H.10(512) April 20, 2001 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 20, 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 Apr. 16 Apr. 17 Apr. 18 Apr. 19 Apr. 20 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5105 0.5055 0.4990 0.5085 0.5178 BRAZIL REAL 2.1830 2.1930 2.1700 2.1950 2.2280 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5625 1.5575 1.5692 1.5470 1.5425 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2769 8.2775 8.2775 8.2773 8.2775 DENMARK KRONE 8.4045 8.4691 8.4650 8.3820 8.2600 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 0.8862 0.8814 0.8816 0.8909 0.9032 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7995 7.8000 7.8000 7.7995 7.7998 INDIA RUPEE 47.07 46.95 46.95 46.88 46.88 JAPAN YEN 124.64 123.67 122.35 121.87 122.52 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 9.332 9.287 9.187 9.273 9.373 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4090 0.4053 0.4045 0.4058 0.4158 NORWAY KRONE 9.1359 9.1325 9.1234 9.0700 9.0260 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.8117 1.8085 1.7998 1.8065 1.8136 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 8.0350 8.1500 8.1250 8.1410 8.1620 SOUTH KOREA WON 1330.00 1325.00 1316.00 1299.00 1313.10 SRI LANKA RUPEE 87.300 87.500 87.700 87.800 88.200 SWEDEN KRONA 10.1930 10.2902 10.2800 10.1370 10.0820 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.7180 1.7310 1.7375 1.7170 1.6926 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.950 32.970 32.970 32.850 32.910 THAILAND BAHT 45.580 45.530 45.220 45.400 45.680 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4360 1.4287 1.4257 1.4366 1.4428 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 710.50 711.15 711.50 709.71 711.50 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 127.27 127.19 126.99 126.36 126.34 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 105.55 105.53 105.56 104.49 103.96 3)OITP JAN97=100 136.27 136.12 135.58 135.79 136.62 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.