H.10(512) January 27, 2006 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 27, 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. 23 Jan. 24 Jan. 25 Jan. 26 Jan. 27 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7523 0.7516 0.7535 0.7532 0.7518 BRAZIL REAL 2.2570 2.2360 2.2430 2.2304 2.2045 CANADA DOLLAR 1.1511 1.1547 1.1480 1.1502 1.1470 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.0645 8.0625 8.0630 8.0620 8.0608 DENMARK KRONE 6.0775 6.0714 6.0911 6.1025 6.1525 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.2276 1.2287 1.2252 1.2229 1.2130 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7541 7.7554 7.7566 7.7561 7.7565 INDIA RUPEE 44.10 44.19 44.08 44.00 44.00 JAPAN YEN 114.67 114.54 115.73 116.27 117.16 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.7500 3.7485 3.7500 3.7480 3.7510 MEXICO PESO 10.522 10.505 10.498 10.503 10.456 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6839 0.6819 0.6850 0.6849 0.6838 NORWAY KRONE 6.5539 6.5412 6.5635 6.6031 6.6627 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6208 1.6217 1.6206 1.6240 1.6250 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 5.9950 6.0320 6.0325 6.1112 6.1250 SOUTH KOREA WON 981.40 975.50 968.50 968.80 970.50 SRI LANKA RUPEE 102.120 102.000 102.000 102.020 102.030 SWEDEN KRONA 7.5385 7.5429 7.5668 7.5645 7.6098 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2605 1.2595 1.2636 1.2684 1.2798 TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.940 31.940 31.970 31.960 31.940 THAILAND BAHT 39.140 39.310 39.070 38.930 39.000 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.7842 1.7885 1.7874 1.7830 1.7733 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 109.59 109.54 109.56 109.70 109.89 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 83.70 83.72 83.83 84.04 84.40 3)OITP JAN97=100 135.81 135.65 135.49 135.48 135.33 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.