H.10(512) October 27, 2000 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 27, 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. 23 Oct. 24 Oct. 25 Oct. 26 Oct. 27 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5274 0.5256 0.5191 0.5185 0.5233 BRAZIL REAL 1.8930 1.9010 1.9250 1.9460 1.9310 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5080 1.5118 1.5164 1.5187 1.5275 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2784 8.2784 8.2782 8.2785 8.2788 DENMARK KRONE 8.9015 8.8995 9.0050 8.9950 8.8560 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 0.8364 0.8364 0.8270 0.8271 0.8406 GREECE DRACHMA 405.90 406.13 410.25 410.30 403.70 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7987 7.7991 7.7990 7.8001 7.7995 INDIA RUPEE 46.45 46.48 46.70 46.70 46.78 JAPAN YEN 108.45 108.08 108.05 108.36 108.75 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 9.573 9.571 9.627 9.696 9.635 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4015 0.4027 0.3998 0.4000 0.4025 NORWAY KRONE 9.4940 9.5240 9.5850 9.5890 9.4430 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7547 1.7515 1.7545 1.7553 1.7558 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.5800 7.6005 7.6200 7.6850 7.6060 SOUTH KOREA WON 1141.00 1138.00 1140.00 1140.00 1138.00 SRI LANKA RUPEE 79.250 79.250 79.200 79.400 79.350 SWEDEN KRONA 10.1130 10.1280 10.2450 10.3000 10.1238 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.7985 1.8005 1.8165 1.8250 1.8065 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.100 32.050 32.050 32.190 32.260 THAILAND BAHT 43.970 43.770 43.600 43.820 43.770 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4550 1.4490 1.4335 1.4313 1.4517 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 693.60 694.00 694.16 694.40 694.40 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 124.40 124.42 124.96 125.26 124.88 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 102.90 102.94 103.56 103.71 103.26 3)OITP JAN97=100 133.52 133.49 133.81 134.28 134.10 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