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Release Date: May 21, 2001

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H.10(512) May 18, 2001
 

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
 

FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 18, 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)
 

 

COUNTRYMONETARY
UNIT
May. 14May. 15May. 16May. 17May. 18
*AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR        0.5180       0.5193       0.5233       0.5273       0.5251 
 BRAZIL         REAL          2.3090       2.3370       2.3235       2.3060       2.2950 
 CANADA         DOLLAR        1.5541       1.5493       1.5405       1.5360       1.5328 
 CHINA, P.R.    YUAN          8.2771       8.2709       8.2769       8.2767       8.2768 
 DENMARK        KRONE         8.5320       8.4870       8.4400       8.4530       8.5030 
*EMU MEMBERS    EURO          0.8748       0.8788       0.8842       0.8828       0.8774 
 HONG KONG      DOLLAR        7.8000       7.8000       7.8000       7.8000       7.8000 
 INDIA          RUPEE        47.00        47.03        46.97        46.99        46.98   
 JAPAN          YEN         123.12       123.26       123.59       122.68       123.67   
 MALAYSIA       RINGGIT       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000 
 MEXICO         PESO          9.193        9.166        9.166        9.000        8.980  
*NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR        0.4185       0.4187       0.4222       0.4260       0.4260 
 NORWAY         KRONE         9.1560       9.1200       9.0900       9.0660       9.0500 
 SINGAPORE      DOLLAR        1.8190       1.8191       1.8130       1.8087       1.8113 
 SOUTH AFRICA   RAND          7.9875       8.0040       8.0175       7.9675       7.9320 
 SOUTH KOREA    WON        1298.00      1303.70      1310.00      1302.10      1304.10   
 SRI LANKA      RUPEE        90.050       90.450       90.450       90.600       90.650  
 SWEDEN         KRONA        10.3250      10.2530      10.2680      10.2230      10.2500 
 SWITZERLAND    FRANC         1.7516       1.7432       1.7329       1.7393       1.7486 
 TAIWAN         DOLLAR       32.890       32.950       33.000       33.000       32.980  
 THAILAND       BAHT         45.550       45.510       45.370       45.350       45.540  
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND         1.4176       1.4236       1.4293       1.4310       1.4333 
 VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR     714.95       714.75       715.25       715.60       716.50   
       
 MEMO:                
 UNITED STATES   DOLLAR      
1)BROAD         JAN97=100    127.25        127.08       126.82       126.37       126.59   
2)MAJOR CURRENCYMAR73=100    105.65        105.36       104.97       104.72       105.07   
3)OITP          JAN97=100    136.07        136.12       136.13       135.44       135.40   
 

 

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
 

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please call publication services at Federal Reserve Board at (202) 452-3244.
 

 

 


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