H.10(512) December 8, 2000 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 8, 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 Dec. 4 Dec. 5 Dec. 6 Dec. 7 Dec. 8 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5431 0.5405 0.5448 0.5470 0.5445 BRAZIL REAL 1.9840 1.9600 1.9670 1.9740 1.9690 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5458 1.5438 1.5323 1.5223 1.5205 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2771 8.2770 8.2770 8.2770 8.2769 DENMARK KRONE 8.4050 8.4705 8.3970 8.3900 8.4340 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 0.8875 0.8804 0.8877 0.8891 0.8838 GREECE DRACHMA 384.25 387.15 383.80 383.30 385.70 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7995 7.8000 7.7974 7.7975 7.7963 INDIA RUPEE 46.88 46.80 46.78 46.80 46.80 JAPAN YEN 111.07 111.00 110.42 110.70 111.29 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 9.414 9.375 9.408 9.429 9.399 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4216 0.4209 0.4250 0.4272 0.4274 NORWAY KRONE 9.1575 9.1840 9.0711 9.1250 9.1550 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7445 1.7438 1.7430 1.7335 1.7363 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.6450 7.6550 7.5820 7.6175 7.6400 SOUTH KOREA WON 1220.00 1204.00 1201.00 1201.00 1192.00 SRI LANKA RUPEE 81.100 81.100 81.200 81.200 81.100 SWEDEN KRONA 9.7250 9.7420 9.6300 9.7130 9.7350 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.7060 1.7153 1.7078 1.7015 1.7063 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.050 33.050 33.050 33.080 33.060 THAILAND BAHT 43.700 43.680 43.620 43.440 43.610 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4523 1.4410 1.4365 1.4400 1.4442 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 697.76 698.00 698.25 698.00 698.00 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 124.30 124.35 123.98 123.84 123.96 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 102.09 102.38 101.74 101.53 101.81 3)OITP JAN97=100 134.60 134.24 134.40 134.42 134.24 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