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Release Date: May 30, 2000

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H.10(512) May 26, 2000
 

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
 

FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 26, 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 U.S. dollar except as noted)
 

 

COUNTRYMONETARY
UNIT
May. 22May. 23May. 24May. 25May. 26
*AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR        0.5740       0.5747       0.5713       0.5700       0.5716 
 BRAZIL         REAL          1.8540       1.8520       1.8530       1.8460       1.8410 
 CANADA         DOLLAR        1.4983       1.5036       1.5085       1.5057       1.5045 
 CHINA, P.R.    YUAN          8.2770       8.2768       8.2769       8.2773       8.2771 
 DENMARK        KRONE         8.2565       8.2455       8.2000       8.2200       8.0060 
*EMU MEMBERS    EURO          0.9036       0.9032       0.9096       0.9072       0.9310 
 GREECE         DRACHMA     372.91       372.50       370.30       371.55       362.00   
 HONG KONG      DOLLAR        7.7918       7.7920       7.7919       7.7920       7.7922 
 INDIA          RUPEE        44.02        44.15        44.25        44.20        44.40   
 JAPAN          YEN         107.02       106.72       107.58       107.48       107.18   
 MALAYSIA       RINGGIT       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000 
 MEXICO         PESO          9.573        9.503        9.540        9.509        9.530  
*NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR        0.4593       0.4587       0.4540       0.4566       0.4585 
 NORWAY         KRONE         9.1170       9.1530       9.0985       9.1060       8.9190 
 SINGAPORE      DOLLAR        1.7317       1.7350       1.7370       1.7328       1.7343 
 SOUTH AFRICA   RAND          7.1175       7.0550       7.1180       7.1475       7.1350 
 SOUTH KOREA    WON        1131.50      1135.00      1133.50      1129.90      1137.50   
 SRI LANKA      RUPEE        75.050       75.100       75.100       75.500       75.250  
 SWEDEN         KRONA         9.2220       9.2100       9.1750       9.1650       9.0100 
 SWITZERLAND    FRANC         1.7185       1.7295       1.7208       1.7210       1.6828 
 TAIWAN         DOLLAR       30.750       30.800       30.820       30.850       30.850  
 THAILAND       BAHT         39.180       39.250       39.300       39.150       39.190  
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND         1.4907       1.4728       1.4755       1.4705       1.4875 
 VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR     682.00       682.00       683.00       683.85       684.15   
       
 MEMO:                
  UNITED STATES  DOLLAR        
1)BROAD         JAN97=100    120.90        121.00       121.13       121.05       120.38   
2)MAJOR CURRENCYMAR73=100     99.28         99.45        99.50        99.53        98.46   
3)OITP          JAN97=100    130.95        130.92       131.16       130.90       131.05   
 

 

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.
 

* U.S. dollars per currency unit.
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.
 

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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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