H.10(512) October 21, 2005 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 21, 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. 17 Oct. 18 Oct. 19 Oct. 20 Oct. 21 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7503 0.7474 0.7484 0.7538 0.7473 BRAZIL REAL 2.2295 2.2405 2.2513 2.2360 2.2760 CANADA DOLLAR 1.1801 1.1802 1.1776 1.1763 1.1842 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.0877 8.0910 8.0910 8.0905 N.A. DENMARK KRONE 6.1989 6.2501 6.2247 6.2270 6.2376 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.2040 1.1939 1.1988 1.1982 1.1958 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7571 7.7586 7.7587 7.7587 7.7543 INDIA RUPEE 44.81 45.05 45.10 45.11 45.01 JAPAN YEN 114.86 115.71 115.47 115.48 115.93 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.7737 3.7738 3.7740 3.7740 3.7742 MEXICO PESO 10.847 10.834 10.880 10.848 10.919 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6968 0.6952 0.6996 0.7022 0.6990 NORWAY KRONE 6.4815 6.5340 6.5106 6.4938 6.5222 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6918 1.6942 1.6946 1.6937 1.6959 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.5380 6.5700 6.5855 6.6050 6.6450 SOUTH KOREA WON 1048.00 1053.00 1052.80 1053.80 1059.80 SRI LANKA RUPEE 101.500 101.440 101.500 101.530 101.600 SWEDEN KRONA 7.8574 7.9127 7.8818 7.9157 7.9695 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2910 1.3020 1.2944 1.2915 1.2916 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.450 33.540 33.640 33.680 33.630 THAILAND BAHT 40.850 40.830 40.940 40.920 40.930 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.7553 1.7487 1.7627 1.7712 1.7692 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 111.89 112.25 112.11 112.02 112.39 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 85.28 85.72 85.43 85.36 85.70 3)OITP JAN97=100 138.84 138.95 139.16 139.03 139.39 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.