H.10(512) March 27, 2006 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 24, 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 Mar. 20 Mar. 21 Mar. 22 Mar. 23 Mar. 24 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7223 0.7160 0.7204 0.7145 0.7107 BRAZIL REAL 2.1349 2.1557 2.1594 2.1540 2.1520 CANADA DOLLAR 1.1627 1.1647 1.1651 1.1657 1.1675 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.0250 8.0272 8.0306 8.0274 8.0338 DENMARK KRONE 6.1330 6.1760 6.1687 6.2242 6.1999 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.2168 1.2079 1.2095 1.1984 1.2034 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7585 7.7594 7.7599 7.7591 7.7591 INDIA RUPEE 44.25 44.29 44.36 44.43 44.49 JAPAN YEN 116.25 117.23 116.72 117.60 117.50 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.7033 3.6990 3.6920 3.6900 3.6965 MEXICO PESO 10.744 10.798 10.871 10.856 10.858 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6256 0.6225 0.6280 0.6241 0.6118 NORWAY KRONE 6.5276 6.5838 6.5732 6.6488 6.6237 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6143 1.6196 1.6158 1.6188 1.6195 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.2711 6.3350 6.3276 6.2975 6.2700 SOUTH KOREA WON 966.80 968.10 973.30 975.00 979.20 SRI LANKA RUPEE 102.740 102.660 102.540 102.600 102.650 SWEDEN KRONA 7.6703 7.7559 7.7406 7.8028 7.7730 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2911 1.3038 1.3024 1.3159 1.3099 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.380 32.460 32.510 32.570 32.620 THAILAND BAHT 38.700 38.840 38.920 39.060 39.060 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.7563 1.7459 1.7483 1.7367 1.7427 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 110.19 110.65 110.67 111.02 110.98 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 84.72 85.22 85.09 85.60 85.47 3)OITP JAN97=100 135.55 135.83 136.11 136.13 136.25 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 "Indexes of the Foreign Exchange Value of the Dollar," Federal Reserve Bulletin, 91:1 (Winter 2005), pp. 1-8 (http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/bulletin/2005/winter05_index.pdf). 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.