H.10(512) February 2, 2001 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 2, 2001 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 Jan. 29 Jan. 30 Jan. 31 Feb. 1 Feb. 2 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5432 0.5474 0.5480 0.5540 0.5521 BRAZIL REAL 1.9770 1.9695 1.9720 1.9825 1.9940 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5010 1.4985 1.4995 1.4948 1.4933 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2786 8.2786 8.2781 8.2772 8.2774 DENMARK KRONE 8.1306 8.0490 8.0173 7.9520 7.9775 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 0.9181 0.9264 0.9308 0.9384 0.9357 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7999 7.7995 7.7995 7.7990 7.7993 INDIA RUPEE 46.50 46.46 46.44 46.41 46.44 JAPAN YEN 116.67 115.75 116.39 115.33 115.65 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 9.670 9.665 9.679 9.733 9.769 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4340 0.4410 0.4425 0.4477 0.4450 NORWAY KRONE 8.9148 8.8400 8.8353 8.7550 8.7525 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7470 1.7460 1.7438 1.7370 1.7390 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.8750 7.8000 7.7700 7.7300 7.7750 SOUTH KOREA WON 1266.00 1265.50 1258.00 1257.00 1249.50 SRI LANKA RUPEE 89.500 89.900 90.000 90.400 88.500 SWEDEN KRONA 9.6442 9.5510 9.5227 9.4890 9.5125 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.6560 1.6455 1.6425 1.6330 1.6425 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.545 32.230 32.350 32.390 32.300 THAILAND BAHT 42.630 42.680 42.490 42.300 42.380 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4570 1.4615 1.4613 1.4775 1.4692 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 701.00 701.26 701.25 701.30 702.00 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 123.53 123.06 123.03 122.63 122.78 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 101.07 100.48 100.47 99.77 99.97 3)OITP JAN97=100 134.55 134.39 134.33 134.52 134.56 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/). 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 dollar indexes took effect with the February 5, 2001, release of this report. * 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. The euro is reported in place of the individual euro-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 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.