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H.10(512) October 14, 2005
 

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
 

FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 14, 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)
 

 

COUNTRYMONETARY
UNIT
Oct. 10Oct. 11Oct. 12Oct. 13Oct. 14
*AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR                     0.7534       0.7546       0.7468       0.7536 
 BRAZIL         REAL           H           2.2350       2.2315       2.2625       2.2475 
 CANADA         DOLLAR                     1.1754       1.1706       1.1836       1.1854 
 CHINA, P.R.    YUAN                       8.0879       8.0895       8.0885       8.0896 
 DENMARK        KRONE          O           6.2111       6.1971       6.2502       6.1806 
*EMU MEMBERS    EURO                       1.2015       1.2040       1.1938       1.2073 
 HONG KONG      DOLLAR                     7.7579       7.7581       7.7583       7.7565 
 INDIA          RUPEE          L          44.78        44.74        44.88        44.76   
 JAPAN          YEN                      114.21       114.36       114.97       114.03   
 MALAYSIA       RINGGIT                    3.7717       3.7720       3.7720       3.7825 
 MEXICO         PESO           I          10.805       10.883       10.938       10.916  
*NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR                     0.6934       0.6970       0.6887       0.6973 
 NORWAY         KRONE                      6.5190       6.4837       6.5573       6.4520 
 SINGAPORE      DOLLAR         D           1.6902       1.6910       1.6945       1.6881 
 SOUTH AFRICA   RAND                       6.5300       6.5615       6.6350       6.5530 
 SOUTH KOREA    WON                     1040.75      1042.25      1049.00      1042.20   
 SRI LANKA      RUPEE          A         101.400      101.450      101.420      101.500  
 SWEDEN         KRONA                      7.7675       7.7590       7.8836       7.8148 
 SWITZERLAND    FRANC                      1.2880       1.2850       1.2984       1.2842 
 TAIWAN         DOLLAR         Y          33.220       33.330       33.430       33.410  
 THAILAND       BAHT                      40.940       40.920       40.940       40.800  
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND                      1.7489       1.7532       1.7484       1.7677 
 VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR                 2144.60      2144.60      2144.60      2144.60   
       
 MEMO:                
 UNITED STATES   DOLLAR      
1)BROAD         JAN97=100                  111.68       111.66       112.33       111.83   
2)MAJOR CURRENCYMAR73=100                   85.14        84.97        85.68        85.11   
3)OITP          JAN97=100                  138.53       138.83       139.25       139.02   
 

 

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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