H.10(512) August 20, 1999 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 20, 1999 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 DOLLAR) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT Aug. 16 Aug. 17 Aug. 18 Aug. 19 Aug. 20 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6497 0.6485 0.6468 0.6365 0.6393 BRAZIL REAL 1.8850 1.8870 1.8920 1.9200 1.9925 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4815 1.4794 1.4832 1.4940 1.4942 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2774 8.2770 8.2772 8.2774 8.2774 DENMARK KRONE 7.0450 7.0650 7.0770 6.9927 6.9780 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.0557 1.0525 1.0505 1.0643 1.0654 GREECE DRACHMA 309.30 310.00 310.65 307.45 306.60 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7638 7.7643 7.7650 7.7644 7.7640 INDIA RUPEE 43.50 43.54 43.55 43.59 43.59 JAPAN YEN 114.83 114.18 112.30 111.14 111.44 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 9.360 9.339 9.324 9.385 9.400 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5262 0.5245 0.5328 0.5318 0.5339 NORWAY KRONE 7.7880 7.8030 7.8220 7.7430 7.7430 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6710 1.6810 1.6726 1.6778 1.6760 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.1050 6.1225 6.1260 6.1200 6.1125 SOUTH KOREA WON 1204.00 1206.00 1203.00 1200.00 1201.00 SRI LANKA RUPEE 72.100 71.690 72.050 71.660 72.000 SWEDEN KRONA 8.3020 8.3100 8.3350 8.2470 8.2290 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.5173 1.5215 1.5230 1.5025 1.4988 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.100 32.050 32.030 32.020 32.030 THAILAND BAHT 38.000 38.470 38.410 38.430 38.360 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6011 1.6036 1.6004 1.6180 1.6133 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 615.31 615.25 615.25 616.10 616.75 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 116.63 116.62 116.33 116.12 116.26 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 95.01 94.92 94.67 94.17 94.21 3)OITP JAN97=100 129.23 129.37 129.06 129.43 129.71 This release is available online at http://www.federalreserve.gov/release/. 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/) and "Index of the Weighted-Average Exchange Value of the U.S. Dollar: Revision," Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 64 (August 1978), p. 700. Weights for broad index can be found at http://www.federalreserve.gov/; weights for the major currencies index and the other important trading partners (OITP) index are derived from the broad index weights. * Value is U.S. dollars. 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. 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. As of the January 11, 1999 release, the euro is reported in place of the individual euro-area currencies. These currency rates can be derived from the euro rate by using the fixed conversion rates (in currencies per euro) given below: 1 EUR = 40.3399 BELGIAN FRANCS = 1.95583 GERMAN MARKS = 166.386 SPANISH PESETAS = 6.55957 FRENCH FRANCS = .787564 IRISH POUNDS = 1936.27 ITALIAN LIRE = 40.3399 LUXEMBOURG FRANCS = 2.20371 DUTCH GUILDERS = 13.7603 AUSTRIAN SCHILLINGS = 200.482 PORTUGUESE ESCUDOS = 5.94573 FINNISH MARKKAS