H.10(512) December 18, 2000 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 15, 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. 11 Dec. 12 Dec. 13 Dec. 14 Dec. 15 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5400 0.5420 0.5380 0.5397 0.5458 BRAZIL REAL 1.9620 1.9680 1.9650 1.9650 1.9650 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5227 1.5249 1.5205 1.5165 1.5174 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2773 8.2771 8.2770 8.2768 8.2768 DENMARK KRONE 8.4980 8.4945 8.5140 8.4180 8.3000 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 0.8771 0.8775 0.8755 0.8858 0.8981 GREECE DRACHMA 388.40 388.30 389.15 385.10 379.50 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7969 7.7974 7.8003 7.8003 7.8000 INDIA RUPEE 46.78 46.78 46.80 46.80 46.80 JAPAN YEN 110.77 111.50 112.40 112.42 112.55 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 9.447 9.471 9.451 9.417 9.409 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4227 0.4214 0.4205 0.4211 0.4279 NORWAY KRONE 9.2110 9.2110 9.2470 9.1750 9.0280 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7332 1.7355 1.7415 1.7380 1.7355 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.6680 7.7430 7.7725 7.7375 7.6900 SOUTH KOREA WON 1184.00 1191.00 1192.10 1203.00 1208.00 SRI LANKA RUPEE 82.100 82.100 82.200 82.250 82.350 SWEDEN KRONA 9.7205 9.7195 9.7920 9.6800 9.6000 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.7150 1.7144 1.7175 1.6990 1.6795 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.100 33.060 33.160 33.100 33.100 THAILAND BAHT 43.490 43.550 43.600 43.550 43.450 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4554 1.4480 1.4510 1.4665 1.4763 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 696.69 698.55 698.81 699.25 698.54 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 124.03 124.27 124.42 123.97 123.62 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 101.94 102.17 102.37 101.77 101.26 3)OITP JAN97=100 134.18 134.41 134.43 134.33 134.33 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