H.10(512) December 13, 2002 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 13, 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 Dec. 9 Dec. 10 Dec. 11 Dec. 12 Dec. 13 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5630 0.5595 0.5607 0.5651 0.5646 BRAZIL REAL 3.7950 3.7860 3.7830 3.7790 3.7200 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5615 1.5612 1.5562 1.5550 1.5603 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2776 8.2771 8.2773 8.2773 8.2771 DENMARK KRONE 7.3625 7.3740 7.3650 7.2885 7.2635 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.0088 1.0073 1.0083 1.0189 1.0226 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7989 7.7990 7.7990 7.7990 7.7989 INDIA RUPEE 48.24 48.24 48.18 48.22 48.20 JAPAN YEN 123.36 123.66 123.46 122.75 120.71 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 10.175 10.172 10.180 10.203 10.190 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5036 0.5033 0.5022 0.5095 0.5136 NORWAY KRONE 7.2515 7.2760 7.2945 7.2025 7.1690 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7653 1.7663 1.7630 1.7600 1.7480 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 9.1200 8.9800 8.8700 8.9150 8.7375 SOUTH KOREA WON 1209.00 1213.00 1208.00 1208.00 1205.00 SRI LANKA RUPEE 96.750 96.700 96.700 96.700 96.700 SWEDEN KRONA 9.0120 9.0300 9.0210 8.9445 8.9430 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4595 1.4628 1.4621 1.4490 1.4421 TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.760 34.800 34.800 34.790 34.790 THAILAND BAHT 43.390 43.410 43.400 43.370 43.270 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5785 1.5699 1.5744 1.5800 1.5896 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 1305.00 1298.50 1309.00 1302.00 1298.50 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 126.36 126.48 126.30 125.92 125.52 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 99.70 99.86 99.66 99.10 98.64 3)OITP JAN97=100 144.63 144.64 144.52 144.55 144.35 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.