H.10(512)                                                                  March 16, 2001



 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 16, 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       Mar. 12      Mar. 13      Mar. 14      Mar. 15      Mar. 16

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.5096       0.5031       0.4981       0.4944       0.4940
  BRAZIL         REAL           2.0650       2.0620       2.0750       2.1025       2.1290
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.5505       1.5477       1.5528       1.5595       1.5669
  CHINA, P.R.    YUAN           8.2784       8.2783       8.2778       8.2776       8.2771
  DENMARK        KRONE          8.0280       8.1600       8.1670       8.2510       8.3700
 *EMU MEMBERS    EURO           0.9300       0.9148       0.9133       0.9046       0.8929
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7999       7.7998       7.7999       7.8001       7.7997
  INDIA          RUPEE         46.57        46.70        46.69        46.66        46.69
  JAPAN          YEN          120.63       120.20       120.97       122.23       122.85
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000
  MEXICO         PESO           9.665        9.631        9.571        9.593        9.622
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.4204       0.4157       0.4162       0.4119       0.4135
  NORWAY         KRONE          8.8400       8.9800       8.9630       9.0725       9.1440
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR         1.7618       1.7612       1.7670       1.7700       1.7775
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND           7.7760       7.7900       7.8610       7.8482       7.9475
  SOUTH KOREA    WON         1280.00      1276.00      1278.00      1286.00      1295.00
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE         84.500       84.600       85.100       85.500       85.500
  SWEDEN         KRONA          9.8300      10.0135      10.0101      10.0980      10.2490
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC          1.6555       1.6838       1.6840       1.7002       1.7160
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        32.480       32.570       32.530       32.610       32.730
  THAILAND       BAHT          43.780       43.580       43.675       43.970       44.000
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.4670       1.4513       1.4497       1.4436       1.4265
  VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR      705.00       705.25       705.00       705.00       705.75

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES   DOLLAR
1)BROAD          JAN97=100    124.95       125.26       125.44       126.08       126.85
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100    102.61       103.19       103.53       104.32       105.18
3)OITP           JAN97=100    135.46       135.25       135.13       135.38       135.85


 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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