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DIVISION O F I N T E R N A T I O N A L F I N A N C E BOARD O F S O V I R N O M OF THE F E D E R A L RESERVE SYSTEM 13 No. 268 October 5, 1966 A ( CAPITAL MARKET DEVELOPMENTS ABROAD I. II. IJI. I. Canada; Canada Ten Charts on Financial Markets Abroad Latest Figures Plotted in H.13 Chart Series, 1966 Money and Capital Markets, July-September 1966 A. Canadian credit market conditions continued generally tight during the period under review. Between the end of June and mid-September, money market rates changed relatively little. Yields on long-term government bonds continued to rise through August but fell off somewhat in the first two weeks in September. Stock prices dropped quite sharply over the summer months. In the foreign exchange market, the spot Canadian dollar remained strong, while the forward rate has moved to a slight premium. (See Table 1.) Table 1. Canada: Selected Financial Market Indicators July-September 1966 (interest and forward exchange rates in per cent per annum) Interest rates Day-to-day loans _a/ 90-day prime finance paper b/ 91-day Treasury bills c/ Government bonds d/ 4.25 per cent 1967 5.00 per cent 1968 4.25 per cent 1972 4.50 per cent 1983 5. 25 per cent 1990 Stock index e/ Canadian dollar Spot (U.S. cents) 3-month forward a/ b/ jd/ ef Change from previous date to: Sept. Sept. August Sept. 22 ,14 24 7 July 27 5. 13 6.25 5,06 -.13 0 -.04 -.17 0 +. 06 + .05 + . 12 -.05 +.07 0 +. 04 -.17 0 -.06 4.78 6.38 5.01 5.24 5.27 5.70 5. 73 5.74 +. 15 +. 26 +. 17 +. 08 +.06 +.44 +.51 +. 26 +. 16 +.22 -.31 -.34 -.18 -.12 -.10 0 -.07 -.13 -.02 -.06 -.04 +. 11 + .03 0 + .02 5.48 5.74 5.85 5.83 5.88 167.72 -9.68 -9.43 -4.97 +1. 21 92.99 0 +. 14 +.06 -.06 +. 03 -.08 + .02 -.05 + . 21 Average of daily closing rates for week ending Wednesday, Friday data. cj Average tender rate, Thursday data, Wednesday data; mid-market yields at close. Financial Times, Toronto Industrials. OFFICIAL USE ONLY (Decontrolled after six months) Actual Sept. 22 Actual July 6 + . 61 1*45.46 -.03 + .07 92.91 0.39 OFFICIAL JSE GNL'i The maintenance of stringent conditions in Canadian financial markets continues the earlier official policy response to the inflationary threat posed by the sustained expansion of aggregate spending and the attendant high levels of demand for both short- and long-term funds. These demand pressures have been reflected in high and rising credit costs. Higher interest rates have probably reduced some of the demand for long-term funds. but higher borrowing costs have evidently not inhibited a continued large volume of borrowing by Canadians. In the first six months of this year, net new Canadian issues, domestic and foreign, were almost double the total for the comparable period in 1965, and more than one-half of the increase represented provincial and municipal borrowing. The pressure of demand for long-term funds also spilled over into the U.S. market, in which the cost of long-term funds continues to be about one percentage point lower, and Canadian flotations in New York increased relatively more than borrowing in domestic markets. » As before, bank credit expansion has continued to moderate in response to tight credit conditions, with the banks forced to restrict their lending activities in the face of significant and sustained liquidity pressure throughout the year, Through July, chartered bank loans expanded at an annual rate of 5.8 per cent, compared to 23 per cent in the first seven months of last^year. In this period, U.S. dollar-denominated deposits in the Canadian chartered banks showed little change on balance, after allowing for seasonal swings in both direct ions. The Canadian authorities have recently shown increasing concern over the need for more effective counteraction against the inflationary pressures stemming from the high levels of claims on resources, and appear to be moving to take new action, primarily on the fiscal front. Reportedly, the Canadian Finance Department is 'preparing an interim "minibudget"-- an unusual procedure-- for presentation to Parliament late" this fall. Among the policy measures currently under discussion are the postponement of some federal government capital outlays, and adoption of a refundable personal income tax similar to the one now applicable to corporations. On the external side, Canadian reserves of gold and foreign exchange dropped slightly in July and AugustAt the end of August Canadian reserves, including the net creditor position in the IMF, totaled $2,542 million, ' OFFICIAL USE ONLY - 3 - OFFICIAL USE ONLY Bond yields still on upward trend Continued tight conditions in Canadian financial markets produced a further increase in bond yields during-the period under review. In August the cost of long-term finance to most borrowers rose particularly sharply, and then eased slightly in early September. (See Table 1 and 2 and Chart 7.) Recent rate increases were especially adverse for industrial corporations. At the end of June, the McLeod, Young and Weir average of industrial yields stood at 6.29 per cent, 15 basis points more than those on provincial bonds. By the end of August this differential had grown to 29 basis points. (See Table 2.) Table 2. Canada: Provincial, Municipal and Private Bond Yields (per cent per annum) Level on April 29 Change from previous date to: Aug. May June July 29 30 31 31 Level on Aug. * 31 10 Provincials 6.08 +.02 +.04 +.13 +.27 10 Municipals 6.28 -.01 +.04 +. 17 +.32 6.80 6.54 10 Public Utilities 6.19 +.02 0 +.14 +.34 6.69 10 Industrials 6.26 +.03 0 +. 19 +.34 6.83 40 Bonds 6.20 +.02 +.16 . +.32 6.72 Source: +. 02 McLeod, Young and Weir. The Federal government's attempt to meet its financing needs has been hampered by stringencies in Canadian financial markets. On August 15, the government sought to raise $500 million, largely for the purpose of redeeming maturing issues. The market^was offered three maturities: (1) an 11-month bond yielding about 5.60 to maturity; (2) a 37-month issue yielding about 5.88 per cent to maturity; and a 26-year issue yielding about 5.94 per cent to maturity. These issues were not well received, reportedly because investors were expecting interest rates to continue upward, at least in the near-term. OFFICIAL USE ONLY - 4 - OFFICIAL USE ONLY Intere&t rate differentials shift in U.S. favor Over the summer months Canadian yields have moved unevenly relative to those on comparable U.S. securities. There has been no clear trend in the differentials at the long end of the market, but the rise in U.S. interest rates has reduced the earlier differential favoring investment in Canadian short- and intermediate-term maturities. (See Table 3.) Table 3. 1/ Comparative Bond Yields,— Canada/U.S. May-September 1966 (per cent per annum)' Sept. 21 1-year: U.S. 11/15/67, 3.62 per <r@nt Canada 6/l/d§7, 4.25 per cent Differential (+ favors Canada) 4.88 5.08 +.20 3-year: U.S. 8/68, 3.75 per cent Canada 10/68, 5.0 per cent Differential 5.00 5. 28 +.28 7-year: U.S. 8/72, 4.0 per cent Canada 9/72, 4. 25 per cent Differential 4.88 -5. 65 +.77 18-year: U.S. 78-83, 3.25 per cent - Canada 9/83, 4.5 per cent Differential 25-year: U.S. 2/90, 3.5 per cent Canada 5/90, 5.25 per cent Differential 5.71 5.48 -.23 +. 12 5.96 4.38 5.69 +.81 + .51 5.40 5.85 +.45 4.90 5.83 +.93 4.63 5.65 +1.02 4.69 5. 71 + 1.02 + .89 +1.03 4.60 5.67 +1.07 4.70 5.73 +1.03 4.84 5. 80 +.96 + 1.07 4.82 5.86 +1.04 1/ Canadian bonds, mid-market yield at close; U.S. bonds, yields on the bid side. Source:' Federal Reserve System; Bank of Canada, Weekly Financial Statistics. OFFICIAL USE ONLY 4.85 5.88 +1.03 OFFICIAL USE ONLY - 5 - Stock prices drop sharply The Canadian stock market, which has declined during most of 1966, suffered its sharpest losses during the summer. (See Table 1„) Industrial stocks declined by 3,0 per cent between February 1 and July 6, and by another 14.4 per cent by September 7. Since then the market has been relatively stable. The summer decline can be attributed to a number of factors, including the greatly increased attractiveness of long-term bonds to investors seeking either higher rates of return or possible future capital gains. In addition, weakness in equity prices has been attributed to investor uncertainty growing out of recent rapid wage increases, and the large number of important wage contract negotiations in the offing. Recent declines in the U.S. stock market have undoubtedly also encouraged some nervousness in Canadian markets, (See Table 1 and Chart 10.) New issue activity up sharply Despite higher long-term borrowing costs, the volume of net new • issues in Canadian markets was up appreciably through mid-year. In the first six months of 1966, net new issues of bonds and equities in Canadian markets were almost 50 per cent greater than in the same period in 1965. (See Table 4„ ) By far the largest share of the increased new issue total raised in the domestic market represented government borrowing, exclusively by provincial and municipal entities = The Federal government reduced its bonded debt in the first half of the year, though by somewhat less than in the comparable period in 1965- So far this year, the corporate sector has raised a smaller amount of funds in Canada against fixed interest debt instruments, but this decline was partially offset by increased sales of equities. (See Table 4.) In addition to the larger volume of funds supplied by Canadian capital markets this year, Canadian borrowers have continued to rely heavily, on U.S. markets. In the first half of 1966 net new issues in other than Canadian currencies (mostly U.S.. dollars) reached $645 million compared to $212 million over the same period in 1965, Canadian corporate and other borrowing in the U.S. market has more than offset the slight decline in their total financing in Canada. (See Table 4.) The shortage of credit in Canada undoubtedly contributed to the growth of new Canadian issues in the U.S. OFFICIAL USE ONLY OFFICIAL USE ONLY - 6 - Table 4. Canada: Net New Issues, 1965-66 (millions of Canadian dollars) Net New Issues: Govt, of Canada 1965 I Q II Q Total -368 -158 -526 1966 I Q II Q Total -212 -171 -383 - ,226 | 190 * 416 313 371 684 Net New Issues: Govt, of Canada 1965 I Q II Q Total - 0 3 3 1966 I Q II Q Total - 0 3 3 Source: Provincial & Municipal " Canadian Funds Ccr;/. & Other Total Bond Debt Equity Shares TOTAL 186 360 546 44 392 436 83 151 234 127 543 670 214 145 359 315 345 660 115 197 312 430 542 972 Other Currencies Provincial & Municipal C :r- . & Other Total Bond Debt 21 132 153 37 19 56 58 148 206 128 186 314 257 75 332 385 258 643 _ Equity Shares TOTAL 5 1 6 63 149 212 0 2 2 385 260 645 Bank of Canada, Statistical Summary, Money market conditions remain tight During July and August money market conditions remained tightly balanced and interest rates, which had moved up slightly in early July, showed little change thereafter. (See Table 1 and Charts 1 and 4.) Bet veen July 8 and September 9, 90-day finance paper rates held steady at 6.25 per cent, but moved up to 6.38 per cent on September 17. In the market for Treasury bills, the average yield at the weekly tender showed small movements above the 5.00 per cent level, and on September 15 reached 5.07 per cent. By contrast, the market for day-to-day money was OFFICIAL USE ONLY OFFICIAL USE ONLY somewhat unsettled over the last two months, and the call money rate moved from a low of 4.73 per cent on June 29 to a high of 5.13 per cent at various dates in July and August. Bank loan expansion slows further Tight credit conditions in Canadian financial markets have continued to exert a moderating influence on the growth in money and in bank credit this year. Over the first eight months of 1966, the money supply expanded at an annual rate of 0.5 per cent compared to 8.8 per cent during the same period in 1965. Over the same period bank loans have grown at an annual rate of 5.7 per cent compared to 20.6 per cent a year ago. (See Table 5.) I Table 5. Canada: Selected Banking and Money Supply Data, December 1964-/ugust 1966 (millions of dollars) Selected assets:— Liquid assets b/ Investments c/ Loans d/ Liquid assets ratio ef More liquid assets ratio _a/ Selected liabilities:—/ Demand deposits f/ Personal savings Other deposits Money supply of the public: Chartered bank deposits h/ Currency outside banks Total a/ b/ c/ d/ e/ if j\f h/ December 1964 August 1965 December 1965 August 1966 2,718 3,630 10,097 2,971 3,547 11,485 3,028 3,568 11,811 3,202 3,510 12,262 17.15 31.91 16.69 30.18 16.79 29.78 16.97 29.87 4,510 8,846 1,494 4,653 9,550 2,345 4,779 9,642 2,303 4,779 9,642 2,303 13,356 2,183 15,539 14,203 2,248 16,451 14,421 2,351 16,772 14,421 2,411 16,832 Average of Wednesday reporting dates, Bank of Canada, Statistical Summary. Cash reserves, day-to-day loans and Treasury bills. Government of Canada Bonds and "other" Canadian securities. Excluding day-to-day and call loans. Daily averages. Less float. Non-personal term and other notice deposits. Demand and personal savings deposits less float. OFFICIAL USE ONLY OFFICIAL USE ONLY - 8 - The slower expansion of money and bank credit this year seems to be due to the more stringent liquidity positions of the banks. Throughout 1965, the"more liquid asset ratio" fell steadily to the minimum level of 30 per cent agreed upon between the banks and the Bank of Canada, and has remained at or near this figure in 1966. (See Table 5.) Chartered banks maintain U.S. dollar deposits > Between March and July, U.S. dollar deposits in chartered banks rose slightly, as deposits held by Canadians rose by more than enough to offset the small decline in those held by foreigners. (See Table 6.) The chartered banks maintained a roughly balanced U.S. dollar position during the period by varying their holdings of U.S. dollar assets as deposits shifted. Table Canada: United States Dollar Assets and Liabilities of Chartered Banks, March - Ju' 1966 (millions of U.S. dollars) Levelend of March Change from previous date to end of May June July Assets With residents of: United States Other countries Sub-total Canada Total +118 -51 +67 -32 +35 Liabilities With residents of: United States Other countries Sub-total Canada Total -58 +97 +39 +23 +62 Source: Bank of Canada, Statistical Summary. OFFICIAL USE ONLY +179 + 13 +192 - 26 +166 Levelend of July 1703 840 2543 889 3432 858 1132 1990 1439 3429 OFFICIAL USE ONLY - 9 - Holdings of U.S. dollar deposits by Canadians rose steadily from March to July, in contrast to the noticeable fluctuations in foreign held balances. These movements may have been influenced by payments dates for taxes in the United States and in Europe. The steady increase in the Canadian held balances can probably be 'attributed to their increased attractiveness as investments; the rate of interest which the chartered banks offer on U.S. dollar deposits has risen faster than rates on alternative short-term assets, and this has undoubtedly moved some Canadian funds into these balances. (See Table 7.) Table 7. Canada; Selected Domestic Yields, 1966 (per cent per annum) March 23 April 29 May 31 June 29 July 28 Aug. 30 90-day U.S. dollar deposits in Canada 5.25 5.44 5.44 5.63 5.75 5.88 91-day Canadian Treasury bill _a/ 4.99 5.08 5.10 5.00 5.06 5.04 90-day Canadian Finance paper 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.13 6.25 6\.25 a/ Thursday data. Sources: Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Statistics. Bank of Canada, Weekly Financial Canada's foreign exchange reserves dip further Canada's official holdings of gold and U.S. dollars declined by $60 million in July and August, bringing the total decrease for the first eight months of the year to $383 million. On August 31 total holdings equaled $2,281 million. (See Table 8.) The July decline reflected a $31 million purchase by the Bank of Canada of U.S.-held CanadiAb Treasury securities. OFFICIAL USE ONLY OFFICIAL USE ONLY Table 8. Canada: Official Foreign Exchange Holdings and International Monetary Fund Positions December 1965-August 1966 (in millions of U.S. dollars) Level December 30 Foreign Exchange Gold U.S. dollars Sub-total _IMF Position i/ Super gold trancheTotal Gold with IMF Change from previous period: May July August Level August 31 1150.8 1513.7 2664.5 90.1 * -162.2^ -252.3 -36.5 -33.9 -38.0 + 11. 6 -26.4 +10.5 -44.9 -34.4 996.7 1284.3 2281.0 215.9 2880. + 47.9 -204.4 -10.5 -80.9 + 2.0 -24. 6 + 6.5 -27.9 261.8 2542.8 137.5 + 47.5 _a/ Net IMF sales of Canadian dollars: (+) indicates increased creditor position with IMF. Source: Bank of Canada, Statistical Summary; IMF, International Financial Statistics. Foreign demand for Canadian dollars remains firm Between late June and the end of September the Canadian dollar remained in good demand and the spot rate moved modestly about the 93.00 (U.S. cents) level. At the same time, the forward rate moved from a slight discount to a small premium. (See Table 9.) ? Despite the^maTl movement in the forward rate, the arbitrage incentive changed from a margin favoring investment in Canadian Treasury bills of 0.59 per cent per annum to a slight differential in favor of U.S. bills. This change can be attributed almost wholly to the substantial increase in the U.S. Treasury bill rate. By contrast, the arbitrage incentive on finance paper changed little. A sharp rise in U.S. finance paper rates was almost offset by an increase in Canadian rates and the shift in the forward Canadian dollar from a discount to a premium. (See Table 9.) OFFICIAL USE ONLY OFFICIAL USE ONLY Table 9. Canada/U.S.: - 11 - Exchange Rates and Arbitrage Calculations June-September 1966 June 23 Exchange rates a/ Spot (U.S. cents) Forward (p.c.p.a.) Aug. 24 Sept. 1 Sept. 15 Sept. 29 92.96 4-: 02 93. 12 +. 04 93.07 +.09 92.98 +. 11 92.95 +.32 92.81 + .37 Treasury bills Canadian U.S. Gross advantage Canadian forward Net, favor C m ad a (+) 4.92 4^35 + .57 +.02 +.59 4.86 4.83 +. 03 +.04 +.07 4.97 5.01 -.04 +.09 +.05 4.91 5.03 -.12 +.11 -.01 4.89 5.45 -. 56 +.32 -.24 4.86 5.35 -.49 +.24 -.25 Finance paper Canadian U.S. Gross advantage Canadian forward Net, favor Canada (+) 6. 13 5.38 +.75 +.02 +.77 6.25 5.63 +.62 +.04 +. 66 6.25 5.63 +.62 +.09 +. 71 6.25 5.63 +.62 +. 11 +. 73 6. 25 5.63 +. 62 +.32 +. 94 6.25 5.75 +.50 +.24 +.74 \ 90-day yields and differentials ° jj/ Thursday data. Source: Federal Reserve System. Prepared by: Robert Dunn, Economist, Europe and British Commonwealth Section, Division of International Finance. OFFICIAL USE ONLY 1 NEW YORK, LONDON, MONTREAL: YIELDS FOR U . S . DOLLAR DOLLAR RATES; DEPOSIT INVESTORS O N NEW 3-MONTH FUNDS YORK-LONDON *0-DOLLAR DEPOSIT U . S . CERTIFICATE OF D E P O S I T J , E U R O D O L L A R OVER | I U . S . C E R T I F I C A T E OF D E P O S I T I FINANCE CO. PAPER , RATES ( c o v e r e d ) : , QUOTED IN NEW YORK CANADIAN FINANCE COMPANYl k U.K. HIRE PURCHASE U.S. FINANCE COMPANY Mer~ Jin. 1964 Sept. Dec. Mar. lun. 1965 Sept. Dec. Mir. ium. 1966 Sept. Dec. LONDON; YIELDS FOR EURO-DOLLAR DEPOSIT U.S. POLLAR INVESTORS ON 3-MONTH FUNDS RATES 1 8 0 DAY 9 0 DAY CALL 30 D A Y - HIRE PURCHASE AND LOCAL AUTHORITY D E P O S I T RATES ( c o v e r e d ) EURO DOLLAR D E P O S I T HIRE P U R C H A S E DIFFERENTIAL FAVOR HIRE P U R C H A S E 1 I FAVOR E U R O - O P I L A R LOCAL A U T H O R I T Y D E P O S I T EURO-DOLLAR D E P O S I T FAVOR LOCAL AUTHORITY DIFFERENTIAL | X__VVVV> FAVOR E U R O D O L L A R 1964 1965 1966 1 INTEREST A R B I T R A G E : F R A N K F U R T / L O N D O N , FRANKFURT INTERBANK LOAN RATE V S . ZURICH/LONDON) LONDON EURO DOLLAR RATE ( C O V E R E D ) N TERMS OF INTERBANK DM_ LOAN RATE EURODOLLAR i r _DIFFERENTIAL IANKFURT I ZURICH DEPOSIT RATE VS. LONDON EURO DOLLAR FAVOR E U R O D O L L A R RATE ( C O V E R E D ) S FRANCS EURO DOLLAR , SWISS DEPOSIT RATE r DIFFERENTIAL FAVOR ZURICH FAVOR E U R O D O L L A R H PRICE OF G O L D I N L O N D O N 35.2 35.0 1964 1965 1966 I INTEREST ARBITRAGE, UNITED S T A T E S / C A N A D A 3-MONTH T R E A S U R Y BILL R A T E S 6 CAN. FIN. CO. |PAPER CANADA UNITED S T A T E S BILL R A T E D I F F E R E N T I A L AND FORWARD CANADIAN DOLLAR S P R E A D IN FAVOR OF CANADA | DISQOUNT F O R W A R D RATE 3-MONTH C O V E R E D RATE D I F F E R E N T I A L S (NET I N C E N T I V E S ) FAVOR CANADA PRIME FINANCE PAPER FAVOR U.S. FAVOR CANADA ~ TREASURY BILLS FAVOR U . S . M J 1963 s D M J 1964 S D S M 1965 D N J 1966 S D OE; NEW Fridoy figur«t 3-MONTH TREASURY BILL YORK/LONDON RATES U . K . LOCAL AUTHORITY D E P O S I T S RATE D I F F E R E N T I A L FORWARD AND 3-MONTH STERLING S P R E A D IN FAVOR OF LONDON I I RATE D I F F E R E N T I A L WITH F O R W A R D EXCHANGE COVER IN FAVOR OF LONDON IN FAVOR OF NEW YORK I II I II I II I II I II II (NET INCENTIVE) S H O R T - T E R M INTEREST RATES * O.K. E U R O D O L L A R - LONDON U.S. ^ ' i v -a n.^~— SWITZERLAND JAPAN GERMANY CANADA t./jv u.sT 1962 * 1963 1964 1965 3monlh treotury bill rolel I or oil countries except Japan ^Average role on banl loom ond diicounli j" Swiizerlond'f3-monlh deposit rale) ond Germany (interbank l o a n Rate) ~f~ 3 month role for U S doffafcfrpoitts in London 1966 L O N G - T E R M 1 Q N D YIELDS GERMANY EURO DOLLAR BONDS ' U.S.I NETHERLANDS CANADA 1 r y — U.S. SWITZERLAND 1962 1963 1964 * Average of yields for four foreign government dollar bonds quoted in London 1965 1966 S P O T E X C H A N G E RATES - M A J O R C U R R E N C I E S A G A I N S T U . S . D O L L A R 1.6 S W I S S FRANC GERMAN MARK f/V U.K. STERLING BELGIAN FRANC FRENCH FRANC w DUTCH GUILDER CANADIAN DOLLAR ITALIAN LIRA J A P A N E S E YEN S M 1964 D S M 1965 0 M 1 1966 S D 3-MONTH AGAINST FORWARD U.S. EXCHANGE RATES DOllARS-NEW YORK_ GERMAN MARK \5^\> /' ' S W I S S FRANC i V POUND STERLING T DUTCH GUILDER FRENCH FRANC CANADIAN DOLLAR DISCOUNT- AGAINST POUND STERLING — L O N D O N S W I S S FRANC GERMAN MARK U . S . DOLLAR DISCOUNT- M I I 1964 s 0 M J 1965 s 0 M J 1966 s 0 INDUSTRIAL STOCK INDICES l958:100 Aa GERMANY /J' X y ^ CWIT7FRI i/ ^ y U.K. , X - /% V \ r^\>\ i V\ . \ ^ / V VVC' 1 / V \ a \ W L 1 x ilin U.S. (ps£\ ! V V A . \ \\ V. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 11 I1 1 ! 1 I 1 11 1III M w 1 1 I i 1I1 I1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 300 250 JAPAN 200 CANADA U.S. 150 100 1963 .g. 1964 ^ W l 1 1 Bonk Corporolion induilriol * f o c k index t Japan; index of 22 5 industrial and other slocks traded on the Tokyo exchonge 1965 1966 H. 13 No.268 October 5, 1966 III. Latest Figures Plotted in H.13 Chart Series, 1966 (all figures per cent per annum) Upper Panel Chart 1 (Wednesday, Sept. 28) Euro-$ Deposit 6.62 U.S. certif. of depooit 5.84 Lower Panel (Friday, U.S. Canada Hire-purchase paper, U.K. 5. 75 6. 75 Hire-purchase paper (Sept. 23) Local-authority deposit +1.30 Forward pound -0.94 Net incentive (U.K. +) 40.36 6.88 6. 77 6. 52 Chart 3 (Period: Sept. 16-20 ) 6, s: Euro-$ deposit (average) 6, 36 (Date: Price of gold (Friday, Sept, 23 ) Chart 4 (Friday, Sept, 30 5.30 4.87 Interbank loan rate (German) (Sept. 1 :z) Euro-$ deposit (London) Zurich 3-mo. deposit Aug. 15 (Date: Japan composit rate (Date: June 30 6, 83 6.88 4.25 7.49 Chart 7 U.S. Gov't. (Wed. , Sept. 28) 4. 77 U.K. War Loan (Thurs. , Sept. 22) 7.19 4.25 German Fed. (Fri., Sept. 23 ) 7.82 35.180 Swiss Confed. (Fri., Sept. 16) 4 08 Canadian Gov't. (Wed. . Sept 23) 5.83 Aug. 15 Zurich 3-mo. deposit U.S. U.K. Canada 6. 75 Interbank loan (mid-point) Lower Panel Spread favor U.K. Treasury bills: 90-day 180-day 6.60 5.30 Chart 6 (Friday, Sept. 30 ) Euro-$ deposits: . Upper Panel U.K. U.S. T Z T Chart 2 (Friday, Septu 30 ) 6.00 6. 25 6.75 Treasury bills: Sept. 30 Finance co. paper: Call 7-day 30-day Chart 5 (Friday, Sept. 30 ) ) ) Netherlands Gov't perpetual 3% (Friday, Sept. 23 ) 6.03 Canada U.S. Spread favor Canada 4,87 5. 30 -0 43 Euro-$ bonds (Fri. , Sept. 23) 6. 83 Forward Canadian $ 40. 32 For descriptions and sources df data, see special supplement to H.13, Number 239, March 16, 1966. Net incentive (Canada +) -0. 11 Treasury bills: Canadian finance paper 6.25
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