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Release Date: September 4, 2001
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G.5(405) August 31, 2001
 

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
 

THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN AUGUST 2001 TOGETHER
WITH COMPARABLE FIGURES FOR OTHER MONTHS. AVERAGES ARE BASED ON DAILY NOON BUYING
RATES FOR CABLE TRANSFERS IN NEW YORK CITY CERTIFIED FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSES BY
THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK.
 

 

(Currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted)
COUNTRYMONETARY
UNIT
2001
August
2001
July
2001
June
2000
August
 *AUSTRALIA        DOLLAR          0.5246       0.5089       0.5180       0.5808 
  BRAZIL           REAL            2.5122       2.4731       2.3788       1.8091 
  CANADA           DOLLAR          1.5399       1.5308       1.5245       1.4828 
  CHINA, P.R.      YUAN            8.2770       8.2769       8.2770       8.2796 
  DENMARK          KRONE           8.2632       8.6442       8.7397       8.2459 
 *EMU MEMBERS      EURO            0.9014       0.8615       0.8530       0.9045 
  GREECE           DRACHMA         N.A.         N.A.         N.A.       372.97   
  HONG KONG        DOLLAR          7.7997       7.7999       7.7997       7.7995 
  INDIA            RUPEE          47.17        47.18        47.04        45.77   
  JAPAN            YEN           121.37       124.50       122.35       108.08   
  MALAYSIA         RINGGIT         3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000 
  MEXICO           PESO            9.133        9.168        9.088        9.272  
 *NEW ZEALAND      DOLLAR          0.4314       0.4081       0.4141       0.4452 
  NORWAY           KRONE           8.9427       9.2566       9.3014       8.9526 
  SINGAPORE        DOLLAR          1.7613       1.8233       1.8170       1.7206 
  SOUTH AFRICA     RAND            8.3115       8.2094       8.0595       6.9570 
  SOUTH KOREA      WON          1285.65      1305.24      1295.05      1114.47   
  SRI LANKA        RUPEE          89.993       90.314       90.371       78.283  
  SWEDEN           KRONA          10.3329      10.7603      10.7930       9.2771 
  SWITZERLAND      FRANC           1.6808       1.7570       1.7856       1.7149 
  TAIWAN           DOLLAR         34.639       34.821       34.328       31.106  
  THAILAND         BAHT           44.907       45.641       45.263       40.889  
 *UNITED KINGDOM   POUND           1.4372       1.4148       1.4020       1.4889 
  VENEZUELA        BOLIVAR       731.97       722.72       717.27       689.17   
                       
  MEMO:                
  UNITED STATES    DOLLAR        
1)BROAD            JAN97=100     125.97       128.07       127.58       120.12   
2)MAJOR CURRENCY   MAR73=100     103.77       106.07       105.91        99.07   
3)OITP             JAN97=100     136.03       137.37       136.43       129.52   
 

 

This release is available online at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/G5.
 

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 (OITIP) index are derived from the broad index
weights. The most recent annual revision to the trade weights and the dollar indexes took effect
with the February 1, 2001, release of this report.
 

* 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.
 

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The euro is reported in place of the individual eure-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
 

 


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