H.10(512) May 20, 2005 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 20, 2005 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 May. 16 May. 17 May. 18 May. 19 May. 20 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7565 0.7575 0.7598 0.7585 0.7550 BRAZIL REAL 2.4780 2.4775 2.4625 2.4455 2.4525 CANADA DOLLAR 1.2703 1.2664 1.2618 1.2627 1.2627 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2765 8.2765 8.2765 8.2765 8.2765 DENMARK KRONE 5.8927 5.8867 5.8808 5.8964 5.9324 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.2630 1.2644 1.2660 1.2628 1.2553 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7992 7.7995 7.7940 7.7928 7.7905 INDIA RUPEE 43.38 43.41 43.43 43.45 43.34 JAPAN YEN 107.02 107.15 107.05 107.43 108.17 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 11.033 10.994 10.961 10.931 10.972 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7080 0.7100 0.7122 0.7125 0.7082 NORWAY KRONE 6.4099 6.4020 6.4025 6.4189 6.4656 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6565 1.6537 1.6512 1.6554 1.6635 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.3500 6.4365 6.3970 6.3895 6.5415 SOUTH KOREA WON 1009.00 1004.00 1003.00 1006.00 1007.00 SRI LANKA RUPEE 99.820 99.680 99.720 99.830 99.900 SWEDEN KRONA 7.3081 7.2754 7.2561 7.2884 7.3069 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2223 1.2205 1.2189 1.2235 1.2335 TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.370 31.390 31.340 31.340 31.470 THAILAND BAHT 39.860 39.820 39.870 39.900 40.050 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.8368 1.8401 1.8382 1.8367 1.8246 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2144.60 2144.60 2144.50 2144.60 2144.60 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 111.04 110.88 110.72 110.82 111.17 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 83.98 83.86 83.71 83.89 84.25 3)OITP JAN97=100 139.08 138.88 138.73 138.66 138.91 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 February 2005, and is reflected in the February 7, 2005 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.