H.10(512) September 2, 2005 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 2, 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 Aug. 29 Aug. 30 Aug. 31 Sep. 1 Sep. 2 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7522 0.7469 0.7514 0.7609 0.7649 BRAZIL REAL 2.4106 2.3884 2.3540 2.3645 2.3405 CANADA DOLLAR 1.1965 1.1919 1.1893 1.1855 1.1880 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.0954 8.0973 8.0998 8.0949 8.0935 DENMARK KRONE 6.0906 6.1109 6.0483 5.9918 5.9462 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.2248 1.2204 1.2330 1.2447 1.2538 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7691 7.7710 7.7718 7.7693 7.7670 INDIA RUPEE 43.86 43.97 44.00 43.94 43.87 JAPAN YEN 110.53 111.49 110.84 110.16 109.66 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.7683 3.7698 3.7698 3.7713 3.7640 MEXICO PESO 10.895 10.837 10.794 10.728 10.680 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6936 0.6879 0.6932 0.7023 0.7054 NORWAY KRONE 6.4646 6.4824 6.3725 6.2890 6.2125 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6806 1.6860 1.6830 1.6771 1.6747 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.4575 6.5285 6.4000 6.3125 6.2550 SOUTH KOREA WON 1030.00 1039.20 1039.00 1030.75 1024.75 SRI LANKA RUPEE 100.940 101.220 101.200 101.220 101.350 SWEDEN KRONA 7.6241 7.6512 7.5599 7.4869 7.3936 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2642 1.2703 1.2546 1.2400 1.2287 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.440 32.720 32.710 32.710 32.520 THAILAND BAHT 41.260 41.360 41.250 41.050 41.090 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.8006 1.7840 1.8012 1.8279 1.8403 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 111.18 111.32 110.80 110.21 109.85 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 84.20 84.45 83.87 83.23 82.90 3)OITP JAN97=100 139.04 138.91 138.66 138.29 137.95 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.