H.10(512) April 18, 2003 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 18, 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. 14 Apr. 15 Apr. 16 Apr. 17 Apr. 18 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6031 0.6056 0.6115 0.6147 0.6144 BRAZIL REAL 3.1825 3.1150 3.0640 3.0350 3.0390 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4533 1.4515 1.4563 1.4490 1.4500 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2774 8.2773 8.2773 8.2771 8.2770 DENMARK KRONE 6.8945 6.8735 6.8300 6.8160 6.8250 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.0773 1.0801 1.0872 1.0907 1.0882 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7997 7.7996 7.7997 7.7997 7.7997 INDIA RUPEE 47.44 47.36 47.38 47.34 47.34 JAPAN YEN 120.30 120.20 120.04 119.30 119.72 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 10.615 10.650 10.625 10.545 10.550 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5467 0.5514 0.5575 0.5569 0.5565 NORWAY KRONE 7.3100 7.2630 7.2230 7.2020 7.2115 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7811 1.7815 1.7760 1.7670 1.7675 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.8225 7.7000 7.7050 7.6175 7.6625 SOUTH KOREA WON 1225.00 1220.00 1217.00 1207.00 1204.00 SRI LANKA RUPEE 96.990 97.060 97.060 97.050 97.050 SWEDEN KRONA 8.4730 8.4840 8.4240 8.4020 8.4125 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3895 1.3912 1.3785 1.3770 1.3810 TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.810 34.810 34.800 34.790 34.790 THAILAND BAHT 42.910 42.950 42.890 42.760 42.770 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5713 1.5705 1.5740 1.5748 1.5733 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 1600.00 1600.00 1600.00 1600.00 1600.00 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 122.83 122.70 122.44 121.96 122.09 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 94.26 94.13 93.93 93.54 93.72 3)OITP JAN97=100 145.38 145.29 144.99 144.47 144.45 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.