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H.10(512) December 19, 2003
 

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
 

FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 19, 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)
 

 

COUNTRYMONETARY
UNIT
Dec. 15Dec. 16Dec. 17Dec. 18Dec. 19
*AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR        0.7429       0.7436       0.7408       0.7374       0.7365 
 BRAZIL         REAL          2.9220       2.9375       2.9360       2.9330       2.9300 
 CANADA         DOLLAR        1.3129       1.3185       1.3250       1.3295       1.3405 
 CHINA, P.R.    YUAN          8.2772       8.2771       8.2769       8.2765       8.2770 
 DENMARK        KRONE         6.0540       6.0375       6.0125       6.0152       6.0060 
*EMU MEMBERS    EURO          1.2290       1.2328       1.2381       1.2376       1.2380 
 HONG KONG      DOLLAR        7.7635       7.7630       7.7637       7.7654       7.7651 
 INDIA          RUPEE        45.55        45.50        45.55        45.50        45.54   
 JAPAN          YEN         107.52       107.60       107.42       107.92       107.94   
 MALAYSIA       RINGGIT       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000 
 MEXICO         PESO         11.294       11.292       11.270       11.208       11.233  
*NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR        0.6486       0.6506       0.6481       0.6450       0.6440 
 NORWAY         KRONE         6.6930       6.6750       6.7125       6.7545       6.7110 
 SINGAPORE      DOLLAR        1.7100       1.7059       1.7090       1.7084       1.7095 
 SOUTH AFRICA   RAND          6.3200       6.3750       6.5300       6.6700       6.9250 
 SOUTH KOREA    WON        1183.00      1192.00      1188.70      1189.00      1194.00   
 SRI LANKA      RUPEE        96.450       96.350       96.300       96.140       96.050  
 SWEDEN         KRONA         7.3420       7.3275       7.2850       7.3380       7.3260 
 SWITZERLAND    FRANC         1.2635       1.2595       1.2553       1.2555       1.2565 
 TAIWAN         DOLLAR       34.030       34.020       34.020       34.050       34.050  
 THAILAND       BAHT         39.730       39.640       39.680       39.680       39.650  
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND         1.7450       1.7510       1.7615       1.7673       1.7675 
 VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR    1600.00      1600.00      1600.00      1600.00      1600.00   
       
 MEMO:                
 UNITED STATES   DOLLAR      
1)BROAD         JAN97=100    114.51        114.53       114.44       114.50       114.69   
2)MAJOR CURRENCYMAR73=100     86.27         86.26        86.18        86.35        86.56   
3)OITP          JAN97=100    144.26        144.34       144.27       144.07       144.19   
 

 

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
in early December 2003, and is reflected in the December 22, 2003 release of this weekly 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
 

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