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H.10(512) February 1, 2002
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 2002
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)
MONETARY
COUNTRY UNIT Jan. 28 Jan. 29 Jan. 30 Jan. 31 Feb. 1
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5166 0.5140 0.5060 0.5072 0.5080
BRAZIL REAL 2.4295 2.4300 2.4440 2.4090 2.4140
CANADA DOLLAR 1.6126 1.5903 1.5910 1.5915 1.5908
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2767 8.2766 8.2765 8.2765 8.2766
DENMARK KRONE 8.6310 8.5950 8.5898 8.6470 8.6275
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 0.8605 0.8643 0.8648 0.8594 0.8613
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7970 7.7995 7.7998 7.7995 7.7998
INDIA RUPEE 48.37 48.43 48.53 48.56 48.55
JAPAN YEN 133.43 133.51 132.84 134.06 133.77
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000
MEXICO PESO 9.159 9.171 9.193 9.152 9.158
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4220 0.4228 0.4156 0.4167 0.4173
NORWAY KRONE 9.1110 9.0755 9.0634 9.1080 9.1050
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.8335 1.8340 1.8355 1.8365 1.8350
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 11.5500 11.4100 11.4600 11.4200 11.6800
SOUTH KOREA WON 1321.30 1313.60 1311.00 1314.40 1317.60
SRI LANKA RUPEE 93.600 93.600 93.600 93.600 93.600
SWEDEN KRONA 10.7290 10.6625 10.6506 10.6720 10.6800
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.7090 1.7038 1.7045 1.7190 1.7179
TAIWAN DOLLAR 35.020 35.000 34.990 34.990 35.000
THAILAND BAHT 44.100 44.070 43.980 44.050 44.060
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4074 1.4132 1.4160 1.4120 1.4158
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 764.75 764.50 765.25 766.20 767.75
MEMO:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR
1)BROAD JAN97=100 130.31 129.86 129.82 130.07 129.99
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 109.63 108.99 108.87 109.37 109.20
3)OITP JAN97=100 138.07 138.01 138.09 137.90 137.98
This release is available online at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/H10.
For more information on exchange rate indexes for the U.S. dollar, see "New Summary Measures
of the Foreign Exchange Value of the Dollar," Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 84 (October 1998),
pp. 811-18 (http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/bulletin/). Weights for the broad index can be
found at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/H10/Weights; weights for the major currencies
index and the other important trading partners (OITP) index are derived from the broad index
weights. The most recent annual revision to the trade weights and dollar indexes took effect
with the January 7, 2002, release of this report.
* 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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