H.10(512) February 27, 2004 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 27, 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. 23 Feb. 24 Feb. 25 Feb. 26 Feb. 27 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7743 0.7808 0.7722 0.7703 0.7717 BRAZIL REAL 2.9620 2.9625 2.9430 2.9425 2.9150 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3363 1.3283 1.3370 1.3433 1.3405 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2772 8.2771 8.2770 8.2771 8.2769 DENMARK KRONE 5.9290 5.8613 5.9605 5.9870 5.9920 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.2569 1.2692 1.2503 1.2444 1.2441 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7755 7.7780 7.7810 7.7843 7.7845 INDIA RUPEE 45.32 45.32 45.25 45.27 45.32 JAPAN YEN 108.22 108.11 108.99 109.59 109.26 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 10.949 11.053 11.075 11.077 11.062 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6831 0.6906 0.6877 0.6874 0.6852 NORWAY KRONE 6.9980 6.9450 7.0675 7.0535 7.0470 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6942 1.6898 1.6930 1.7028 1.7030 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.6300 6.5700 6.6400 6.6100 6.6250 SOUTH KOREA WON 1180.00 1180.00 1170.20 1178.50 1179.00 SRI LANKA RUPEE 99.050 99.200 99.150 98.900 98.620 SWEDEN KRONA 7.3140 7.2565 7.3845 7.4110 7.4330 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2555 1.2401 1.2587 1.2662 1.2680 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.280 33.320 33.250 33.210 33.280 THAILAND BAHT 39.270 39.220 39.270 39.350 39.320 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.8686 1.8901 1.8757 1.8609 1.8575 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 1920.00 1920.00 1920.00 1920.00 1920.00 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 113.53 113.20 113.83 114.21 114.12 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 85.53 84.93 85.81 86.25 86.17 3)OITP JAN97=100 143.04 143.35 143.29 143.48 143.38 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.