOLLAR

I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
M

J

S

D

M

1970

J

S

1971

See DESCRIPTION AND SOURCES OF DATA, J a n u a r y 1, 1973, pp. 9-10.




J

D

1972

1973

s

8

Chart 11

3-MONTH INTEREST ARBITRAGE: CANADA - UNITED STATES
Friday figures

Per cent per annum

1 I 1 I I
1 I I
- . B I L L RATES

^

i

i

J\

V - A
v

_ y \

1 1 1

1 i i

| I I

| 1 1

i

1 |

I I

|

I I

|

I I

I I

|

1 1 |

U N I T E D STATES
T R E A S U R Y BILLS

S

1 1 | 1 1

/

h

/ /

~
W

-

C A N . F I N . CO. PAPER

s^

/v

CANADIAN
T R E A S U R Y BILLS
1

|
1

1

fP~\n
F O R W A R D RATE

r

j V \

r-v

A

_ A

r—^

n

\

j

\

A

K

PREMIUM

B I L L RATE DIFFERENTIA vL A N D FORWARD C A N A D A kN DOLLAR

y A / V y Z

GROSS S P R E A D I N FAVOR OF CPLNADA

DISCOUNT

1
COVERED RATE DIFFER!ENTIALS

FAVOR CANADA

.

w

v

P R I M E F I N A N C E PAPEF

V V W l

[ /
^

V

v

l

T R E A S U R Y tJILLS

V

_
V

FAVOR U.S.

I I

1 I I
M

1 1 1 1 I I
J

S

1 1 1 I I

D

1970

M

J

1 I I
S

1 1 1
D

I I
M

1971

See DESCRIPTION AND SOURCES OF DATA, January 1, 1973, pp. 10-11.




1 I I

1 I I
J

1972

S

1 1 1
D

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
M

J

1973

S

D

C h a r t 12A

SELECTED SHORT-TERM INTEREST RATES*
Per cent per

-

<>

1
1
1

L

V

XVx

-/-i

A

i
\

i

fx<"' \

/

Wj

f

i
1 GERMANY

Vy

/

r
i C/
i

A

W

j

"

u.s.

1 1 1 1 1 1 I I 1 11 1 11 I I 1 I I 1 1 1! 1 1 ! 1 i I I 1 1 i i1 1 M 1 i i ! i i I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1
i
i
r~xJ
-

-

1-

Y \

1r"

1

k

/'

-

i
v

T K r

U.K.

/

h Z U.S.
I 1 1 1 I 1 i i i I \I 1 1 ! 1 1 I I 1 11 1! 1 1 1 1 1 1 iI II I 1 1 1 I i

1 1 1i i1 1 i i 1 M 1 : i

JAPAN
MONTHLY

1 1 1 I i 1 1 1 1 I1I 1! I I 1 I I 1 I I 1 1 1 I I 1 1 1 1 i 1 i 1I
1970

1971

1972

i i

1 i i

! i

1973

* 3 - m o n t h t r e a s u r y bill rates for all countries except JapanfAverage rate on bank loans and d i s c o u n t s )
and G e r m a n y ( i n t e r b a n k loan rate)
See DESCRIPTION AND SOURCES OF DATA, January 1, 1973, pp. 11-12.




i

i i 1 II 1 i i 1 i i
1974

C h a r t 11

3-MONTH INTEREST ARBITRAGE: CANADA - UNITED STATES
Per cent per annum

Friday f i g u r e s

1 1 | 1 1 | 1 1 | 1 1

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
- . B I L L RATES

I I

| 1 1 | 1 1 | 1 1

1 ! | 1 1 | II

| II

Ar
A

X

//

UNITED STATES
TREASURY BILLS
CAN. FIN. CO. PAPER

'

k/

-

v

py

CANADIAN
TREASURY BILLS
1
1
1
BILL RATE DIFFERENTIAiL AND FORWARD CANADI/ \N DOLLAR

FORWARD RATE

"/p/vxa^

V

\ J \ A

V

-

1

PREMIUM

•

A

P

y A Z V y y

GROSS SPREAD IN FAVOR OF CP INADA

DISCOUNT

1
COVERED RATE DIFFER!ENTIALS

FAVOR CANADA

. PRIME FINANCE PAPEF

y

^

W

'

n

V

M

I

n

'

W

l

/
V

\
v

/
\y

V V V I

V V ^
TREASURY iBILLS

_
V

FAVOR U.S.

I I 1 I I 1 I I 1 i i
M

J

S

1 1 1 I I

D

1970

M

J

1 II
S

1 1 1
D

1 1 1 II
M

1971

See DESCRIPTION AND SOURCES OF DATA, J a n u a r y I , 1973, pp. 10-11.




J

1 1 1 1 II
S

1972

1 1 1 1 1 1 I I
D

M

J

S

1973

1 1 1
D

,

2 . x
C h a r t 12A

SELECTED SHORT-TERM INTEREST RATES*
Per cent per a n n u m
•

14
-

A

: n - v .
•"Vl
V

v

VVx

I
\

/

/

f

x W

\

\V

(

\n
[ GERMANY

Vy

i
i

rC

/

j

/
A

-

u.s.

I 1 1 1 1 1 ! 1 1 1 ! 111 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1I 1I 1 1 1 1 I I 1 1 1
12

1
1
r - x j
1
1

-

i
/

. .

| n

1
L v v

i
X

f*

/

-rzl
M

-

i
*

U.K.

-

/

\
V

M

-

U.S.

1 I I 1 I ! ! M 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 11 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 I I1 11 1 1 1 1 ! 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ! 1
JAPAN

MONTH! V

i i ! i i 1 i i 1 i i ! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 11 11 1 1 1 1 1 1I 11 11 I I 1 1 1 ! 1i i! ! i i 1 i i 1 i i
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
3 - m o n t h t r e a s u r y bill rates for all countries except Japan(Average rate on bank loans and d i s c o u n t s )
and G e r m a n y ( i n t e r b a n k loan rate)
See DESCRIPTION AND SOURCES OF DATA, January 1, 1973, pp. 11-12.




SELECTED SHORT-TERM INTEREST RATES

m\
!h
/ v

iV
'n(

y\,.

N it

vv
111111II111

1

\-

-

l A

0 DOLLAR - LONDOI

L /Vu.s.

1 1 1 I I 1 I I 1 I II I 1 I I 1 I I 1 1 I1 I

1 1 IMI i i
m

1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 II

r—
1
l ;
ij

U.S.jt

i
u1

l

l'v

l

i iTliiIiiI ii 1
1

-

-

v x\ y/ v^\a
V ii W

1 1 1 I I 1 1 1 1 I1I 11 1 1 1 I I

Per cent per a n n u m

1 SWITZERLAND

M

II

1 II 1

ml

1 I I1 1

i

1 i 1 1 1 II

-

"

'

U.S.

A
V \
V

r

/

w

.

/W»\

vA

\
MZ

CANADA

i i 1 M 1 I i 1 I I i i 1 I I 1 I I 1 i I 1 1 1 I I 1 I I 1 1 i 1i 1 i t 1 i i I i i
1970

1971

1972

See DESCRIPTION AND SOURCES OF DATA, January 1, 1973, pp. 1 1 1 2 .




1973

i i 1 M 1 i i 1 i i
1974

LONG-TERM BOND YIELDS
Per cent per a n n u m ,

Weekly f i g u r e s

9

A

NETHERLANDS
- w

^

-

LZ\j

^

v

u.s.

Ky

SWITZERLAND

1 1 1 I I 1 1 1 ! IIII 1 1 1 1 I I 1 1I I 1 1 I I 1 1 1 1 L1 11 l I I i I I l I I

111 M 1 1 1 1 1 1

-

U.K.

\ r

f
M

GERMANY/^

\/P-s
y
1 i i 1 i i 1 i iI I 1 I I

\ v ___
CANADA

1 1 1 1 11 11 1 1 1 '1 1 1 1 1 11 111 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

u

1 1 1 1 M 111

Monthly figures
' U.S. CORPORATE:
A

"

/

v

-

DO L L A R EURO-BONIDS

x

l/-'\

\

AaaBONDS

DM EURO-BONDS

i i 1 i i 1 i i 1 i ii

! 1 M

1970

1 1 1 1 1 1

1971

1 1 1 I I 1 1 1 1 1I I 1 1 1 1 1 I I 1 11 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1972

See DESCRIPTION AND SOURCES OF DATA, J a n u a r y 1, 1973, pp. 12-15.




1973

1974

i

STOCK INDEXES
1958=100

Ratio scale,

58=100

320
U N I T E D STATES

240

160
1200

963
SWITZERLAND

SWITZERLAND

640

480

UNITED KINGDOM

JAPAN
GERMANY

CANADA

320

GERMANY

240

160
1970




1971

1972

1973

I)

1
, v SELECTED CENTRAL BANK DISCOUNT RATES

November 21, 1973
Release No. 637

Country

Current Rate

In Effect Since

Previous Rate

In Effect Since

E.E.C.:
Belgium
France

7.0
11.0

Oct. 4, 1973

6.5

August 2, 1973

Sept. 20, 1973

9.5

August 2, 1973

Germany

7.0

June 1, 1973

6.0

May 3, 1973

Italy

6.5

Sept. 15, 1973

4.0

April 10, 1973

Netherlands

7.0

Oct. 16, 1973

6.5

August 7, 1973

**United
Kingdom

11.50

July 27, 1973

9.00

July 20, 1973

Jan. 1, 1973

3.75

Sept. 15, 1973

Switzerland

4.5

Canada

7.25

Sept. 13, 1973

6.75

August 7, 1973

Japan

7.0

Aug. 29, 1973

6.0

July 2, 1973

7.5

Aug. 14, 1973

7.0

July 1, 1973

United States

'^Effective October 13, 1972, the Bank of England replaced its traditional
Bank Rate with a fluctuating "minimum lending rate" based on average
Treasury bill tender rate.




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November 21, 1973
Release No. 637

LATEST FIGURES P L O T T E D ON T H E CHARTS

Chart

-

Panel

Series

Date

1A

Swiss franc

N o v . 16

IB
IB

U.K. pound

-8.20

1A

French franc
Japanese yen

15.56
10.28

1A
IB

Belgian franc
Italian lire

15.36
-1.90

1A

Canadian dollar

1A
IB

German mark

Rate

0.56
23.95
20.37

Dutch guilder

2A

German mark

1.48

Swiss franc

'

U.K. pound
2B

Upper

Dutch guilder

0.41
0.08

French franc

-1.37

3A

German mark

3B

U.S. dollar
Swiss franc

M

French franc

"

4
Upper

Nov. 9
"

Overnight Euro-S deposits
Federal Funds

Nov. 14

Differential
Euro-currencies:

Upper

Japan, Unconditional Money
U.K., 2-day Local Author. Deps.
Canada, Day-to-day Loans

Lower




16

France, Day-to-Day Money
Germany, Call Money
Netherlands. Call Money

Nov.

16

"

Nov. 9
»
Nov.

93.08
9.47
10.03
-0.56

"
"

Euro DM
Euro Swiss Fr.
5B

1.46

Nov.

Lower

4.69
3.14
4.01

Gold price, U.S. doHar per ounce

Middle

3.00
-5.23

Canadian dollar

5A

20.91

16

"
"

Nov. 9

7.88
2.06
8.75
10.50
6.44
10.88
12.75
7.88

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November 21, 1973
Release No. 637

IV - 3

Chart

Panel

6A

Euro-S Overnight Rate

6B

7A

7B

Date

Series

Upper

Nov. 16

9.38

Euro-$ 1-month Rate

"

9.69

Euro-$ 3-month Rate

ii

Euro-S 6-month Rate

"

9.50

Nov. 14

9.75

Euro-S 3-month Deposits
U.S. Certificate of Deposits

ii

Lower

Differential

it

Upper

Euro-$ 3-month Deposits

ii

Euro-$ 3-month Deposits (Adj.)

H

U.S. Certificate of Deposits (Adj.)
Lower

Upper

H

Euro-S 3-month Deposits

Oct. 26

Differential

Upper

Euro-$ 3-month Deposits

H

Local Authority Deposits (covered)

II -

Differential

II
Nov. 16

U.K. Treasury Bill rate

n

Local Authority Deposit (uncovered)
9B

Upper

Spread (+= favor London)
3-month Forward Pound

Lower




10.60

+0.43
9.25

-0.32

U.S. Treasury Bill rate

9A

9.75

8.93

Lower

Lower

9.35
+0.40

+1.28

Sterling CD's (covered)

8B

9.75

9.32

Differential: on Adj. Euro-$ Deposits
on Unadj. Euro-S Deposits

8A

Rate

-0.38
7.51
12.24
12.19

Nov. 16

+4.73

"

1

8.87

Nov. 9

n

Net Incentive (+= favor London)

9.25

-5.11
-0.38

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H.13
November 21, 1973
Release No. 637

IV - 4

Chart

Panel

10A

Upper

10B

11

Series

Date

Euro-) Deposits (covered)

Nov. 14

German Interbank Loan rate

"

Lower

Differential

it

Upper

Euro-) Deposits (covered)

8.14
14.88
+6.74
7.05

Swiss Deposit rate

ii

4.50

Lower

Differential

ii

-2.55

Upper

Canadian Finance Paper

Nov. 16

U.S. Treasury Bill rate

ii

Canadian Treasury Bill rate

Second

Third

•

9.00
7.51
6.25

U.S. Prime Finance paper
(not plotted)

12A

Rate

8.25

Bill rate differential

ii

Forward Canadian dollar

"

+0.18

Net incentive on bills

"

-1.08

-1.26

Bottom

Net incentive on Finance Paper

Upper

U.K. Treasury Bill rate

„

U.S. Treasury Bill rate

II

7.51

German Interbank Loan rate

II

14.88

Lower

40.93

Japanese Average rate

September

Canadian Treasury Bill rate

Nov. 16

U.S. Treasury Bill rate
12B




Euro-) Deposits
Swiss 3-month Deposit rate
U.S. Treasury Bill rate

1

12.24

7.498

„

7.51

-

9.75

6.25

II

4.50

"

7.51

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H.13
November 2 1 , 1973
R e l e a s e No. 637

IV - 5

Chart

Panel

Series

13

Upper

Netherlands
Canada
* United States
Switzerland

Middle

Germany
United Kingdom

Lower

U.S. Corp. Dollar Euro-bonds
.
Series G
U.S. Corp. DM Euro-bonds
U.S. Corp. Aaa bonds

Upper

14

Switzerland
Germany
United States

Middle

United Kingdom
Canada

|

Lower

* * Japan
United States

Rate

Date

.
Series G

Nov.

9

7.40

Nov.

16

7.69

Nov.

9

6.76

Oct.

19

5.77

Nov.

9

9.41

Nov.

2

11.29

Sept.

8.39

Sept.

7.94

Sept.

7.63

Nov.

16

351.20

Nov.

2

267.40
236.41

Nov.

16

Nov.

9

241.33

Nov..

2

319.35

Nov;

9

846.09

Nov.

16

236.41

* New - A v e r a g e y i e l d on s e l e c t e d 10 y e a r c o n s t a n t m a t u r i t y bonds due o r c a l l a b l e
i n 10 y e a r s .
**

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.