G.5(405) May 31, 2002 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN MAY 2002 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 2002 2002 2002 2001 COUNTRY UNIT May April March May *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5498 0.5352 0.5256 0.5199 BRAZIL REAL 2.4753 2.3227 2.3450 2.2926 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5502 1.5815 1.5877 1.5411 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2770 8.2772 8.2773 8.2770 DENMARK KRONE 8.1098 8.3942 8.4795 8.5256 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 0.9170 0.8860 0.8766 0.8753 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7994 7.8000 7.7997 7.7999 INDIA RUPEE 49.02 48.94 48.77 46.95 JAPAN YEN 126.38 130.77 131.06 121.77 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 9.510 9.165 9.064 9.148 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4610 0.4428 0.4333 0.4218 NORWAY KRONE 8.2050 8.6102 8.8072 9.1380 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.8004 1.8285 1.8295 1.8141 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 10.1615 11.0832 11.4863 7.9789 SOUTH KOREA WON 1262.20 1318.09 1322.90 1298.90 SRI LANKA RUPEE 96.318 96.030 94.903 90.848 SWEDEN KRONA 10.0642 10.3070 10.3324 10.3513 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.5889 1.6542 1.6743 1.7528 TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.454 34.917 35.020 33.203 THAILAND BAHT 42.816 43.442 43.415 45.525 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4598 1.4429 1.4230 1.4265 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 985.80 871.38 922.66 714.86 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 127.35 128.95 129.27 126.35 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 104.09 107.03 107.76 105.07 3)OITP JAN97=100 139.71 138.86 138.49 135.77 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, 2002, 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