H.10(512)                                                               December 17, 2004



 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 17, 2004

 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       Dec. 13      Dec. 14      Dec. 15      Dec. 16      Dec. 17

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.7592       0.7566       0.7652       0.7563       0.7607
  BRAZIL         REAL           2.7600       2.7678       2.7350       2.7350       2.7130
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.2286       1.2377       1.2229       1.2363       1.2257
  CHINA, P.R.    YUAN           8.2767       8.2765       8.2765       8.2765       8.2765
  DENMARK        KRONE          5.5826       5.6046       5.5349       5.5909       5.5904
 *EMU MEMBERS    EURO           1.3309       1.3280       1.3429       1.3287       1.3295
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7749       7.7760       7.7743       7.7751       7.7796
  INDIA          RUPEE         44.15        44.05        43.86        43.75        43.88
  JAPAN          YEN          104.67       105.59       104.02       104.36       104.28
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000
  MEXICO         PESO          11.291       11.293       11.191       11.238       11.227
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.7103       0.7092       0.7191       0.7108       0.7139
  NORWAY         KRONE          6.1733       6.2005       6.1150       6.1660       6.1729
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR         1.6460       1.6495       1.6378       1.6427       1.6444
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND           5.7350       5.7350       5.7350       5.7725       5.7800
  SOUTH KOREA    WON         1061.30      1058.00      1061.00      1055.00      1060.00
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE        105.200      105.340      105.300      105.450      105.250
  SWEDEN         KRONA          6.7221       6.7593       6.6827       6.7580       6.7460
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC          1.1534       1.1566       1.1393       1.1555       1.1571
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        32.275       32.490       32.410       32.320       32.350
  THAILAND       BAHT          39.350       39.530       39.230       39.210       39.170
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.9235       1.9239       1.9446       1.9375       1.9390
  VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR     1915.20      1915.20      1915.20      1915.20      1915.20

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES   DOLLAR
1)BROAD          JAN97=100    109.60       109.91       108.99       109.55       109.36
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100     80.77        81.17        80.18        80.88        80.63
3)OITP           JAN97=100    141.89       141.92       141.40       141.50       141.48


 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
 in early December 2003, and is reflected in the December 22, 2003 release of this weekly report.
 The source for exchange rates not listed in the table above but used in the calculation of the
 broad and OITP indexes is Reuters Limited.

 *  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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