H.10(512) August 13, 2004 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 13, 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 Aug. 9 Aug. 10 Aug. 11 Aug. 12 Aug. 13 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7172 0.7155 0.7132 0.7127 0.7160 BRAZIL REAL 3.0395 3.0220 3.0380 3.0345 3.0200 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3165 1.3139 1.3240 1.3323 1.3092 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2769 8.2770 8.2769 8.2769 8.2768 DENMARK KRONE 6.0650 6.0420 6.0865 6.0850 6.0200 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.2261 1.2306 1.2222 1.2224 1.2354 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7985 7.7996 7.8000 7.7989 7.7991 INDIA RUPEE 46.40 46.34 46.32 46.21 46.27 JAPAN YEN 110.57 110.79 110.78 111.14 110.67 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 11.374 11.403 11.440 11.446 11.401 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6543 0.6550 0.6540 0.6575 0.6651 NORWAY KRONE 6.7720 6.7740 6.8240 6.7840 6.7010 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7167 1.7125 1.7125 1.7162 1.7150 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.0900 6.1575 6.2210 6.4545 6.4800 SOUTH KOREA WON 1157.00 1155.10 1158.00 1158.00 1162.70 SRI LANKA RUPEE 104.050 103.950 104.000 103.600 103.000 SWEDEN KRONA 7.4910 7.4720 7.5285 7.5310 7.4650 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2549 1.2528 1.2605 1.2587 1.2405 TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.050 33.990 34.040 34.140 34.070 THAILAND BAHT 41.410 41.440 41.540 41.550 41.550 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.8403 1.8387 1.8280 1.8210 1.8432 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 1920.00 1920.00 1920.00 1920.00 1920.00 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 115.14 115.05 115.49 115.68 114.91 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 86.55 86.43 86.91 87.15 86.16 3)OITP JAN97=100 145.46 145.45 145.70 145.75 145.61 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.