H.10(512) December 17, 2001 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 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 Dec. 10 Dec. 11 Dec. 12 Dec. 13 Dec. 14 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5150 0.5148 0.5201 0.5179 0.5186 BRAZIL REAL 2.3425 2.3425 2.3740 2.3890 2.3870 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5787 1.5781 1.5654 1.5675 1.5635 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2770 8.2768 8.2768 8.2767 8.2768 DENMARK KRONE 8.3820 8.3610 8.3280 8.2995 8.2380 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 0.8884 0.8904 0.8945 0.8976 0.9044 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7994 7.7996 7.7998 7.7999 7.7999 INDIA RUPEE 47.87 47.85 47.84 47.84 47.86 JAPAN YEN 126.27 126.23 126.52 126.32 127.24 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 9.188 9.151 9.157 9.125 9.090 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4148 0.4170 0.4200 0.4190 0.4175 NORWAY KRONE 9.0100 8.9825 8.9580 8.9375 8.8735 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.8330 1.8328 1.8310 1.8315 1.8372 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 11.0200 11.1100 11.1500 11.5400 12.2000 SOUTH KOREA WON 1282.60 1278.30 1274.40 1274.60 1285.90 SRI LANKA RUPEE 93.300 93.150 93.150 93.150 93.150 SWEDEN KRONA 10.5040 10.5160 10.4910 10.4380 10.4930 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.6673 1.6585 1.6495 1.6423 1.6307 TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.480 34.460 34.460 34.460 34.500 THAILAND BAHT 43.890 43.760 43.720 43.680 43.840 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4342 1.4365 1.4440 1.4454 1.4547 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 752.31 750.50 750.85 751.25 752.26 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 127.75 127.58 127.28 127.20 127.09 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 106.07 105.95 105.50 105.38 105.16 3)OITP JAN97=100 136.59 136.37 136.38 136.38 136.49 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.