H.10(512) November 22, 2002 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 22, 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 Nov. 18 Nov. 19 Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 22 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5635 0.5583 0.5595 0.5622 0.5638 BRAZIL REAL 3.5635 3.5720 3.5130 3.5420 3.5758 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5903 1.5853 1.5840 1.5783 1.5804 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2771 8.2771 8.2771 8.2771 8.2774 DENMARK KRONE 7.3660 7.3540 7.4125 7.4390 7.4510 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.0083 1.0107 1.0024 0.9984 0.9966 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.8000 7.7995 7.7996 7.7995 7.7990 INDIA RUPEE 48.23 48.23 48.25 48.21 48.22 JAPAN YEN 121.15 121.65 122.52 122.92 122.84 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 10.173 10.172 10.145 10.092 10.124 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4975 0.4962 0.4974 0.5030 0.5025 NORWAY KRONE 7.2500 7.2900 7.3100 7.3195 7.3260 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7648 1.7675 1.7697 1.7705 1.7700 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 9.5890 9.5900 9.6800 9.6300 9.4750 SOUTH KOREA WON 1212.00 1203.50 1211.50 1218.00 1206.90 SRI LANKA RUPEE 96.450 96.450 96.450 96.450 96.450 SWEDEN KRONA 8.9890 8.9970 9.0500 9.0180 9.0395 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4555 1.4527 1.4649 1.4714 1.4768 TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.710 34.730 34.820 34.750 34.710 THAILAND BAHT 43.400 43.360 43.490 43.450 43.390 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5790 1.5880 1.5750 1.5753 1.5778 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 1354.51 1345.50 1338.51 1328.50 1333.50 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 126.31 126.20 126.53 126.55 126.63 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 99.82 99.73 100.21 100.29 100.37 3)OITP JAN97=100 144.27 144.17 144.14 144.06 144.12 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.