H.10(512) April 3, 2006 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 31, 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. 27 Mar. 28 Mar. 29 Mar. 30 Mar. 31 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7056 0.7086 0.7058 0.7140 0.7165 BRAZIL REAL 2.2010 2.2233 2.2175 2.1910 2.1720 CANADA DOLLAR 1.1685 1.1696 1.1722 1.1628 1.1670 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.0245 8.0212 8.0280 8.0270 8.0167 DENMARK KRONE 6.2102 6.1779 6.2027 6.1505 6.1467 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.2015 1.2078 1.2030 1.2132 1.2139 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7590 7.7590 7.7598 7.7595 7.7597 INDIA RUPEE 44.58 44.49 44.53 44.45 44.48 JAPAN YEN 116.62 117.23 117.80 117.41 117.48 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.6925 3.6945 3.6960 3.6945 3.6821 MEXICO PESO 10.939 10.942 10.948 10.930 10.898 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6063 0.6039 0.6035 0.6104 0.6164 NORWAY KRONE 6.6231 6.5691 6.6262 6.5625 6.5460 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6191 1.6194 1.6210 1.6177 1.6157 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.2835 6.2615 6.3100 6.1815 6.1500 SOUTH KOREA WON 975.40 976.50 974.90 975.70 971.40 SRI LANKA RUPEE 102.710 102.730 102.780 102.780 102.550 SWEDEN KRONA 7.7819 7.7599 7.8385 7.7509 7.7653 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3092 1.3005 1.3091 1.2989 1.3025 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.560 32.600 32.550 32.490 32.420 THAILAND BAHT 38.840 38.910 38.910 38.830 38.840 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.7470 1.7497 1.7356 1.7448 1.7393 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 111.01 110.99 111.25 110.75 110.72 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 85.41 85.33 85.69 85.07 85.19 3)OITP JAN97=100 136.44 136.52 136.57 136.37 136.08 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.