Federal Reserve Statistical Release, H.10, Foreign Exchange Rates (Daily); title with eagle logo links to Statistical Release home page
Release Date: July 18, 2008
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 H.10 DAILY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY                                                                                                                                                                                                            
 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES: for immediate release                     July 18, 2008                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   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 rates in                                                                                                                                                       
   New York City for cable transfers payable in foreign currencies:                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted)                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
COUNTRY MONETARY UNIT Jul. 14 Jul. 15 Jul. 16 Jul. 17 Jul. 18
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.9721 0.9797 0.9761 0.9750 0.9728
BRAZIL REAL 1.5928 1.5935 1.5954 1.5877 1.5898
CANADA DOLLAR 1.0060 1.0015 1.0020 1.0018 1.0053
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8450 6.8211 6.8104 6.8189 6.8168
DENMARK KRONE 4.6882 4.6837 4.7049 4.7028 4.7035
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.5914 1.5923 1.5847 1.5861 1.5855
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.8037 7.7967 7.7990 7.7976 7.7968
INDIA RUPEE 42.8000 43.1200 43.0500 42.7000 42.6600
JAPAN YEN 106.1800 104.7800 104.6400 105.8200 106.7500
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.2255 3.2150 3.2250 3.2327 3.2342
MEXICO PESO 10.2955 10.3215 10.2593 10.2235 10.2030
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7637 0.7721 0.7719 0.7660 0.7626
NORWAY KRONE 5.0565 5.0510 5.0920 5.0734 5.0802
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.3527 1.3472 1.3480 1.3507 1.3512
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.6465 7.6401 7.6080 7.5350 7.6030
SOUTH KOREA WON 1003.8000 1006.3000 1006.7500 1011.0000 1013.0000
SRI LANKA RUPEE 107.6200 107.6000 107.5500 107.5500 107.5500
SWEDEN KRONA 5.9600 5.9611 6.0066 5.9636 5.9584
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.0162 1.0089 1.0148 1.0197 1.0207
TAIWAN DOLLAR 30.4000 30.3800 30.3500 30.3500 30.3200
THAILAND BAHT 33.6500 33.4300 33.4500 33.4300 33.3200
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.9925 2.0036 1.9995 2.0038 1.9985
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
N = No data for this date                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

   Memo:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR Jul. 14 Jul. 15 Jul. 16 Jul. 17 Jul. 18
1)BROAD JAN97=100 95.0675 94.7922 94.8341 94.8748 95.0226
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 70.3766 70.0318 70.1819 70.2888 70.5088
3)OITP JAN97=100 121.9624 121.8550 121.7013 121.6202 121.6181
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   For more information on exchange rate indexes for the U.S. dollar, see "Indexes of the Foreign                                                                                                                                               
   Exchange Value of the Dollar," Federal Reserve Bulletin, 91:1 (Winter 2005), pp. 1-8                                                                                                                                                         
   (http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/bulletin/2005/winter05_index.pdf). Weights for the broad index                                                                                                                                           
   can be found at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/H10/Weights; weights for the major currencie                                                                                                                                          
   index and the other important trading partners (OITP) index are derived from the broad index                                                                                                                                                 
   weights. The most recent annual revision of the currency weights and dollar indexes took effect                                                                                                                                              
   with the January 2, 2007 release of this report.                                                                                                                                                                                             
   The source for exchange rates not listed in the table above but used in the calculation of the                                                                                                                                               
   broad and OITP indexes is Bloomberg L.P.                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   *  U.S. dollars per currency unit.                                                                                                                                                                                                           
   1) A weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against the currencies                                                                                                                                                
   of a broad group of major U.S. trading partners.                                                                                                                                                                                             
   2) A weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against a subset of                                                                                                                                                   
   the broad index currencies that circulate widely outside the country of issue.                                                                                                                                                               
   3) A weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against a subset of                                                                                                                                                   
   the broad index currencies that do not circulate widely outside the country of issue.                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   The euro is reported in place of the individual euro-area currencies. These currency rates can                                                                                                                                               
   be derived from the dollar/euro rate by using the fixed conversion rates (in currencies per euro)                                                                                                                                            
   given below:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
          1 EURO  =  13.7603  AUSTRIAN SCHILLINGS                                                                                                                                                                                               
                  =  40.3399  BELGIAN FRANCS                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                  =  5.94573  FINNISH MARKKAS                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                  =  6.55957  FRENCH FRANCS                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                  =  1.95583  GERMAN MARKS                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                  =  .787564  IRISH POUNDS                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                  =  1936.27  ITALIAN LIRE                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                  =  40.3399  LUXEMBOURG FRANCS                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                  =  2.20371  NETHERLANDS GUILDERS                                                                                                                                                                                              
                  =  200.482  PORTUGUESE ESCUDOS                                                                                                                                                                                                
                  =  166.386  SPANISH PESETAS                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                  =  340.750  GREEK DRACHMAS                                                                                                                                                                                                    


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