H.10(512) August 13, 1999 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 13, 1999 The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is advised that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has certified for customs purposes the following noon buying rates in New York City for cable transfers payable in foreign currencies: (RATES IN CURRENCY UNITS PER DOLLAR) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT Aug. 9 Aug. 10 Aug. 11 Aug. 12 Aug. 13 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6500 0.6512 0.6485 0.6495 0.6517 BRAZIL REAL 1.8460 1.8825 1.8710 1.8530 1.8720 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5026 1.5000 1.4908 1.4853 1.4780 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2774 8.2772 8.2772 8.2771 8.2770 DENMARK KRONE 6.9581 6.9280 6.9770 6.9940 7.0350 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.0694 1.0752 1.0660 1.0636 1.0568 GREECE DRACHMA 305.67 304.05 306.50 307.20 308.35 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7627 7.7630 7.7625 7.7635 7.7640 INDIA RUPEE 43.35 43.45 43.47 43.50 43.52 JAPAN YEN 115.37 114.44 115.10 115.76 115.66 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.7999 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 9.484 9.515 9.421 9.354 9.388 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5200 0.5273 0.5282 0.5298 0.5302 NORWAY KRONE 7.7400 7.7080 7.7330 7.7480 7.8025 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6680 1.6653 1.6740 1.6740 1.6775 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.1650 6.1725 6.1430 6.1140 6.1100 SOUTH KOREA WON 1198.00 1199.30 1202.00 1210.00 1207.00 SRI LANKA RUPEE N.A. 71.650 71.650 71.650 71.720 SWEDEN KRONA 8.2240 8.2100 8.2550 8.2680 8.3100 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4972 1.4895 1.5024 1.5060 1.5157 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.000 32.200 32.200 32.230 32.200 THAILAND BAHT 37.830 37.820 38.180 38.150 38.000 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6000 1.6180 1.6107 1.6090 1.6057 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 613.25 613.50 614.35 614.75 615.25 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 116.62 116.45 116.72 116.74 116.78 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 95.13 94.63 94.90 95.01 95.06 3)OITP JAN97=100 128.99 129.45 129.64 129.50 129.54 This release is available online at http://www.federalreserve.gov/release/. 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/) and "Index of the Weighted-Average Exchange Value of the U.S. Dollar: Revision," Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 64 (August 1978), p. 700. Weights for broad index can be found at http://www.federalreserve.gov/; weights for the major currencies index and the other important trading partners (OITP) index are derived from the broad index weights. * Value is U.S. dollars. 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. As of the January 11, 1999 release, the euro is reported in place of the individual euro-area currencies. These currency rates can be derived from the euro rate by using the fixed conversion rates (in currencies per euro) given below: 1 EUR = 40.3399 BELGIAN FRANCS = 1.95583 GERMAN MARKS = 166.386 SPANISH PESETAS = 6.55957 FRENCH FRANCS = .787564 IRISH POUNDS = 1936.27 ITALIAN LIRE = 40.3399 LUXEMBOURG FRANCS = 2.20371 DUTCH GUILDERS = 13.7603 AUSTRIAN SCHILLINGS = 200.482 PORTUGUESE ESCUDOS = 5.94573 FINNISH MARKKAS