H.10(512) April 6, 2001 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 6, 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 Apr. 2 Apr. 3 Apr. 4 Apr. 5 Apr. 6 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.4828 0.4860 0.4893 0.4898 0.4958 BRAZIL REAL 2.1580 2.1730 2.1650 2.1680 2.1510 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5750 1.5790 1.5697 1.5788 1.5615 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2776 8.2772 8.2771 8.2768 8.2767 DENMARK KRONE 8.4570 8.3540 8.2862 8.3155 8.2925 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 0.8824 0.8930 0.9013 0.8976 0.9002 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7983 7.7990 7.7986 7.7990 7.7987 INDIA RUPEE 46.65 46.67 46.60 46.64 46.58 JAPAN YEN 126.75 125.41 125.38 124.33 124.03 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 9.414 9.394 9.423 9.388 9.405 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.3993 0.4030 0.4045 0.4038 0.4046 NORWAY KRONE 9.1610 9.1075 9.0783 9.0720 9.0505 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.8157 1.8115 1.8166 1.8090 1.8140 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 8.1100 8.1200 8.0740 8.0825 8.0650 SOUTH KOREA WON 1350.00 1350.00 1369.00 1352.00 1342.10 SRI LANKA RUPEE 86.600 87.500 88.100 88.100 88.100 SWEDEN KRONA 10.3850 10.2720 10.2340 10.1910 10.1150 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.7317 1.7120 1.6951 1.7020 1.7000 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.970 32.890 33.000 32.900 32.900 THAILAND BAHT 45.160 45.150 45.390 45.370 45.520 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4200 1.4305 1.4350 1.4266 1.4383 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 708.25 708.25 708.50 709.00 709.26 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 128.08 127.59 127.36 127.33 126.92 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 106.65 105.95 105.37 105.53 104.91 3)OITP JAN97=100 136.44 136.39 136.78 136.43 136.46 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.