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H.10(512) December 8, 2000
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 8, 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 Dec. 4 Dec. 5 Dec. 6 Dec. 7 Dec. 8
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5431 0.5405 0.5448 0.5470 0.5445
BRAZIL REAL 1.9840 1.9600 1.9670 1.9740 1.9690
CANADA DOLLAR 1.5458 1.5438 1.5323 1.5223 1.5205
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2771 8.2770 8.2770 8.2770 8.2769
DENMARK KRONE 8.4050 8.4705 8.3970 8.3900 8.4340
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 0.8875 0.8804 0.8877 0.8891 0.8838
GREECE DRACHMA 384.25 387.15 383.80 383.30 385.70
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7995 7.8000 7.7974 7.7975 7.7963
INDIA RUPEE 46.88 46.80 46.78 46.80 46.80
JAPAN YEN 111.07 111.00 110.42 110.70 111.29
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000
MEXICO PESO 9.414 9.375 9.408 9.429 9.399
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4216 0.4209 0.4250 0.4272 0.4274
NORWAY KRONE 9.1575 9.1840 9.0711 9.1250 9.1550
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7445 1.7438 1.7430 1.7335 1.7363
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.6450 7.6550 7.5820 7.6175 7.6400
SOUTH KOREA WON 1220.00 1204.00 1201.00 1201.00 1192.00
SRI LANKA RUPEE 81.100 81.100 81.200 81.200 81.100
SWEDEN KRONA 9.7250 9.7420 9.6300 9.7130 9.7350
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.7060 1.7153 1.7078 1.7015 1.7063
TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.050 33.050 33.050 33.080 33.060
THAILAND BAHT 43.700 43.680 43.620 43.440 43.610
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4523 1.4410 1.4365 1.4400 1.4442
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 697.76 698.00 698.25 698.00 698.00
MEMO:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR
1)BROAD JAN97=100 124.30 124.35 123.98 123.84 123.96
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 102.09 102.38 101.74 101.53 101.81
3)OITP JAN97=100 134.60 134.24 134.40 134.42 134.24
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.
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 = 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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