H.10(512) August 23, 2002 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 23, 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 Aug. 19 Aug. 20 Aug. 21 Aug. 22 Aug. 23 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5422 0.5464 0.5444 0.5398 0.5433 BRAZIL REAL 3.0825 3.0885 3.0800 3.1730 3.0950 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5715 1.5716 1.5586 1.5566 1.5563 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2767 8.2768 8.2766 8.2766 8.2767 DENMARK KRONE 7.5980 7.5960 7.5825 7.6590 7.6375 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 0.9775 0.9779 0.9796 0.9697 0.9726 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.8000 7.8080 7.8000 7.8000 7.8000 INDIA RUPEE 48.61 48.59 48.56 48.55 48.55 JAPAN YEN 118.53 118.84 118.54 119.85 119.53 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 9.760 9.788 9.789 9.830 9.842 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4663 0.4690 0.4649 0.4639 0.4662 NORWAY KRONE 7.5430 7.5150 7.5440 7.6470 7.6260 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7517 1.7500 1.7487 1.7590 1.7556 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 10.6200 10.7500 10.8800 10.9000 10.8560 SOUTH KOREA WON 1194.00 1195.00 1192.00 1193.70 1202.50 SRI LANKA RUPEE 96.270 96.300 96.350 96.350 96.330 SWEDEN KRONA 9.4440 9.4050 9.3470 9.4980 9.4570 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.5015 1.5027 1.4999 1.5188 1.5128 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.840 33.900 34.000 34.020 34.120 THAILAND BAHT 42.080 41.960 42.080 42.300 42.300 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5272 1.5266 1.5295 1.5192 1.5215 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 1377.00 1391.50 1400.00 1401.50 1397.00 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 125.47 125.54 125.28 125.90 125.79 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 100.37 100.40 100.01 100.68 100.47 3)OITP JAN97=100 141.24 141.36 141.37 141.80 141.86 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.