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Release Date: November 01, 2004
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G.5(405) October 29, 2004
 

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
 

THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN OCTOBER 2004 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
2004
October
2004
September
2004
August
2003
October
 *AUSTRALIA        DOLLAR          0.7337       0.7028       0.7111       0.6948 
  BRAZIL           REAL            2.8520       2.8914       3.0018       2.8628 
  CANADA           DOLLAR          1.2469       1.2881       1.3127       1.3221 
  CHINA, P.R.      YUAN            8.2765       8.2767       8.2768       8.2768 
  DENMARK          KRONE           5.9486       6.0866       6.1007       6.3449 
 *EMU MEMBERS      EURO            1.2507       1.2224       1.2191       1.1714 
  HONG KONG        DOLLAR          7.7889       7.7995       7.7997       7.7427 
  INDIA            RUPEE          45.74        46.05        46.32        45.40   
  JAPAN            YEN           108.78       110.09       110.23       109.50   
  MALAYSIA         RINGGIT         3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000 
  MEXICO           PESO           11.404       11.487       11.395       11.180  
 *NEW ZEALAND      DOLLAR          0.6846       0.6594       0.6561       0.6020 
  NORWAY           KRONE           6.5809       6.8416       6.8369       7.0331 
  SINGAPORE        DOLLAR          1.6767       1.6948       1.7145       1.7345 
  SOUTH AFRICA     RAND            6.3815       6.5349       6.4667       6.9644 
  SOUTH KOREA      WON          1141.57      1148.72      1158.03      1169.34   
  SRI LANKA        RUPEE         103.885      103.326      103.436       94.560  
  SWEDEN           KRONA           7.2453       7.4356       7.5362       7.6957 
  SWITZERLAND      FRANC           1.2330       1.2629       1.2623       1.3222 
  TAIWAN           DOLLAR         33.775       33.893       34.023       33.875  
  THAILAND         BAHT           41.294       41.474       41.521       39.760  
 *UNITED KINGDOM   POUND           1.8077       1.7937       1.8203       1.6792 
  VENEZUELA        BOLIVAR      1918.08      1920.00      1920.00      1600.00   
                       
  MEMO:                
  UNITED STATES    DOLLAR        
1)BROAD            JAN97=100     
2)MAJOR CURRENCY   MAR73=100      84.32        86.25        86.72        88.82   
3)OITP             JAN97=100     144.50       145.17       145.47       143.83   
                       
 

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 (OITP) 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 December 31, 2003, release of this 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.
 

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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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