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) MONETARY 2001 2001 2001 2000 COUNTRY UNIT August July June 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. 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. 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