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H.10(512) December 17, 1999
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 17, 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 Dec. 13 Dec. 14 Dec. 15 Dec. 16 Dec. 17
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6330 0.6352 0.6357 0.6425 0.6426
BRAZIL REAL 1.8560 1.8470 1.8520 1.8430 1.8000
CANADA DOLLAR 1.4796 1.4823 1.4837 1.4785 1.4778
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2795 8.2794 8.2794 8.2794 8.2794
DENMARK KRONE 7.3560 7.3970 7.3965 7.3140 7.3680
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.0120 1.0067 1.0066 1.0169 1.0088
GREECE DRACHMA 326.10 327.85 328.15 324.76 327.35
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7750 7.7753 7.7747 7.7728 7.7720
INDIA RUPEE 43.57 43.60 43.54 43.55 43.55
JAPAN YEN 103.26 103.47 103.54 103.04 103.27
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000
MEXICO PESO 9.412 9.413 9.374 9.363 9.330
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4908 0.4948 0.4926 0.5080 0.5070
NORWAY KRONE 8.0130 8.0560 8.0490 7.9875 7.9905
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6780 1.6800 1.6765 1.6753 1.6743
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.1275 6.1300 6.1575 6.1420 6.1475
SOUTH KOREA WON 1128.00 1134.00 1135.00 1131.00 1130.50
SRI LANKA RUPEE 71.750 72.100 72.200 72.150 71.950
SWEDEN KRONA 8.4970 8.5390 8.5270 8.4690 8.5010
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.5834 1.5895 1.5903 1.5758 1.5888
TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.650 31.650 31.700 31.680 31.680
THAILAND BAHT 38.570 38.650 38.430 38.030 38.200
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6232 1.6110 1.6085 1.6123 1.6070
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 643.00 644.11 644.00 644.00 644.00
MEMO:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR
1)BROAD JAN97=100 116.30 116.51 116.47 115.99 116.14
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 93.47 93.78 93.84 93.26 93.58
3)OITP JAN97=100 129.44 129.42 129.21 129.03 128.84
This release is available online at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/H10.
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/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 has
produced revised index values that appear in the dollar indexes starting with the
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
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