H.10(512) February 15, 2002 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 15, 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. 11 Feb. 12 Feb. 13 Feb. 14 Feb. 15 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5125 0.5087 0.5087 0.5167 0.5167 BRAZIL REAL 2.4580 2.4570 2.4220 2.4275 2.4340 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5895 1.5919 1.5910 1.5919 1.5908 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2768 8.2768 8.2768 8.2768 8.2768 DENMARK KRONE 8.4675 8.4750 8.5150 8.5250 8.5125 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 0.8778 0.8768 0.8730 0.8713 0.8730 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7997 7.7998 7.7997 7.7998 7.7995 INDIA RUPEE 48.75 48.69 48.90 48.71 48.71 JAPAN YEN 133.62 132.82 133.23 132.26 132.76 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8005 3.8005 MEXICO PESO 9.080 9.096 9.048 9.089 9.063 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4201 0.4182 0.4179 0.4205 0.4223 NORWAY KRONE 8.9350 8.9250 8.9575 8.9275 8.8875 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.8309 1.8295 1.8300 1.8205 1.8255 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 11.5800 11.4300 11.5300 11.5650 11.4500 SOUTH KOREA WON 1320.20 1320.20 1324.50 1316.20 1315.20 SRI LANKA RUPEE 93.600 93.600 93.600 93.600 93.600 SWEDEN KRONA 10.5550 10.5670 10.5850 10.5475 10.5000 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.6835 1.6855 1.6970 1.7005 1.6980 TAIWAN DOLLAR 35.080 35.080 35.080 35.080 35.100 THAILAND BAHT 43.870 43.830 43.810 43.620 43.610 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4237 1.4322 1.4298 1.4285 1.4315 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 796.00 796.00 996.50 851.00 891.00 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 129.45 129.39 129.58 129.40 129.38 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 108.37 108.28 108.52 108.38 108.36 3)OITP JAN97=100 137.97 137.97 138.06 137.86 137.83 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.