H.10(512)                                                                October 25, 2002



 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 25, 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       Oct. 21      Oct. 22      Oct. 23      Oct. 24      Oct. 25

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.5530       0.5527       0.5526       0.5550       0.5545
  BRAZIL         REAL           3.9130       3.9310       3.9010       3.8570       3.7860
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.5682       1.5680       1.5685       1.5610       1.5676
  CHINA, P.R.    YUAN           8.2769       8.2771       8.2770       8.2771       8.2773
  DENMARK        KRONE          7.6370       7.5955       7.6030       7.6270       7.6110
 *EMU MEMBERS    EURO           0.9732       0.9782       0.9772       0.9742       0.9767
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7990       7.7991       7.7992       7.7991       7.7992
  INDIA          RUPEE         48.38        48.39        48.35        48.42        48.41
  JAPAN          YEN          124.71       125.09       124.17       124.77       124.14
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000
  MEXICO         PESO           9.947        9.979       10.017        9.947        9.975
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.4837       0.4847       0.4841       0.4857       0.4868
  NORWAY         KRONE          7.5930       7.5850       7.5660       7.5750       7.5410
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR         1.7834       1.7829       1.7797       1.7840       1.7750
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND          10.2200      10.1800      10.2170      10.1300      10.1200
  SOUTH KOREA    WON         1240.00      1250.00      1231.90      1231.90      1231.60
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE         96.400       96.400       96.400       96.400       96.400
  SWEDEN         KRONA          9.3350       9.3445       9.3850       9.3700       9.3405
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC          1.5110       1.5015       1.5004       1.5062       1.5014
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        34.900       34.920       34.860       34.800       34.800
  THAILAND       BAHT          43.600       43.650       43.630       43.580       43.440
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.5418       1.5463       1.5499       1.5478       1.5533
  VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR     1381.50      1430.00      1426.00      1434.00      1435.00

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES   DOLLAR
1)BROAD          JAN97=100    127.74       127.77       127.58       127.52       127.42
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100    101.56       101.44       101.29       101.35       101.24
3)OITP           JAN97=100    144.85       145.14       144.95       144.67       144.60


 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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