H.10(512) April 19, 2002 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 19, 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 Apr. 15 Apr. 16 Apr. 17 Apr. 18 Apr. 19 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5313 0.5320 0.5370 0.5387 0.5390 BRAZIL REAL 2.3240 2.3150 2.3190 2.3340 2.3235 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5892 1.5798 1.5745 1.5747 1.5723 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2771 8.2772 8.2772 8.2772 8.2775 DENMARK KRONE 8.4500 8.4205 8.3700 8.3570 8.3625 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 0.8802 0.8830 0.8885 0.8898 0.8893 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.8095 7.7995 7.8002 7.7995 7.7995 INDIA RUPEE 48.96 48.96 48.96 48.93 48.92 JAPAN YEN 131.95 131.19 130.70 129.84 130.50 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 9.182 9.163 9.205 9.242 9.224 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4403 0.4397 0.4440 0.4454 0.4467 NORWAY KRONE 8.6670 8.6580 8.6070 8.5850 8.5550 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.8367 1.8340 1.8287 1.8236 1.8222 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 11.1800 11.2350 11.1530 11.0980 11.1400 SOUTH KOREA WON 1327.90 1325.60 1318.70 1313.20 1312.20 SRI LANKA RUPEE 95.850 96.050 96.050 96.050 96.150 SWEDEN KRONA 10.3635 10.3820 10.2900 10.3290 10.2900 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.6666 1.6638 1.6550 1.6485 1.6508 TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.990 34.980 34.960 34.940 34.900 THAILAND BAHT 43.500 43.480 43.360 43.260 43.320 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4372 1.4396 1.4438 1.4479 1.4472 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 861.00 901.00 881.00 841.00 842.02 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 129.77 129.40 129.06 128.90 128.97 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 107.60 107.14 106.65 106.40 106.50 3)OITP JAN97=100 139.79 139.66 139.63 139.66 139.65 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.