H.10(512) August 29, 2003 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 29, 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 Aug. 25 Aug. 26 Aug. 27 Aug. 28 Aug. 29 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6513 0.6455 0.6406 0.6390 0.6490 BRAZIL REAL 2.9920 2.9910 2.9815 2.9520 2.9650 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3985 1.3933 1.4022 1.3973 1.3850 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2768 8.2768 8.2770 8.2772 8.2772 DENMARK KRONE 6.8200 6.8240 6.8110 6.8195 6.7572 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.0892 1.0893 1.0906 1.0896 1.0986 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7990 7.7994 7.7993 7.7995 7.7995 INDIA RUPEE 45.90 45.88 45.88 45.88 45.88 JAPAN YEN 117.43 117.49 117.74 117.44 116.71 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 10.884 10.912 10.929 10.977 11.060 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5830 0.5773 0.5715 0.5695 0.5785 NORWAY KRONE 7.6390 7.6560 7.6460 7.6102 7.5065 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7455 1.7554 1.7522 1.7557 1.7535 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.5116 7.3500 7.3700 7.3700 7.3900 SOUTH KOREA WON 1171.00 1170.00 1178.00 1179.00 1175.00 SRI LANKA RUPEE 96.700 96.670 96.680 96.680 96.850 SWEDEN KRONA 8.4950 8.5200 8.4830 8.4693 8.3644 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4141 1.4090 1.4099 1.4125 1.4005 TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.180 34.200 34.130 34.190 34.120 THAILAND BAHT 41.370 41.380 41.250 41.140 41.120 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5728 1.5732 1.5746 1.5770 1.5773 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 1600.00 1600.00 1600.00 1600.00 1600.00 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 120.99 120.98 121.15 121.10 120.67 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 92.21 92.12 92.32 92.19 91.50 3)OITP JAN97=100 144.39 144.55 144.62 144.73 144.91 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.