H.10(512) January 24, 2003 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 24, 2003 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 Jan. 20 Jan. 21 Jan. 22 Jan. 23 Jan. 24 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5867 0.5862 0.5908 0.5922 BRAZIL REAL H 3.4610 3.5120 3.5305 3.6160 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5332 1.5324 1.5240 1.5220 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2771 8.2771 8.2771 8.2768 DENMARK KRONE O 6.9630 6.9350 6.9070 6.8700 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.0677 1.0729 1.0767 1.0825 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7995 7.7994 7.7994 7.7996 INDIA RUPEE L 47.97 47.93 47.92 47.90 JAPAN YEN 118.57 118.15 117.83 117.80 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO I 10.683 10.853 10.779 10.838 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5437 0.5437 0.5477 0.5502 NORWAY KRONE 6.9510 6.8940 6.9345 6.8725 SINGAPORE DOLLAR D 1.7355 1.7330 1.7308 1.7310 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 9.0450 8.9800 8.7350 8.7400 SOUTH KOREA WON 1178.00 1176.90 1166.10 1166.10 SRI LANKA RUPEE A 96.800 96.800 96.800 96.820 SWEDEN KRONA 8.6560 8.6230 8.6000 8.5250 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3687 1.3629 1.3580 1.3528 TAIWAN DOLLAR Y 34.630 34.590 34.610 34.550 THAILAND BAHT 42.830 42.750 42.720 42.690 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6123 1.6162 1.6233 1.6320 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 1893.00 1923.50 1923.50 1923.50 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 124.20 124.23 123.83 123.77 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 96.04 95.77 95.38 95.11 3)OITP JAN97=100 145.63 146.21 145.89 146.22 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.