H.10(512) October 7, 2005 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 7, 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 Oct. 3 Oct. 4 Oct. 5 Oct. 6 Oct. 7 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7628 0.7630 0.7567 0.7572 0.7568 BRAZIL REAL 2.2350 2.2440 2.2630 2.2755 2.2530 CANADA DOLLAR 1.1657 1.1720 1.1793 1.1815 1.1746 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.0920 8.0920 8.0920 8.0920 8.0920 DENMARK KRONE 6.2632 6.2622 6.2265 6.1480 6.1579 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.1914 1.1918 1.1984 1.2133 1.2115 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7574 7.7563 7.7556 7.7555 7.7545 INDIA RUPEE 44.00 44.10 44.21 44.18 44.30 JAPAN YEN 114.17 114.33 113.72 113.54 113.82 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.7697 3.7707 3.7718 3.7718 3.7695 MEXICO PESO 10.763 10.687 10.711 10.771 10.790 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6912 0.6948 0.6956 0.6965 0.6960 NORWAY KRONE 6.6041 6.6155 6.5750 6.5080 6.5240 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6952 1.6942 1.6915 1.6825 1.6842 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.4400 6.4570 6.5335 6.5265 6.5555 SOUTH KOREA WON 1043.40 1042.75 1039.70 1039.20 1037.30 SRI LANKA RUPEE 101.330 101.400 101.250 101.330 101.380 SWEDEN KRONA 7.8087 7.8054 7.7641 7.6870 7.7048 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3022 1.3018 1.2923 1.2747 1.2796 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.190 33.290 33.190 33.210 33.190 THAILAND BAHT 41.170 41.070 41.030 40.980 40.850 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.7558 1.7587 1.7655 1.7728 1.7599 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 111.67 111.69 111.59 111.35 111.34 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 85.15 85.29 85.16 84.73 84.74 3)OITP JAN97=100 138.48 138.27 138.26 138.44 138.39 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.