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Release Date: August 29, 2005
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 H.10(512)                                                               August 29, 2005                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 26, 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)                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
COUNTRY MONETARY UNIT Aug. 22 Aug. 23 Aug. 24 Aug. 25 Aug. 26
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7548 0.7551 0.7552 0.7600 0.7584
BRAZIL REAL 2.3971 2.4020 2.4205 2.4186 2.4200
CANADA DOLLAR 1.2040 1.1981 1.1956 1.1888 1.1949
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.1056 8.1012 8.1005 8.1002 8.0965
DENMARK KRONE 6.0931 6.1057 6.0926 6.0569 6.0512
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.2235 1.2213 1.2239 1.2311 1.2324
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7710 7.7734 7.7733 7.7709 7.7688
INDIA RUPEE 43.58 43.57 43.69 43.60 43.60
JAPAN YEN 109.75 109.83 110.35 109.90 109.85
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.7660 3.7698 3.7695 3.7695 3.7695
MEXICO PESO 10.728 10.777 10.882 10.806 10.858
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6969 0.6973 0.6978 0.6972 0.6972
NORWAY KRONE 6.5194 6.5310 6.5045 6.4400 6.4397
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6672 1.6680 1.6697 1.6708 1.6732
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.4800 6.5000 6.4860 6.4625 6.4550
SOUTH KOREA WON 1021.15 1028.00 1029.15 1026.40 1028.70
SRI LANKA RUPEE 100.830 100.710 100.800 100.700 100.800
SWEDEN KRONA 7.6502 7.6475 7.6251 7.5806 7.5757
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2692 1.2722 1.2684 1.2556 1.2541
TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.100 32.160 32.230 32.250 32.200
THAILAND BAHT 41.000 40.950 41.100 41.060 41.000
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.8022 1.7996 1.7965 1.8045 1.8066
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
N = No data for this date                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

   Memo:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR Aug. 22 Aug. 23 Aug. 24 Aug. 25 Aug. 26
1)BROAD JAN97=100 110.86 110.92 111.07 110.65 110.76
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 84.27 84.23 84.19 83.73 83.82
3)OITP JAN97=100 138.00 138.27 138.75 138.50 138.65
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   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                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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