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Release Date: December 1, 2005

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 G.5(405)      :  for immediate release                                 December 1, 2005                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN NOVEMBER 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 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 November 2004
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7353 0.7535 0.7651 0.7704
BRAZIL REAL 2.2109 2.2536 2.2949 2.7877
CANADA DOLLAR 1.1815 1.1774 1.1777 1.1968
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.0840 8.0895 8.0919 8.2765
DENMARK KRONE 6.3277 6.2064 6.0973 5.7178
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.1789 1.2022 1.2234 1.2997
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7538 7.7559 7.7618 7.7755
INDIA RUPEE 45.63 44.76 43.85 45.03
JAPAN YEN 118.45 114.87 111.24 104.70
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.7782 3.7735 3.7689 3.8000
MEXICO PESO 10.672 10.835 10.786 11.371
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6897 0.6983 0.6987 0.7009
NORWAY KRONE 6.6399 6.5103 6.3830 6.2700
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6981 1.6915 1.6820 1.6505
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.6554 6.5878 6.3661 6.0305
SOUTH KOREA WON 1040.76 1045.88 1029.84 1086.44
SRI LANKA RUPEE 101.800 101.485 101.332 104.632
SWEDEN KRONA 8.1157 7.8433 7.6300 6.9257
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3110 1.2880 1.2671 1.1711
TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.580 33.468 32.925 32.777
THAILAND BAHT 41.097 40.895 41.040 40.282
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.7349 1.7651 1.8064 1.8607
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2144.66 2144.60 2144.60 1915.20
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
N = No data for this date                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

   Memo:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 November 2004
1)BROAD JAN97=100 112.68 111.83 110.70 109.97
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 86.68 85.21 83.89 81.03
3)OITP JAN97=100 138.27 138.82 138.34 142.18
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   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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