H.10(512) February 8, 2002 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 8, 2002 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. 4 Feb. 5 Feb. 6 Feb. 7 Feb. 8 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5105 0.5087 0.5094 0.5070 0.5104 BRAZIL REAL 2.4245 2.4250 2.4300 2.4540 2.4656 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5919 1.5985 1.6042 1.6037 1.5970 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2766 8.2765 8.2767 8.2766 8.2767 DENMARK KRONE 8.5520 8.5660 8.5500 8.5465 8.5120 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 0.8685 0.8672 0.8693 0.8690 0.8727 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7999 7.7998 7.7998 7.7996 7.7993 INDIA RUPEE 48.61 48.69 48.71 48.72 48.70 JAPAN YEN 132.71 133.90 133.72 133.49 134.77 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8005 3.8005 MEXICO PESO 9.170 9.134 9.128 9.131 9.150 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4170 0.4164 0.4183 0.4149 0.4179 NORWAY KRONE 9.0360 9.0510 9.0075 9.0032 8.9840 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.8345 1.8347 1.8320 1.8301 1.8335 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 11.6350 11.6300 11.4800 11.4562 11.4800 SOUTH KOREA WON 1322.50 1316.80 1316.70 1318.20 1320.20 SRI LANKA RUPEE 93.850 93.600 93.600 93.450 93.600 SWEDEN KRONA 10.6390 10.6575 10.6100 10.6345 10.6010 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.7021 1.6970 1.6948 1.6948 1.6900 TAIWAN DOLLAR 35.050 34.990 35.020 35.030 35.080 THAILAND BAHT 44.000 44.020 43.990 43.860 43.980 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4197 1.4170 1.4138 1.4117 1.4176 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 768.00 768.25 771.01 781.01 793.00 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 129.71 129.92 129.93 129.95 129.97 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 108.67 109.12 109.13 109.11 109.02 3)OITP JAN97=100 138.12 137.95 137.94 138.03 138.20 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 January 7, 2002, 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.