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Release Date: July 01, 2002
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G.5(405) June 28, 2002
 

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
 

THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN JUNE 2002 TOGETHER
WITH COMPARABLE FIGURES FOR OTHER MONTHS. AVERAGES ARE BASED ON DAILY NOON BUYING
RATES FOR CABLE TRANSFERS IN NEW YORK CITY CERTIFIED FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSES BY
THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK.
 

 

(Currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted)
COUNTRYMONETARY
UNIT
2002
June
2002
May
2002
April
2001
June
 *AUSTRALIA        DOLLAR          0.5682       0.5498       0.5352       0.5180 
  BRAZIL           REAL            2.7144       2.4753       2.3227       2.3788 
  CANADA           DOLLAR          1.5318       1.5502       1.5815       1.5245 
  CHINA, P.R.      YUAN            8.2767       8.2770       8.2772       8.2770 
  DENMARK          KRONE           7.7775       8.1098       8.3942       8.7397 
 *EMU MEMBERS      EURO            0.9561       0.9170       0.8860       0.8530 
  HONG KONG        DOLLAR          7.8000       7.7994       7.8000       7.7997 
  INDIA            RUPEE          48.98        49.02        48.94        47.04   
  JAPAN            YEN           123.29       126.38       130.77       122.35   
  MALAYSIA         RINGGIT         3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000 
  MEXICO           PESO            9.767        9.510        9.165        9.088  
 *NEW ZEALAND      DOLLAR          0.4886       0.4610       0.4428       0.4141 
  NORWAY           KRONE           7.7533       8.2050       8.6102       9.3014 
  SINGAPORE        DOLLAR          1.7831       1.8004       1.8285       1.8170 
  SOUTH AFRICA     RAND           10.1841      10.1615      11.0832       8.0595 
  SOUTH KOREA      WON          1219.70      1262.20      1318.09      1295.05   
  SRI LANKA        RUPEE          96.408       96.318       96.030       90.371  
  SWEDEN           KRONA           9.5376      10.0642      10.3070      10.7930 
  SWITZERLAND      FRANC           1.5399       1.5889       1.6542       1.7856 
  TAIWAN           DOLLAR         33.889       34.454       34.917       34.328  
  THAILAND         BAHT           42.160       42.816       43.442       45.263  
 *UNITED KINGDOM   POUND           1.4837       1.4598       1.4429       1.4020 
  VENEZUELA        BOLIVAR      1212.07       985.80       871.38       717.27   
                       
  MEMO:                
  UNITED STATES    DOLLAR        
1)BROAD            JAN97=100     
2)MAJOR CURRENCY   MAR73=100     101.42       104.09       107.03       105.93   
3)OITP             JAN97=100     140.70       139.71       138.86       136.24   
                       
 

This release is available online at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/G5.
 

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 (OITIP) index are derived from the broad index
weights. The most recent annual revision to the trade weights and the dollar indexes took effect
with the February 1, 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.
 

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The euro is reported in place of the individual eure-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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