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. 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