H.10(512) October 31, 2005 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 28, 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. 24 Oct. 25 Oct. 26 Oct. 27 Oct. 28 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7508 0.7558 0.7543 0.7580 0.7501 BRAZIL REAL 2.2630 2.2582 2.2686 2.2868 2.2665 CANADA DOLLAR 1.1887 1.1768 1.1703 1.1695 1.1769 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.0916 8.0901 8.0867 8.0862 8.0840 DENMARK KRONE 6.2177 6.1641 6.1740 6.1423 6.1723 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.1998 1.2099 1.2082 1.2148 1.2089 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7549 7.7546 7.7535 7.7535 7.7529 INDIA RUPEE 45.11 44.96 45.01 44.94 45.01 JAPAN YEN 115.18 114.78 115.81 115.14 115.52 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.7747 3.7747 3.7747 3.7750 3.7746 MEXICO PESO 10.861 10.844 10.889 10.906 10.830 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7033 0.7053 0.7022 0.7084 0.7036 NORWAY KRONE 6.5250 6.4572 6.4562 6.4307 6.4602 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6935 1.6887 1.6927 1.6865 1.6924 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.6140 6.6035 6.6800 6.6950 6.7200 SOUTH KOREA WON 1055.90 1047.40 1045.00 1039.40 1042.40 SRI LANKA RUPEE 101.430 101.670 101.680 101.700 101.400 SWEDEN KRONA 7.9511 7.8476 7.8650 7.8422 7.8794 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2857 1.2762 1.2810 1.2731 1.2767 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.770 33.740 33.660 33.630 33.600 THAILAND BAHT 40.880 40.810 40.820 40.730 40.720 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.7711 1.7855 1.7766 1.7836 1.7781 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 112.21 111.63 111.74 111.50 111.73 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 85.56 84.88 84.98 84.65 85.07 3)OITP JAN97=100 139.17 138.91 139.03 139.01 138.81 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.