H.10(512) October 22, 1999 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 22, 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 Oct. 18 Oct. 19 Oct. 20 Oct. 21 Oct. 22 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6440 0.6486 0.6463 0.6470 0.6503 BRAZIL REAL 1.9880 1.9900 2.0070 1.9940 1.9800 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4952 1.4910 1.4905 1.4860 1.4759 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2774 8.2773 8.2774 8.2772 8.2773 DENMARK KRONE 6.8425 6.8635 6.9070 6.8760 6.9658 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.0863 1.0833 1.0765 1.0808 1.0678 GREECE DRACHMA 303.30 303.90 306.00 305.30 309.20 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7698 7.7700 7.7695 7.7700 7.7705 INDIA RUPEE 43.52 43.40 43.50 43.50 43.50 JAPAN YEN 104.93 105.50 106.16 105.96 105.81 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 9.733 9.673 9.615 9.648 9.598 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5080 0.5110 0.5133 0.5147 0.5156 NORWAY KRONE 7.7050 7.7045 7.7230 7.7015 7.7540 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6768 1.6745 1.6748 1.6700 1.6660 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.1585 6.1375 6.1265 6.1475 6.1375 SOUTH KOREA WON 1204.00 1206.00 1205.00 1206.00 1205.50 SRI LANKA RUPEE 72.050 71.690 71.950 71.580 71.520 SWEDEN KRONA 8.1650 8.1360 8.1700 8.1210 8.1400 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4620 1.4681 1.4790 1.4730 1.4975 TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.820 31.830 31.830 31.830 31.820 THAILAND BAHT 39.650 39.500 39.300 39.250 39.140 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6720 1.6708 1.6643 1.6765 1.6584 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 631.60 630.81 632.00 632.00 631.51 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 115.21 115.21 115.38 115.05 115.12 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 91.91 92.03 92.40 92.09 92.30 3)OITP JAN97=100 131.25 131.01 130.76 130.49 130.26 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. The most recent annual revision to the trade weights has produced revised index values that will appear in the dollar indexes starting November 1, 1999 release. * 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 = 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