H.10(512) August 27, 1999 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 27, 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. 23 Aug. 24 Aug. 25 Aug. 26 Aug. 27 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6359 0.6370 0.6334 0.6300 0.6320 BRAZIL REAL 1.8620 1.9025 1.9360 1.9100 1.9400 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4955 1.4955 1.4960 1.5026 1.4920 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2772 8.2775 8.2773 8.2773 8.2773 DENMARK KRONE 7.0490 7.0710 7.1005 7.1220 7.1070 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.0553 1.0506 1.0461 1.0441 1.0460 GREECE DRACHMA 309.75 310.68 311.85 312.85 312.08 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7641 7.7648 7.7645 7.7645 7.7650 INDIA RUPEE 43.53 43.65 43.55 43.55 43.53 JAPAN YEN 111.73 111.53 111.18 111.83 111.68 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 9.344 9.318 9.310 9.337 9.390 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5310 0.5270 0.5158 0.5120 0.5130 NORWAY KRONE 7.8750 7.8500 7.9510 7.9900 7.9520 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6830 1.6910 1.6910 1.6920 1.6880 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.0790 6.0975 6.1140 6.0950 6.0975 SOUTH KOREA WON 1198.00 1199.00 1192.00 1191.00 1183.00 SRI LANKA RUPEE 72.050 72.050 71.800 72.150 71.900 SWEDEN KRONA 8.2900 8.2850 8.3360 8.3550 8.3250 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.5145 1.5242 1.5315 1.5339 1.5303 TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.980 31.980 31.950 31.950 31.900 THAILAND BAHT 38.330 38.355 38.350 38.380 38.350 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6076 1.5946 1.5865 1.5876 1.5885 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 617.75 617.75 618.60 618.50 619.35 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 116.37 116.56 116.61 116.84 116.69 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 94.64 94.80 94.92 95.26 94.95 3)OITP JAN97=100 129.22 129.43 129.33 129.32 129.50 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