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Release Date: May 12, 2003
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 H.10(512)                                                                     May 9, 2003



 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 9, 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       May. 5       May. 6       May. 7       May. 8       May. 9

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.6343       0.6383       0.6362       0.6424       0.6448
  BRAZIL         REAL           2.9950       2.9980       2.9650       2.9050       2.8780
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.4134       1.4085       1.4010       1.3950       1.3930
  CHINA, P.R.    YUAN           8.2771       8.2770       8.2769       8.2768       8.2768
  DENMARK        KRONE          6.5883       6.5413       6.5472       6.4820       6.4580
 *EMU MEMBERS    EURO           1.1271       1.1354       1.1340       1.1453       1.1498
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7993       7.7991       7.7992       7.7990       7.7991
  INDIA          RUPEE         47.30        47.28        47.28        47.25        47.20
  JAPAN          YEN          118.64       117.94       116.51       116.65       117.20
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000
  MEXICO         PESO          10.195       10.256       10.218       10.179       10.113
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.5665       0.5705       0.5655       0.5739       0.5764
  NORWAY         KRONE          6.9940       6.9110       6.9265       6.8740       6.8480
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR         1.7591       1.7430       1.7390       1.7415       1.7405
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND           7.2900       7.2900       7.3275       7.2300       7.2700
  SOUTH KOREA    WON         1217.00      1201.00      1199.00      1199.00      1202.00
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE         97.200       97.200       97.200       97.210       97.200
  SWEDEN         KRONA          8.0670       8.0055       8.0250       7.9650       7.9720
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC          1.3440       1.3331       1.3264       1.3172       1.3114
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        34.800       34.700       34.700       34.650       34.650
  THAILAND       BAHT          42.680       42.600       42.500       42.550       42.560
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.6060       1.6140       1.5930       1.6034       1.6045
  VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR     1600.00      1600.00      1600.00      1600.00      1600.00

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES   DOLLAR
1)BROAD          JAN97=100    119.90       119.49       119.18       118.75       118.59
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100     91.40        90.89        90.62        90.14        90.06
3)OITP           JAN97=100    143.05       142.96       142.65       142.40       142.16


 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

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