H.10(512) February 20, 2004 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 20, 2004 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 Feb. 16 Feb. 17 Feb. 18 Feb. 19 Feb. 20 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7979 0.7930 0.7912 0.7740 BRAZIL REAL H 2.9120 2.9360 2.9490 2.9720 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3108 1.3182 1.3283 1.3442 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2770 8.2770 8.2771 8.2772 DENMARK KRONE O 5.8020 5.8170 5.8670 5.9310 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.2848 1.2812 1.2685 1.2563 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7703 7.7715 7.7745 7.7751 INDIA RUPEE L 45.28 45.24 45.28 45.23 JAPAN YEN 105.80 106.37 107.09 108.83 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO I 10.939 10.910 10.978 10.942 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7077 0.7045 0.7008 0.6841 NORWAY KRONE 6.8416 6.8830 6.9265 7.0060 SINGAPORE DOLLAR D 1.6744 1.6775 1.6843 1.6936 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.5650 6.5825 6.6500 6.7050 SOUTH KOREA WON 1158.20 1152.20 1165.00 1167.40 SRI LANKA RUPEE A 99.350 99.350 98.950 98.970 SWEDEN KRONA 7.1580 7.1800 7.2265 7.3110 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2269 1.2299 1.2426 1.2572 TAIWAN DOLLAR Y 33.130 33.100 33.110 33.130 THAILAND BAHT 39.020 39.060 39.190 39.200 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.9045 1.9023 1.8921 1.8668 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 1920.00 1920.00 1920.00 1920.00 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 111.99 112.22 112.87 113.66 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 83.73 84.08 84.75 85.80 3)OITP JAN97=100 142.44 142.35 142.81 142.85 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. The source for exchange rates not listed in the table above but used in the calculation of the broad and OITP indexes is Reuters Limited. * 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.