H.10(512) November 7, 2003 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 7, 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 Nov. 3 Nov. 4 Nov. 5 Nov. 6 Nov. 7 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6986 0.7017 0.7100 0.7075 0.7092 BRAZIL REAL 2.8550 2.8570 2.8610 2.8830 2.8670 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3323 1.3321 1.3312 1.3362 1.3237 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2766 8.2767 8.2767 8.2769 8.2770 DENMARK KRONE 6.4900 6.4660 6.4825 6.5135 6.4620 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.1454 1.1497 1.1473 1.1417 1.1505 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7673 7.7677 7.7685 7.7690 7.7692 INDIA RUPEE 45.32 45.31 45.34 45.30 45.33 JAPAN YEN 111.20 109.60 109.91 110.15 109.29 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 10.986 10.993 11.002 10.996 10.979 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6090 0.6112 0.6180 0.6136 0.6161 NORWAY KRONE 7.1850 7.1820 7.1850 7.2240 7.1590 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7457 1.7440 1.7415 1.7401 1.7395 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.9090 6.9175 6.9272 6.9900 6.9700 SOUTH KOREA WON 1186.00 1186.00 1187.00 1181.00 1180.00 SRI LANKA RUPEE 94.660 95.250 95.500 95.400 95.080 SWEDEN KRONA 7.9150 7.8550 7.8675 7.8865 7.7987 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3607 1.3593 1.3653 1.3737 1.3635 TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.020 34.000 34.060 34.000 34.000 THAILAND BAHT 39.960 39.940 39.880 39.950 39.950 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6786 1.6802 1.6780 1.6693 1.6708 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 1600.00 1600.00 1600.00 1600.00 1600.00 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 117.46 117.15 117.23 117.46 116.93 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 87.52 87.10 87.20 87.54 86.87 3)OITP JAN97=100 144.08 144.06 144.09 144.03 143.90 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.