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Release Date: December 19, 2005
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H.10(512)                                                               December 19, 2005



 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 16, 2005

 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. 12      Dec. 13      Dec. 14      Dec. 15      Dec. 16

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.7554       0.7545       0.7567       0.7470       0.7430
  BRAZIL         REAL           2.2590       2.2550       2.2848       2.2965       2.3365
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.1507       1.1516       1.1531       1.1580       1.1560
  CHINA, P.R.    YUAN           8.0770       8.0751       8.0726       8.0740       8.0735
  DENMARK        KRONE          6.2227       6.2443       6.1874       6.2266       6.2037
 *EMU MEMBERS    EURO           1.1969       1.1926       1.2041       1.1965       1.2012
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7534       7.7532       7.7528       7.7526       7.7518
  INDIA          RUPEE         46.00        46.01        45.63        45.28        45.19
  JAPAN          YEN          119.90       120.11       116.81       116.55       115.78
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        3.7755       3.7725       3.7780       3.7775       3.7792
  MEXICO         PESO          10.623       10.633       10.746       10.727       10.765
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.7116       0.7063       0.7071       0.6910       0.6887
  NORWAY         KRONE          6.6435       6.6578       6.5944       6.6361       6.6467
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR         1.6800       1.6741       1.6691       1.6679       1.6665
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND           6.3225       6.2925       6.3135       6.4300       6.4005
  SOUTH KOREA    WON         1033.40      1025.00      1012.00      1014.95      1015.90
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE        101.980      101.980      101.960      101.700      102.030
  SWEDEN         KRONA          7.8748       7.9164       7.8323       7.9072       7.8679
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC          1.2880       1.2952       1.2788       1.2889       1.2897
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        33.550       33.450       33.318       33.180       33.120
  THAILAND       BAHT          41.210       41.130       40.990       40.900       40.910
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.7740       1.7674       1.7739       1.7648       1.7716
  VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR     2144.60      2144.60      2144.60      2144.60      2144.60

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES   DOLLAR
1)BROAD          JAN97=100    111.49       111.57       111.08       111.32       111.19
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100     85.30        85.51        84.73        85.09        84.80
3)OITP           JAN97=100    137.88       137.73       137.84       137.82       138.03


 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 2005, and is reflected in the December 19, 2005 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 Bloomberg.

 *  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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