H.10(512) December 27, 2004 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 24, 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 Dec. 20 Dec. 21 Dec. 22 Dec. 23 Dec. 24 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7644 0.7660 0.7656 0.7654 0.7689 BRAZIL REAL 2.6840 2.6890 2.7040 2.6930 2.6900 CANADA DOLLAR 1.2297 1.2271 1.2401 1.2358 1.2291 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2765 8.2765 8.2765 8.2765 8.2765 DENMARK KRONE 5.5508 5.5576 5.5538 5.5133 5.4963 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3396 1.3377 1.3390 1.3491 1.3536 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7814 7.7796 7.7815 7.7814 7.7819 INDIA RUPEE 43.85 43.66 43.80 43.61 43.63 JAPAN YEN 104.01 104.33 103.95 103.71 103.65 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 11.152 11.185 11.180 11.138 11.143 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7172 0.7111 0.7127 0.7132 0.7175 NORWAY KRONE 6.1681 6.1760 6.1860 6.1352 6.1167 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6404 1.6398 1.6397 1.6375 1.6392 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 5.7200 5.6745 5.6525 5.6400 5.6150 SOUTH KOREA WON 1058.00 1055.00 1053.00 1050.00 1047.80 SRI LANKA RUPEE 105.000 104.750 104.650 104.600 104.350 SWEDEN KRONA 6.6773 6.7170 6.7380 6.6972 6.6685 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.1482 1.1526 1.1525 1.1444 1.1423 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.300 32.340 32.260 32.180 32.171 THAILAND BAHT 39.040 38.940 39.050 39.000 38.970 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.9482 1.9263 1.9125 1.9193 1.9236 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 1915.20 1915.20 1915.20 1915.20 1915.20 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 109.02 109.15 109.33 108.96 108.73 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 80.38 80.52 80.75 80.38 80.11 3)OITP JAN97=100 141.04 141.13 141.15 140.88 140.81 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.