H.10(512) May 25, 2001 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 25, 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 May. 21 May. 22 May. 23 May. 24 May. 25 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5290 0.5231 0.5188 0.5175 0.5193 BRAZIL REAL 2.3270 2.3020 2.3450 2.3550 2.3400 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5325 1.5415 1.5452 1.5474 1.5455 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2778 8.2774 8.2771 8.2770 8.2771 DENMARK KRONE 8.5130 8.6050 8.6740 8.6985 8.6900 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 0.8762 0.8657 0.8598 0.8570 0.8577 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7998 7.8003 7.7999 7.8000 7.8002 INDIA RUPEE 47.00 47.06 47.02 47.02 47.02 JAPAN YEN 122.91 122.79 120.39 120.15 120.75 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 8.946 8.980 9.050 9.088 9.090 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4270 0.4241 0.4205 0.4225 0.4242 NORWAY KRONE 9.0700 9.1650 9.2325 9.2090 9.1980 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.8108 1.8098 1.8052 1.8005 1.8093 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.8975 7.9130 7.9500 7.9650 7.9050 SOUTH KOREA WON 1303.00 1305.00 1287.00 1286.00 1289.30 SRI LANKA RUPEE 90.650 90.650 90.650 90.850 90.950 SWEDEN KRONA 10.2425 10.3700 10.5070 10.5250 10.5350 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.7485 1.7666 1.7755 1.7793 1.7790 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.450 33.470 33.450 33.500 33.550 THAILAND BAHT 45.620 45.640 45.500 45.430 45.590 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4380 1.4278 1.4245 1.4103 1.4207 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 715.00 715.00 716.25 716.56 717.26 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 126.56 127.04 126.99 127.18 127.22 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 104.91 105.60 105.49 105.69 105.68 3)OITP JAN97=100 135.59 135.62 135.71 135.82 135.95 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.