H.10(512)                                                               December 29, 2000



 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 29, 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. 25      Dec. 26      Dec. 27      Dec. 28      Dec. 29

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR                      0.5588       0.5590       0.5522       0.5560
  BRAZIL         REAL            H           1.9610       1.9600       1.9550       1.9510
  CANADA         DOLLAR                      1.5099       1.5110       1.5073       1.4995
  CHINA, P.R.    YUAN                        8.2769       8.2770       8.2781       8.2774
  DENMARK        KRONE           O           8.0300       8.0190       8.0570       7.9442
 *EMU MEMBERS    EURO                        0.9292       0.9304       0.9257       0.9388
  GREECE         DRACHMA                   366.67       366.30       368.30       362.95
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR          L           7.7993       7.7988       7.7990       7.7999
  INDIA          RUPEE                      46.75        46.73        46.75        46.75
  JAPAN          YEN                       113.62       114.20       114.62       114.35
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT         I           3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000
  MEXICO         PESO                        9.530        9.577        9.607        9.618
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR                      0.4420       0.4435       0.4398       0.4423
  NORWAY         KRONE           D           8.8082       8.8825       8.9260       8.8010
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR                      1.7270       1.7325       1.7335       1.7315
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND                        7.5500       7.5375       7.5625       7.5700
  SOUTH KOREA    WON             A        1252.50      1260.00      1253.00      1267.00
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE                      82.400       82.450       82.450       82.750
  SWEDEN         KRONA                       9.5020       9.5725       9.5550       9.4440
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC           Y           1.6342       1.6435       1.6450       1.6202
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR                     33.200       33.250       33.200       33.170
  THAILAND       BAHT                       42.300       42.720       43.330       43.450
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND                       1.4800       1.4912       1.4907       1.4955
  VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR                   699.50       699.65       700.25       700.50

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES   DOLLAR
1)BROAD          JAN97=100                 123.06       123.26       123.47       123.01
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100                 100.10       100.18       100.38        99.63
3)OITP           JAN97=100                 134.90       135.27       135.43       135.58


 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