H.10(512) November 21, 2005 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 18, 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 Nov. 14 Nov. 15 Nov. 16 Nov. 17 Nov. 18 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7267 0.7324 0.7307 0.7338 0.7308 BRAZIL REAL 2.2025 2.2040 2.1980 2.1840 2.2259 CANADA DOLLAR 1.1960 1.1942 1.1918 1.1864 1.1907 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.0856 8.0845 8.0835 8.0845 8.0832 DENMARK KRONE 6.3891 6.3759 6.3876 6.3671 6.3524 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.1667 1.1695 1.1672 1.1706 1.1741 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7559 7.7555 7.7555 7.7535 7.7527 INDIA RUPEE 45.62 45.61 45.73 45.67 45.70 JAPAN YEN 118.88 118.93 119.17 118.81 119.21 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.7780 3.7800 3.7800 3.7793 3.7798 MEXICO PESO 10.687 10.650 10.645 10.680 10.666 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6799 0.6854 0.6848 0.6876 0.6867 NORWAY KRONE 6.6532 6.6729 6.6814 6.7141 6.6973 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7058 1.7020 1.7026 1.7002 1.6995 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.7600 6.7875 6.7588 6.7350 6.6950 SOUTH KOREA WON 1037.00 1034.90 1037.00 1034.40 1035.90 SRI LANKA RUPEE 101.740 101.820 101.890 101.650 101.650 SWEDEN KRONA 8.2037 8.2296 8.2434 8.2101 8.1667 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3202 1.3197 1.3255 1.3220 1.3188 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.390 33.510 33.620 33.630 33.630 THAILAND BAHT 41.120 41.150 41.130 41.140 41.160 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.7349 1.7366 1.7166 1.7190 1.7147 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2145.00 2144.60 2145.00 2145.00 2144.60 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 113.21 113.08 113.20 112.99 113.08 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 87.42 87.30 87.45 87.16 87.24 3)OITP JAN97=100 138.27 138.14 138.17 138.17 138.27 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.