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Release Date: November 13, 2000

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H.10(512) November 10, 2000
 

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
 

FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 10, 2000
 

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)
 

 

COUNTRYMONETARY
UNIT
Nov. 6 Nov. 7 Nov. 8 Nov. 9 Nov. 10
*AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR        0.5280       0.5280       0.5264       0.5252       0.5220 
 BRAZIL         REAL          1.9410       1.9545       1.9550       1.9630       1.9510 
 CANADA         DOLLAR        1.5305       1.5315       1.5432       1.5455       1.5460 
 CHINA, P.R.    YUAN          8.2771       8.2769       8.2772       8.2768       8.2772 
 DENMARK        KRONE         8.6820       8.6810       8.7075       8.6944       8.6470 
*EMU MEMBERS    EURO          0.8584       0.8583       0.8559       0.8574       0.8625 
 GREECE         DRACHMA     396.30       396.00       397.50       396.80       394.75   
 HONG KONG      DOLLAR        7.7982       7.7985       7.7990       7.7990       7.7992 
 INDIA          RUPEE        46.64        46.70        46.72        46.75        46.78   
 JAPAN          YEN         107.34       107.30       107.57       107.41       107.83   
 MALAYSIA       RINGGIT       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000 
 MEXICO         PESO          9.640        9.648        9.618        9.648        9.605  
*NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR        0.3993       0.3985       0.3975       0.3995       0.3970 
 NORWAY         KRONE         9.3020       9.2760       9.2950       9.2935       9.2825 
 SINGAPORE      DOLLAR        1.7323       1.7364       1.7383       1.7405       1.7432 
 SOUTH AFRICA   RAND          7.5480       7.6240       7.6645       7.7425       7.6020 
 SOUTH KOREA    WON        1135.00      1139.00      1136.50      1132.00      1137.00   
 SRI LANKA      RUPEE        80.060       80.380       80.200       79.900       80.000  
 SWEDEN         KRONA         9.9980      10.0010      10.0000      10.0220       9.9685 
 SWITZERLAND    FRANC         1.7725       1.7728       1.7775       1.7739       1.7657 
 TAIWAN         DOLLAR       32.150       32.150       32.130       32.100       32.070  
 THAILAND       BAHT         43.400       43.630       43.600       43.600       43.730  
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND         1.4320       1.4310       1.4236       1.4242       1.4305 
 VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR     694.75       695.24       695.40       695.24       695.50   
       
 MEMO:                
  UNITED STATES  DOLLAR        
1)BROAD         JAN97=100    124.07        124.21       124.48       124.49       124.36   
2)MAJOR CURRENCYMAR73=100    102.35        102.37       102.81       102.76       102.64   
3)OITP          JAN97=100    133.61        133.93       133.86       133.97       133.85   
 

 

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/) 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/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 has
produced revised index values that appear in the dollar indexes starting with the
November 1, 1999, release.
 

* 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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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 = 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
 

 


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