H.10(512) September 16, 2005 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 16, 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 Sep. 12 Sep. 13 Sep. 14 Sep. 15 Sep. 16 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7719 0.7677 0.7710 0.7662 0.7666 BRAZIL REAL 2.3193 2.3288 2.3345 2.3010 2.2920 CANADA DOLLAR 1.1854 1.1800 1.1823 1.1863 1.1826 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.0924 8.0940 8.0912 8.0890 8.0871 DENMARK KRONE 6.0673 6.0795 6.0698 6.1024 6.1056 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.2288 1.2263 1.2282 1.2216 1.2214 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7615 7.7609 7.7596 7.7591 7.7607 INDIA RUPEE 43.75 43.82 43.83 43.82 43.81 JAPAN YEN 109.91 110.85 110.27 110.48 111.38 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.7693 3.7695 3.7695 3.7690 3.7695 MEXICO PESO 10.699 10.760 10.837 10.796 10.816 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7055 0.7020 0.7075 0.7054 0.7038 NORWAY KRONE 6.3563 6.3726 6.3530 6.3754 6.3772 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6771 1.6827 1.6787 1.6790 1.6820 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.3910 6.3850 6.3575 6.4000 6.3865 SOUTH KOREA WON 1026.00 1025.65 1025.41 1025.05 1029.80 SRI LANKA RUPEE 101.410 101.300 101.220 101.250 101.350 SWEDEN KRONA 7.5615 7.6085 7.5869 7.6399 7.6509 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2570 1.2625 1.2579 1.2673 1.2710 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.680 32.740 32.770 32.830 32.930 THAILAND BAHT 40.880 40.930 40.900 40.960 41.040 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.8236 1.8214 1.8244 1.8069 1.8035 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 110.36 110.54 110.51 110.73 110.85 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 83.60 83.72 83.61 84.00 84.08 3)OITP JAN97=100 137.95 138.21 138.36 138.21 138.38 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.