H.10(512) April 27, 2001 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 27, 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. 23 Apr. 24 Apr. 25 Apr. 26 Apr. 27 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5061 0.5035 0.5045 0.5065 0.5102 BRAZIL REAL 2.2580 2.2600 2.2950 2.2670 2.2220 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5460 1.5490 1.5474 1.5460 1.5417 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2770 8.2769 8.2767 8.2769 8.2773 DENMARK KRONE 8.3340 8.3450 8.3190 8.2820 8.3650 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 0.8960 0.8946 0.8972 0.9011 0.8924 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7991 7.7991 7.8000 7.7999 7.7993 INDIA RUPEE 46.82 46.88 46.88 46.78 46.88 JAPAN YEN 121.68 122.08 122.21 123.13 123.76 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 9.388 9.289 9.315 9.258 9.304 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4105 0.4080 0.4095 0.4105 0.4125 NORWAY KRONE 9.0730 9.1145 9.1070 9.0515 9.0750 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.8072 1.8135 1.8175 1.8170 1.8190 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 8.1480 8.1040 8.1075 8.0150 7.9675 SOUTH KOREA WON 1314.50 1307.00 1307.90 1317.00 1328.00 SRI LANKA RUPEE 88.400 88.900 88.900 89.400 90.000 SWEDEN KRONA 10.2120 10.2530 10.2230 10.1345 10.1925 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.7087 1.7115 1.7075 1.7060 1.7232 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.940 32.920 32.930 32.890 32.970 THAILAND BAHT 45.480 45.560 45.630 45.720 45.720 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4377 1.4365 1.4397 1.4378 1.4362 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 711.85 711.75 712.00 711.75 712.00 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 126.61 126.61 126.63 126.57 126.87 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 104.25 104.48 104.34 104.34 104.72 3)OITP JAN97=100 136.79 136.43 136.70 136.56 136.66 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.