H.10(512)                                                                   March 2, 2001



 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 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       Feb. 26      Feb. 27      Feb. 28      Mar. 1       Mar. 2

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.5213       0.5236       0.5248       0.5262       0.5292
  BRAZIL         REAL           2.0300       2.0340       2.0465       2.0430       2.0320
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.5314       1.5261       1.5320       1.5465       1.5489
  CHINA, P.R.    YUAN           8.2776       8.2781       8.2783       8.2778       8.2782
  DENMARK        KRONE          8.2080       8.1730       8.1000       8.0350       7.9910
 *EMU MEMBERS    EURO           0.9093       0.9128       0.9212       0.9291       0.9340
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7999       7.8000       7.8000       7.8000       7.8000
  INDIA          RUPEE         46.66        46.68        46.59        46.59        46.59
  JAPAN          YEN          116.63       116.20       117.28       117.33       119.06
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000
  MEXICO         PESO           9.668        9.684        9.693        9.706        9.667
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.4271       0.4318       0.4303       0.4330       0.4375
  NORWAY         KRONE          9.0360       9.0050       8.9225       8.8650       8.8010
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR         1.7443       1.7410       1.7451       1.7468       1.7500
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND           7.7820       7.7230       7.7020       7.7375       7.7440
  SOUTH KOREA    WON         1247.10      1249.50      1254.80      1253.10      1268.00
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE         86.080       87.000       87.000       87.000       87.000
  SWEDEN         KRONA          9.9220       9.9080       9.8150       9.7325       9.6820
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC          1.6895       1.6837       1.6736       1.6557       1.6465
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        32.400       32.400       32.400       32.380       32.400
  THAILAND       BAHT          43.050       42.850       43.110       43.290       43.390
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.4440       1.4405       1.4433       1.4553       1.4725
  VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR      703.85       704.90       705.00       705.56       705.00

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES   DOLLAR
1)BROAD          JAN97=100    124.36       124.16       124.23       124.20       124.26
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100    102.27       101.95       101.95       101.87       101.97
3)OITP           JAN97=100    134.58       134.63       134.79       134.85       134.85


 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/). 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

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