H.10(512)                                                               November 17, 2000



 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 17, 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)


                 MONETARY
   COUNTRY         UNIT       Nov. 13      Nov. 14      Nov. 15      Nov. 16      Nov. 17

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.5205       0.5190       0.5203       0.5183       0.5190
  BRAZIL         REAL           1.9590       1.9450       1.9490       1.9475       1.9680
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.5472       1.5445       1.5500       1.5523       1.5600
  CHINA, P.R.    YUAN           8.2768       8.2773       8.2768       8.2773       8.2769
  DENMARK        KRONE          8.6630       8.7065       8.7060       8.7430       8.7550
 *EMU MEMBERS    EURO           0.8607       0.8573       0.8570       0.8532       0.8516
  GREECE         DRACHMA      395.30       396.95       396.85       398.60       399.60
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7991       7.7995       7.7995       7.7990       7.7998
  INDIA          RUPEE         46.77        46.85        46.83        46.85        46.82
  JAPAN          YEN          107.70       108.15       108.75       109.08       108.86
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000
  MEXICO         PESO           9.571        9.495        9.465        9.497        9.478
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.3958       0.3958       0.3985       0.3970       0.4005
  NORWAY         KRONE          9.2945       9.3784       9.3630       9.3710       9.3910
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR         1.7435       1.7440       1.7450       1.7525       1.7545
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND           7.6500       7.6580       7.6890       7.6850       7.7075
  SOUTH KOREA    WON         1141.00      1139.00      1138.70      1141.30      1144.50
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE         80.400       80.400       80.400       80.100       80.600
  SWEDEN         KRONA         10.0480      10.1048      10.0940      10.1400      10.1700
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC          1.7637       1.7723       1.7815       1.7883       1.7915
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        32.170       32.180       32.150       32.240       32.310
  THAILAND       BAHT          43.670       43.730       43.690       44.165       44.260
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.4388       1.4306       1.4257       1.4228       1.4230
  VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR      695.55       695.75       696.00       696.00       695.75

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES   DOLLAR
1)BROAD          JAN97=100    124.38       124.44       124.62       124.92       125.07
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100    102.66       102.92       103.24       103.52       103.69
3)OITP           JAN97=100    133.85       133.58       133.51       133.75       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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 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