H.10(512) January 28, 2000 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 28, 2000 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 Jan. 24 Jan. 25 Jan. 26 Jan. 27 Jan. 28 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6544 0.6542 0.6505 0.6550 0.6265 BRAZIL REAL 1.7680 1.7800 1.7810 1.7800 1.7900 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4400 1.4389 1.4379 1.4350 1.4495 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2789 8.2786 8.2782 8.2783 8.2781 DENMARK KRONE 7.4280 7.4120 7.4330 7.5250 7.6165 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.0019 1.0041 1.0011 0.9890 0.9765 GREECE DRACHMA 330.90 330.20 330.85 335.40 339.40 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7795 7.7800 7.7805 7.7805 7.7800 INDIA RUPEE 43.62 43.59 43.65 43.63 43.65 JAPAN YEN 105.52 105.87 105.85 104.91 107.15 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 9.485 9.525 9.518 9.520 9.581 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5061 0.5068 0.5060 0.5072 0.4870 NORWAY KRONE 8.0260 8.0360 8.0675 8.1475 8.2700 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6825 1.6867 1.6950 1.6930 1.7100 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.1675 6.1617 6.1750 6.2270 6.3575 SOUTH KOREA WON 1124.50 1127.00 1127.80 1125.00 1121.00 SRI LANKA RUPEE 72.950 73.450 73.400 73.450 73.050 SWEDEN KRONA 8.5260 8.5210 8.5285 8.6150 8.8200 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.6090 1.6085 1.6102 1.6317 1.6485 TAIWAN DOLLAR 30.850 30.850 30.850 30.830 30.750 THAILAND BAHT 37.300 37.270 37.480 37.460 37.650 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6520 1.6482 1.6395 1.6363 1.6210 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 654.00 655.11 655.00 655.00 655.00 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 116.02 116.11 116.25 116.33 117.37 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 93.33 93.33 93.45 93.60 94.97 3)OITP JAN97=100 128.98 129.21 129.33 129.30 129.53 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