H.10(512) April 11, 2003 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 11, 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 Apr. 7 Apr. 8 Apr. 9 Apr. 10 Apr. 11 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5970 0.6004 0.6032 0.6061 0.6047 BRAZIL REAL 3.1750 3.1750 3.1750 3.2200 3.2230 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4843 1.4677 1.4678 1.4570 1.4519 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2772 8.2773 8.2774 8.2773 8.2772 DENMARK KRONE 6.9975 6.9530 6.9230 6.8820 6.9095 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.0621 1.0684 1.0722 1.0803 1.0751 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7997 7.7996 7.7997 7.7997 7.7996 INDIA RUPEE 47.44 47.46 47.45 47.40 47.38 JAPAN YEN 120.41 119.91 120.55 119.58 120.47 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 10.684 10.737 10.770 10.755 10.708 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5375 0.5448 0.5456 0.5464 0.5450 NORWAY KRONE 7.3050 7.2800 7.2600 7.3080 7.3180 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7829 1.7838 1.7817 1.7755 1.7807 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 8.0450 8.0225 7.9237 7.7825 7.7900 SOUTH KOREA WON 1257.80 1253.50 1246.00 1230.00 1229.60 SRI LANKA RUPEE 96.920 96.970 96.990 96.950 96.990 SWEDEN KRONA 8.6425 8.5680 8.5270 8.4750 8.4900 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3995 1.3905 1.3858 1.3846 1.3933 TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.840 34.820 34.810 34.800 34.800 THAILAND BAHT 43.180 43.080 43.080 42.870 43.020 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5500 1.5507 1.5562 1.5719 1.5713 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 1600.00 1600.00 1600.00 1600.00 1600.00 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 123.97 123.55 123.51 122.93 123.05 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 95.51 94.86 94.82 94.11 94.33 3)OITP JAN97=100 146.04 146.13 146.12 145.94 145.83 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 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.