H.10(512) March 2, 2001 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 2, 2001 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 Feb. 26 Feb. 27 Feb. 28 Mar. 1 Mar. 2 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5213 0.5236 0.5248 0.5262 0.5292 BRAZIL REAL 2.0300 2.0340 2.0465 2.0430 2.0320 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5314 1.5261 1.5320 1.5465 1.5489 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2776 8.2781 8.2783 8.2778 8.2782 DENMARK KRONE 8.2080 8.1730 8.1000 8.0350 7.9910 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 0.9093 0.9128 0.9212 0.9291 0.9340 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7999 7.8000 7.8000 7.8000 7.8000 INDIA RUPEE 46.66 46.68 46.59 46.59 46.59 JAPAN YEN 116.63 116.20 117.28 117.33 119.06 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 9.668 9.684 9.693 9.706 9.667 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4271 0.4318 0.4303 0.4330 0.4375 NORWAY KRONE 9.0360 9.0050 8.9225 8.8650 8.8010 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7443 1.7410 1.7451 1.7468 1.7500 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.7820 7.7230 7.7020 7.7375 7.7440 SOUTH KOREA WON 1247.10 1249.50 1254.80 1253.10 1268.00 SRI LANKA RUPEE 86.080 87.000 87.000 87.000 87.000 SWEDEN KRONA 9.9220 9.9080 9.8150 9.7325 9.6820 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.6895 1.6837 1.6736 1.6557 1.6465 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.400 32.400 32.400 32.380 32.400 THAILAND BAHT 43.050 42.850 43.110 43.290 43.390 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4440 1.4405 1.4433 1.4553 1.4725 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 703.85 704.90 705.00 705.56 705.00 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 124.36 124.16 124.23 124.20 124.26 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 102.27 101.95 101.95 101.87 101.97 3)OITP JAN97=100 134.58 134.63 134.79 134.85 134.85 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/). Weights for the 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 and dollar indexes took effect with the February 5, 2001, release of this report. * 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. The euro is reported in place of the individual euro-area currencies. These currency rates can be derived from the dollar/euro rate by using the fixed conversion rates (in currencies per euro) given below: 1 EURO = 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 = 340.750 GREEK DRACHMAS 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.