H.10(512) September 14, 2001 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 14, 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 Sep. 10 Sep. 11 Sep. 12 Sep. 13 Sep. 14 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5135 0.5161 0.5158 0.5156 BRAZIL REAL 2.5980 N 2.6750 2.7290 2.7130 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5656 1.5610 1.5681 1.5641 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2767 8.2769 8.2768 8.2766 DENMARK KRONE 8.2800 O 8.2057 8.1885 8.0908 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 0.8988 0.9069 0.9089 0.9199 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7998 7.7984 7.7993 7.7996 INDIA RUPEE 47.38 47.39 47.49 47.75 JAPAN YEN 121.08 119.53 118.81 117.38 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.7995 3.7995 3.7995 MEXICO PESO 9.364 D 9.438 9.465 9.491 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4312 0.4271 0.4228 0.4244 NORWAY KRONE 8.8875 8.7992 8.8035 8.7355 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7514 A 1.7398 1.7395 1.7320 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 8.5300 8.6175 8.6198 8.6147 SOUTH KOREA WON 1290.00 1284.50 1290.00 1295.00 SRI LANKA RUPEE 90.300 T 90.100 90.085 90.150 SWEDEN KRONA 10.6300 10.5700 10.5585 10.5103 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.6870 1.6593 1.6526 1.6246 TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.700 A 34.452 34.510 34.560 THAILAND BAHT 44.650 44.380 44.180 44.090 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4585 1.4666 1.4697 1.4678 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 746.75 745.25 744.25 744.50 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 126.75 126.27 126.32 125.82 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 104.31 103.49 103.39 102.59 3)OITP JAN97=100 137.05 137.24 137.53 137.65 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.