H.10(512)                                                                October 20, 2000



 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 20, 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       Oct. 16      Oct. 17      Oct. 18      Oct. 19      Oct. 20

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.5230       0.5188       0.5187       0.5210       0.5280
  BRAZIL         REAL           1.8710       1.8735       1.8760       1.8750       1.8820
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.5195       1.5184       1.5200       1.5112       1.5119
  CHINA, P.R.    YUAN           8.2781       8.2784       8.2781       8.2780       8.2778
  DENMARK        KRONE          8.7725       8.7512       8.8750       8.8470       8.8530
 *EMU MEMBERS    EURO           0.8489       0.8507       0.8391       0.8406       0.8400
  GREECE         DRACHMA      399.75       399.05       404.25       403.40       404.10
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7980       7.7975       7.7980       7.7970       7.7975
  INDIA          RUPEE         46.40        46.35        46.45        46.40        46.40
  JAPAN          YEN          108.30       108.15       107.78       108.55       109.04
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000
  MEXICO         PESO           9.548        9.547        9.578        9.545        9.558
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.3950       0.3937       0.3920       0.3945       0.4008
  NORWAY         KRONE          9.4325       9.4500       9.5775       9.5035       9.4900
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR         1.7540       1.7555       1.7570       1.7523       1.7547
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND           7.5775       7.5650       7.7125       7.6700       7.5850
  SOUTH KOREA    WON         1130.00      1136.00      1140.00      1140.00      1132.00
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE         79.350       79.350       79.250       79.250       79.350
  SWEDEN         KRONA         10.0130      10.0070      10.1150      10.0650      10.1200
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC          1.7790       1.7773       1.7875       1.7875       1.7885
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        32.050       32.300       32.500       32.350       32.150
  THAILAND       BAHT          43.310       43.450       43.750       43.390       43.720
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.4455       1.4426       1.4464       1.4422       1.4448
  VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR      693.00       693.25       692.40       692.75       693.00

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES   DOLLAR
1)BROAD          JAN97=100    124.06       124.07       124.45       124.31       124.40
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100    102.65       102.56       102.96       102.90       103.02
3)OITP           JAN97=100    133.10       133.27       133.53       133.30       133.32


 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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 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