H.10(512) July 2, 2004 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 2, 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 Jun. 28 Jun. 29 Jun. 30 Jul. 1 Jul. 2 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6998 0.6908 0.6952 0.7036 0.7125 BRAZIL REAL 3.1375 3.1200 3.1050 3.0830 3.0410 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3435 1.3465 1.3407 1.3325 1.3254 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2766 8.2766 8.2766 8.2767 8.2766 DENMARK KRONE 6.0960 6.1321 6.1030 6.1140 6.0425 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.2193 1.2124 1.2179 1.2158 1.2307 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7990 7.7998 7.8000 7.8000 7.7999 INDIA RUPEE 45.99 46.05 45.99 45.88 45.75 JAPAN YEN 107.95 108.18 109.43 108.24 108.60 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 11.423 11.525 11.538 11.506 11.473 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6412 0.6325 0.6322 0.6400 0.6468 NORWAY KRONE 6.8190 6.9038 6.9380 6.9715 6.9218 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7095 1.7157 1.7230 1.7155 1.7123 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.1650 6.2475 6.2275 6.2450 6.1125 SOUTH KOREA WON 1153.00 1152.00 1156.00 1153.00 1155.20 SRI LANKA RUPEE 102.400 102.350 102.400 102.400 102.400 SWEDEN KRONA 7.4990 7.5325 7.5250 7.5460 7.4660 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2482 1.2615 1.2520 1.2509 1.2336 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.650 33.690 33.660 33.600 33.620 THAILAND BAHT 40.900 40.920 40.910 40.830 40.700 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.8294 1.8090 1.8126 1.8160 1.8300 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 1920.00 1920.00 1920.00 1920.00 1920.00 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 115.45 115.87 115.82 115.46 114.94 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 86.91 87.32 87.23 86.89 86.32 3)OITP JAN97=100 145.59 145.93 145.98 145.66 145.40 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.