Federal Reserve Statistical Release, H.10, Foreign Exchange Rates (Weekly); title with eagle logo links to Statistical Release home page
Release Date: April 3, 2006
Release dates | Daily update | Dollar indexes, summary measures
Currency weights | Historical data | About
Current release  Other formats: Screen reader | ASCII

H.10(512)                                                                   April 3, 2006



 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 31, 2006

 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       Mar. 27      Mar. 28      Mar. 29      Mar. 30      Mar. 31

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.7056       0.7086       0.7058       0.7140       0.7165
  BRAZIL         REAL           2.2010       2.2233       2.2175       2.1910       2.1720
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.1685       1.1696       1.1722       1.1628       1.1670
  CHINA, P.R.    YUAN           8.0245       8.0212       8.0280       8.0270       8.0167
  DENMARK        KRONE          6.2102       6.1779       6.2027       6.1505       6.1467
 *EMU MEMBERS    EURO           1.2015       1.2078       1.2030       1.2132       1.2139
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7590       7.7590       7.7598       7.7595       7.7597
  INDIA          RUPEE         44.58        44.49        44.53        44.45        44.48
  JAPAN          YEN          116.62       117.23       117.80       117.41       117.48
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        3.6925       3.6945       3.6960       3.6945       3.6821
  MEXICO         PESO          10.939       10.942       10.948       10.930       10.898
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.6063       0.6039       0.6035       0.6104       0.6164
  NORWAY         KRONE          6.6231       6.5691       6.6262       6.5625       6.5460
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR         1.6191       1.6194       1.6210       1.6177       1.6157
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND           6.2835       6.2615       6.3100       6.1815       6.1500
  SOUTH KOREA    WON          975.40       976.50       974.90       975.70       971.40
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE        102.710      102.730      102.780      102.780      102.550
  SWEDEN         KRONA          7.7819       7.7599       7.8385       7.7509       7.7653
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC          1.3092       1.3005       1.3091       1.2989       1.3025
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        32.560       32.600       32.550       32.490       32.420
  THAILAND       BAHT          38.840       38.910       38.910       38.830       38.840
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.7470       1.7497       1.7356       1.7448       1.7393
  VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR     2144.60      2144.60      2144.60      2144.60      2144.60

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES   DOLLAR
1)BROAD          JAN97=100    111.01       110.99       111.25       110.75       110.72
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100     85.41        85.33        85.69        85.07        85.19
3)OITP           JAN97=100    136.44       136.52       136.57       136.37       136.08


 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 "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 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

 For information about your subscription to this release or about receiving it in document form,
 please call publication services at Federal Reserve Board at (202) 452-3244.

Release dates | Daily update | Dollar indexes, summary measures
Currency weights | Historical data | About
Current release  Other formats: Screen reader | ASCII

Statistical releases