H.10(512) December 9, 2005 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 9, 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 Dec. 5 Dec. 6 Dec. 7 Dec. 8 Dec. 9 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7515 0.7541 0.7468 0.7507 0.7521 BRAZIL REAL 2.1945 2.1695 2.1870 2.2120 2.2420 CANADA DOLLAR 1.1565 1.1563 1.1582 1.1572 1.1580 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.0808 8.0780 8.0771 8.0780 8.0765 DENMARK KRONE 6.3215 6.3204 6.3528 6.2961 6.2991 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.1787 1.1784 1.1722 1.1830 1.1824 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7534 7.7540 7.7540 7.7539 7.7541 INDIA RUPEE 46.26 46.13 46.17 46.18 46.11 JAPAN YEN 120.83 120.82 120.93 120.27 120.54 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.7810 3.7810 3.7800 3.7738 3.7665 MEXICO PESO 10.485 10.414 10.457 10.503 10.640 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7199 0.7171 0.7060 0.7014 0.7042 NORWAY KRONE 6.6771 6.7487 6.7620 6.7032 6.7058 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6866 1.6853 1.6860 1.6830 1.6820 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.3020 6.2800 6.3175 6.3360 6.3650 SOUTH KOREA WON 1036.40 1034.05 1035.40 1034.05 1033.60 SRI LANKA RUPEE 101.960 101.960 101.950 101.940 101.750 SWEDEN KRONA 8.0071 7.9569 8.0200 7.9729 7.9674 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3083 1.3066 1.3134 1.2997 1.3024 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.490 33.460 33.480 33.500 33.500 THAILAND BAHT 41.340 41.350 41.280 41.230 41.240 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.7397 1.7402 1.7350 1.7514 1.7554 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 112.18 112.03 112.30 111.98 112.17 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 86.36 86.34 86.62 86.12 86.17 3)OITP JAN97=100 137.53 137.16 137.35 137.45 137.86 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.