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Release Date: July 1, 2005

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 G.5(405)      :  for immediate release                                     June 30, 2005                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN JUNE 2005 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)                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
COUNTRY MONETARY UNIT June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 June 2004
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7667 0.7663 0.7738 0.6937
BRAZIL REAL 2.4148 2.4554 2.5760 3.1293
CANADA DOLLAR 1.2402 1.2555 1.2359 1.3578
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2765 8.2765 8.2765 8.2767
DENMARK KRONE 6.1247 5.8628 5.7554 6.1220
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.2155 1.2697 1.2943 1.2146
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7755 7.7914 7.7984 7.7980
INDIA RUPEE 43.52 43.41 43.64 45.50
JAPAN YEN 108.75 106.60 107.19 109.43
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000
MEXICO PESO 10.820 10.976 11.112 11.393
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7083 0.7191 0.7209 0.6284
NORWAY KRONE 6.4936 6.3656 6.3147 6.8279
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6723 1.6507 1.6511 1.7136
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.7396 6.3267 6.1469 6.4216
SOUTH KOREA WON 1012.46 1001.84 1010.07 1159.02
SRI LANKA RUPEE 99.945 99.791 99.671 100.930
SWEDEN KRONA 7.6229 7.2382 7.0814 7.5323
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2665 1.2172 1.1954 1.2503
TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.347 31.265 31.480 33.568
THAILAND BAHT 40.917 39.800 39.521 40.827
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.8177 1.8559 1.8961 1.8279
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 1920.00
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
N = No data for this date                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

   Memo:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 June 2004
1)BROAD JAN97=100 111.62 110.44 109.92 115.64
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 84.95 83.34 82.23 87.52
3)OITP JAN97=100 138.74 138.70 139.53 144.72
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   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 (OITP) 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 28, 2005, release of this report.  The source for exchange rates not listed in th                                                                                                                                          
   table above but used in the calculation of the broad and OITP indexes is Reuters Limited.                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   *  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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   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                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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