H.10(512) June 30, 2000 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 30, 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) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT Jun. 26 Jun. 27 Jun. 28 Jun. 29 Jun. 30 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5965 0.6012 0.6023 0.6029 0.5971 BRAZIL REAL 1.8280 1.8230 1.8200 1.8170 1.8040 CANADA DOLLAR 1.4830 1.4825 1.4838 1.4820 1.4798 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2773 8.2774 8.2775 8.2780 8.2782 DENMARK KRONE 7.9495 7.8999 7.8980 7.8405 7.8200 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 0.9382 0.9444 0.9444 0.9515 0.9545 GREECE DRACHMA 358.70 356.67 356.45 353.69 353.00 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7920 7.7950 7.7955 7.7953 7.7960 INDIA RUPEE 44.75 44.70 44.72 44.73 44.70 JAPAN YEN 105.66 105.53 105.51 105.09 106.14 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 10.023 10.087 9.969 9.888 9.843 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4695 0.4720 0.4650 0.4692 0.4690 NORWAY KRONE 8.7580 8.6947 8.6520 8.5900 8.5810 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7341 1.7343 1.7350 1.7345 1.7275 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.8780 6.8175 6.8100 6.8225 6.7900 SOUTH KOREA WON 1118.20 1118.30 1116.50 1115.00 1115.15 SRI LANKA RUPEE 78.900 79.000 79.000 79.200 79.200 SWEDEN KRONA 8.8910 8.8725 8.8640 8.8220 8.8210 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.6510 1.6379 1.6420 1.6375 1.6317 TAIWAN DOLLAR 30.810 30.820 30.820 30.830 30.800 THAILAND BAHT 39.130 39.170 39.160 39.200 39.200 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4990 1.5000 1.5107 1.5194 1.5130 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 681.26 681.50 681.75 682.51 682.51 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 120.03 119.91 119.75 119.39 119.40 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 97.23 96.94 96.91 96.49 96.63 3)OITP JAN97=100 132.27 132.47 132.13 131.93 131.73 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. 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