H.10(512) May 10, 2002 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 10, 2002 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 May. 6 May. 7 May. 8 May. 9 May. 10 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5393 0.5411 0.5390 0.5424 0.5445 BRAZIL REAL 2.4360 2.4115 2.4275 2.4560 2.4820 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5685 1.5705 1.5708 1.5687 1.5575 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2774 8.2774 8.2775 8.2772 8.2771 DENMARK KRONE 8.1090 8.1280 8.2235 8.1690 8.1595 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 0.9166 0.9148 0.9040 0.9088 0.9116 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7993 7.7994 7.7990 7.7994 7.7994 INDIA RUPEE 48.97 48.99 48.97 48.99 49.02 JAPAN YEN 127.27 127.80 128.64 128.36 127.89 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 9.408 9.476 9.413 9.445 9.512 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4475 0.4490 0.4479 0.4512 0.4525 NORWAY KRONE 8.2735 8.3365 8.3780 8.3060 8.3020 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.8011 1.8081 1.8085 1.8095 1.8047 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 10.4300 10.2200 10.2900 10.3500 10.2230 SOUTH KOREA WON 1281.20 1279.50 1285.40 1282.40 1280.00 SRI LANKA RUPEE 96.250 96.250 96.250 96.250 96.250 SWEDEN KRONA 10.1160 10.2590 10.2950 10.2280 10.2410 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.5891 1.5930 1.6102 1.6005 1.5946 TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.570 34.570 34.590 34.610 34.570 THAILAND BAHT 42.990 42.960 42.940 42.940 42.900 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4676 1.4675 1.4533 1.4585 1.4606 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 901.00 924.01 931.00 951.00 956.00 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 127.80 128.04 128.50 128.35 128.12 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 104.54 104.77 105.46 105.11 104.66 3)OITP JAN97=100 140.05 140.27 140.24 140.46 140.65 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 January 7, 2002, 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.