H.10(512) January 31, 2003 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 31, 2003 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 Jan. 27 Jan. 28 Jan. 29 Jan. 30 Jan. 31 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5896 0.5887 0.5908 0.5872 0.5860 BRAZIL REAL 3.6590 3.6380 3.6170 3.5630 3.5130 CANADA DOLLAR 1.5246 1.5359 1.5235 1.5310 1.5286 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2768 8.2767 8.2768 8.2800 8.2768 DENMARK KRONE 6.8625 6.8650 6.8450 6.9000 6.9255 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.0838 1.0833 1.0861 1.0776 1.0739 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.8000 7.7996 7.8000 7.8000 7.8001 INDIA RUPEE 48.10 47.92 47.83 47.85 47.83 JAPAN YEN 118.64 118.67 118.13 119.22 119.96 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 10.898 10.898 10.978 10.868 10.902 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5492 0.5472 0.5492 0.5449 0.5440 NORWAY KRONE 6.8975 6.8990 6.8725 6.8950 6.9660 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7310 1.7330 1.7308 1.7390 1.7396 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 8.7500 8.7650 8.5810 8.6450 8.5000 SOUTH KOREA WON 1164.60 1173.00 1168.00 1165.00 1165.00 SRI LANKA RUPEE 96.840 96.820 96.900 96.850 96.950 SWEDEN KRONA 8.5250 8.5330 8.4750 8.5150 8.6140 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3554 1.3560 1.3512 1.3629 1.3683 TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.510 34.700 34.610 34.650 34.610 THAILAND BAHT 42.700 42.680 42.700 42.780 42.770 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6351 1.6400 1.6457 1.6482 1.6448 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 1923.50 1923.50 1923.50 1923.50 1923.50 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 123.93 124.12 123.82 124.08 124.19 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 94.88 95.10 94.63 95.24 95.44 3)OITP JAN97=100 147.11 147.21 147.29 146.83 146.73 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 30, 2003 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.