H.10(512)                                                                October 17, 2003



 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 17, 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       Oct. 13      Oct. 14      Oct. 15      Oct. 16      Oct. 17

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR                      0.6889       0.6898       0.6912       0.6918
  BRAZIL         REAL            H           2.8350       2.8270       2.8450       2.8660
  CANADA         DOLLAR                      1.3234       1.3243       1.3162       1.3145
  CHINA, P.R.    YUAN                        8.2767       8.2767       8.2776       8.2766
  DENMARK        KRONE           O           6.3385       6.3760       6.3765       6.3870
 *EMU MEMBERS    EURO                        1.1724       1.1652       1.1665       1.1630
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR                      7.7495       7.7424       7.7415       7.7445
  INDIA          RUPEE           L          45.66        45.70        45.33        45.33
  JAPAN          YEN                       109.29       109.56       109.36       109.57
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT                     3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000
  MEXICO         PESO            I          11.237       11.198       11.255       11.253
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR                      0.5957       0.5946       0.5947       0.5957
  NORWAY         KRONE                       7.0500       7.0925       7.0870       7.1050
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR          D           1.7384       1.7407       1.7365       1.7391
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND                        6.9600       7.0100       7.0100       7.2050
  SOUTH KOREA    WON                      1175.00      1170.50      1174.90      1179.00
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE           A          94.520       94.500       94.520       94.460
  SWEDEN         KRONA                       7.6475       7.6890       7.6980       7.7230
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC                       1.3200       1.3285       1.3278       1.3347
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR          Y          33.900       33.850       33.820       33.920
  THAILAND       BAHT                       40.100       39.870       39.830       39.950
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND                       1.6737       1.6698       1.6760       1.6721
  VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR                  1600.00      1600.00      1600.00      1600.00

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES   DOLLAR
1)BROAD          JAN97=100                 116.73       116.85       116.74       116.87
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100                  86.28        86.55        86.29        86.41
3)OITP           JAN97=100                 144.56       144.34       144.56       144.69


 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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