H.10(512) January 17, 2006 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 13, 2006 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 Jan. 9 Jan. 10 Jan. 11 Jan. 12 Jan. 13 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7517 0.7490 0.7558 0.7512 0.7535 BRAZIL REAL 2.2600 2.2564 2.2720 2.2616 2.2652 CANADA DOLLAR 1.1691 1.1628 1.1579 1.1624 1.1612 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.0665 8.0610 8.0682 8.0685 8.0698 DENMARK KRONE 6.1814 6.1831 6.1453 6.1984 6.1634 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.2064 1.2063 1.2135 1.2035 1.2103 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7507 7.7506 7.7509 7.7511 7.7513 INDIA RUPEE 44.20 44.14 43.89 43.99 44.10 JAPAN YEN 114.66 114.64 113.96 114.31 114.43 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.7485 3.7485 3.7503 3.7418 3.7423 MEXICO PESO 10.558 10.603 10.608 10.566 10.574 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6922 0.6934 0.6972 0.6932 0.6976 NORWAY KRONE 6.5742 6.6249 6.6183 6.6932 6.6413 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6362 1.6343 1.6280 1.6261 1.6285 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.0750 6.1140 6.0575 6.0500 6.0050 SOUTH KOREA WON 977.40 981.80 977.40 973.80 987.30 SRI LANKA RUPEE 101.990 101.850 101.850 101.850 101.850 SWEDEN KRONA 7.7165 7.7525 7.6956 7.7304 7.6967 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2794 1.2805 1.2734 1.2859 1.2799 TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.900 31.980 32.070 31.830 31.940 THAILAND BAHT 39.730 39.790 39.660 39.420 39.490 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.7645 1.7645 1.7643 1.7612 1.7715 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 110.41 110.39 110.09 110.28 110.20 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 84.77 84.64 84.23 84.67 84.43 3)OITP JAN97=100 136.04 136.19 136.17 135.86 136.10 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 December 2005, and is reflected in the December 19, 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 Bloomberg. * 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.