H.10(512) August 2, 2002 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 2, 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 Jul. 29 Jul. 30 Jul. 31 Aug. 1 Aug. 2 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5410 0.5445 0.5445 0.5387 0.5396 BRAZIL REAL 3.1365 3.2650 3.4850 3.2700 3.0700 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5725 1.5735 1.5845 1.5867 1.5885 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2767 8.2766 8.2767 8.2766 8.2768 DENMARK KRONE 7.5970 7.5260 7.5830 7.5470 7.5160 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 0.9779 0.9879 0.9796 0.9843 0.9882 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7999 7.8000 7.8000 7.8000 7.8000 INDIA RUPEE 48.76 48.74 48.69 48.68 48.68 JAPAN YEN 119.87 119.90 119.77 119.10 118.98 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 9.709 9.748 9.800 9.878 9.848 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4685 0.4701 0.4685 0.4642 0.4640 NORWAY KRONE 7.6960 7.5280 7.6200 7.6430 7.6210 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7691 1.7630 1.7630 1.7567 1.7518 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 10.0900 10.1500 10.1900 10.2700 10.2400 SOUTH KOREA WON 1195.00 1188.00 1183.00 1182.80 1184.30 SRI LANKA RUPEE 96.170 96.200 96.230 96.300 96.300 SWEDEN KRONA 9.4780 9.3770 9.5150 9.5520 9.5720 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4893 1.4749 1.4833 1.4703 1.4708 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.760 33.660 33.610 33.520 33.570 THAILAND BAHT 42.470 42.030 42.040 42.150 42.160 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5570 1.5725 1.5625 1.5578 1.5709 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 1329.00 1336.00 1341.00 1356.00 1347.00 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 125.61 125.37 125.92 125.73 125.42 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 100.49 100.07 100.60 100.40 100.22 3)OITP JAN97=100 141.39 141.50 141.96 141.85 141.37 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.