G.5(405)                                                           May 30, 2003



 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN MAY 2003 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       2003         2003         2003         2002
   COUNTRY           UNIT          May         April        March         May

 *AUSTRALIA        DOLLAR          0.6468       0.6100       0.6015       0.5498
  BRAZIL           REAL            2.9517       3.1090       3.4567       2.4753
  CANADA           DOLLAR          1.3840       1.4582       1.4761       1.5502
  CHINA, P.R.      YUAN            8.2769       8.2772       8.2773       8.2770
  DENMARK          KRONE           6.4268       6.8381       6.8807       8.1098
 *EMU MEMBERS      EURO            1.1556       1.0862       1.0797       0.9170
  HONG KONG        DOLLAR          7.7991       7.7996       7.7991       7.7994
  INDIA            RUPEE          47.11        47.39        47.68        49.02
  JAPAN            YEN           117.37       119.90       118.69       126.38
  MALAYSIA         RINGGIT         3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000
  MEXICO           PESO           10.253       10.589       10.905        9.510
 *NEW ZEALAND      DOLLAR          0.5756       0.5518       0.5537       0.4610
  NORWAY           KRONE           6.8145       7.2032       7.2760       8.2050
  SINGAPORE        DOLLAR          1.7357       1.7771       1.7551       1.8004
  SOUTH AFRICA     RAND            7.6604       7.6634       8.0506      10.1615
  SOUTH KOREA      WON          1201.23      1231.10      1237.20      1262.20
  SRI LANKA        RUPEE          97.230       97.004       96.943       96.318
  SWEDEN           KRONA           7.9213       8.4314       8.5440      10.0642
  SWITZERLAND      FRANC           1.3111       1.3783       1.3614       1.5889
  TAIWAN           DOLLAR         34.697       34.824       34.721       34.454
  THAILAND         BAHT           42.217       42.929       42.783       42.816
 *UNITED KINGDOM   POUND           1.6224       1.5739       1.5825       1.4598
  VENEZUELA        BOLIVAR      1600.00      1600.00      1600.00       985.80

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES    DOLLAR
1)BROAD            JAN97=100     118.54       122.54       123.56       127.27
2)MAJOR CURRENCY   MAR73=100      89.67        93.98        94.28       103.89
3)OITP             JAN97=100     142.75       145.15       147.26       139.83


 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 January 30, 2003, 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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