H.10(512) June 6, 2003 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 6, 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 Jun. 2 Jun. 3 Jun. 4 Jun. 5 Jun. 6 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6564 0.6599 0.6657 0.6674 0.6591 BRAZIL REAL 2.9770 2.9620 2.9250 2.8970 2.8850 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3696 1.3768 1.3575 1.3404 1.3540 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2768 8.2769 8.2770 8.2770 8.2770 DENMARK KRONE 6.3240 6.3435 6.3447 6.2530 6.3500 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.1744 1.1702 1.1708 1.1870 1.1695 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7990 7.7987 7.7988 7.7990 7.7987 INDIA RUPEE 47.15 46.95 46.85 46.84 46.88 JAPAN YEN 118.52 119.27 118.60 117.61 118.83 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 10.244 10.270 10.388 10.560 10.508 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5802 0.5790 0.5803 0.5810 0.5772 NORWAY KRONE 6.7250 6.8640 6.9052 6.8750 6.9750 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7288 1.7282 1.7245 1.7175 1.7290 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 8.0200 8.0410 8.1650 7.9150 8.0400 SOUTH KOREA WON 1203.00 1201.50 1201.00 1200.30 1200.30 SRI LANKA RUPEE 97.250 97.250 97.270 97.370 97.300 SWEDEN KRONA 7.7730 7.7945 7.8008 7.6745 7.7990 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2973 1.3127 1.3129 1.2973 1.3233 TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.700 34.700 34.680 34.680 34.680 THAILAND BAHT 41.660 41.700 41.650 41.520 41.660 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6372 1.6278 1.6333 1.6597 1.6622 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 1600.00 1600.00 1600.00 1600.00 1600.00 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 117.97 118.28 117.97 117.37 118.03 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. 3)OITP JAN97=100 142.60 142.59 142.83 143.33 143.18 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.