H.10(512) March 21, 2003 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 21, 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 Mar. 17 Mar. 18 Mar. 19 Mar. 20 Mar. 21 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5922 0.5927 0.5913 0.5935 0.5905 BRAZIL REAL 3.4050 3.4450 3.4760 3.4860 3.4250 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4835 1.4788 1.4804 1.4788 1.4905 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2772 8.2772 8.2773 8.2773 8.2773 DENMARK KRONE 6.9950 6.9930 7.0150 6.9950 7.0480 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.0606 1.0624 1.0590 1.0613 1.0545 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7993 7.7989 7.7992 7.7990 7.7990 INDIA RUPEE 47.68 47.68 47.72 47.75 47.66 JAPAN YEN 118.45 118.90 120.13 120.05 121.42 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 10.865 10.795 10.855 10.865 10.758 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5486 0.5480 0.5505 0.5535 0.5482 NORWAY KRONE 7.3545 7.4570 7.4375 7.4125 7.4640 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7658 1.7670 1.7724 1.7650 1.7713 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 8.2575 8.2100 8.1700 8.1300 8.1950 SOUTH KOREA WON 1249.80 1254.80 1258.00 1245.00 1254.00 SRI LANKA RUPEE 96.940 96.940 96.950 96.960 96.960 SWEDEN KRONA 8.6680 8.6990 8.6750 8.6390 8.7030 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3845 1.3843 1.3903 1.3870 1.4000 TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.700 34.710 34.800 34.760 34.790 THAILAND BAHT 42.790 42.920 43.030 42.990 43.070 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5682 1.5624 1.5648 1.5670 1.5660 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 1600.00 1600.00 1600.00 1600.00 1600.00 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 124.14 124.10 124.47 124.29 124.66 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 95.09 95.06 95.41 95.26 95.99 3)OITP JAN97=100 147.27 147.21 147.52 147.34 146.96 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 30, 2003 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.