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Release Date: October 7, 2002
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 H.10(512)                                                                 October 4, 2002



 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 4, 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       Sep. 30      Oct. 1       Oct. 2       Oct. 3       Oct. 4

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.5429       0.5422       0.5442       0.5465       0.5461
  BRAZIL         REAL           3.8030       3.6920       3.5810       3.6650       3.6350
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.5863       1.5863       1.5855       1.5903       1.5943
  CHINA, P.R.    YUAN           8.2774       8.2774       8.2774       8.2774       8.2774
  DENMARK        KRONE          7.5200       7.5345       7.5450       7.5240       7.5640
 *EMU MEMBERS    EURO           0.9879       0.9859       0.9842       0.9871       0.9821
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7998       7.7995       7.7997       7.7999       7.7998
  INDIA          RUPEE         48.40        48.39        48.39        48.38        48.38
  JAPAN          YEN          121.74       122.73       123.21       123.04       123.02
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000
  MEXICO         PESO          10.212       10.162       10.110       10.131       10.186
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.4698       0.4710       0.4743       0.4777       0.4784
  NORWAY         KRONE          7.4100       7.4250       7.4280       7.4010       7.4280
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR         1.7780       1.7887       1.7867       1.7848       1.7827
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND          10.5350      10.4200      10.4275      10.3950      10.4330
  SOUTH KOREA    WON         1227.70      1227.50      1230.40      1230.40      1232.40
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE         96.400       96.400       96.400       96.400       96.450
  SWEDEN         KRONA          9.2740       9.2190       9.2210       9.1980       9.2580
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC          1.4758       1.4793       1.4836       1.4794       1.4893
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        34.920       34.910       34.970       34.990       34.990
  THAILAND       BAHT          43.290       43.480       43.530       43.570       43.530
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.5700       1.5708       1.5655       1.5704       1.5690
  VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR     1473.00      1470.00      1475.00      1485.01      1494.00

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES   DOLLAR
1)BROAD          JAN97=100    127.41       127.47       127.47       127.51       127.74
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100    100.70       100.95       101.11       101.04       101.30
3)OITP           JAN97=100    145.53       145.25       144.97       145.18       145.32


 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

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