H.10(512) October 31, 2003 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 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 Oct. 27 Oct. 28 Oct. 29 Oct. 30 Oct. 31 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7038 0.7051 0.7047 0.7075 0.7077 BRAZIL REAL 2.8710 2.8625 2.8540 2.8530 2.8645 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3107 1.3108 1.3098 1.3069 1.3195 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2767 8.2766 8.2766 8.2767 8.2766 DENMARK KRONE 6.3230 6.3594 6.3670 6.3560 6.4035 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.1762 1.1689 1.1673 1.1694 1.1609 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7541 7.7578 7.7595 7.7625 7.7684 INDIA RUPEE 45.40 45.31 45.36 45.35 45.33 JAPAN YEN 108.38 108.33 108.18 108.27 110.10 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 11.120 11.067 11.150 11.103 11.055 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6097 0.6120 0.6124 0.6132 0.6118 NORWAY KRONE 7.0230 7.0364 7.0534 7.0240 7.0910 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7430 1.7455 1.7362 1.7337 1.7400 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.8800 6.9500 6.9200 6.8700 6.8950 SOUTH KOREA WON 1183.00 1186.00 1179.00 1177.00 1184.00 SRI LANKA RUPEE 94.450 94.620 94.620 94.950 94.780 SWEDEN KRONA 7.7250 7.7478 7.7181 7.7180 7.8140 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.3159 1.3287 1.3293 1.3250 1.3382 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.950 33.950 33.950 33.960 33.980 THAILAND BAHT 39.990 39.980 39.950 39.920 39.950 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6952 1.6956 1.6988 1.7025 1.6956 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 1600.00 1600.00 1600.00 1600.00 1600.00 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 116.24 116.33 116.34 116.18 116.81 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 85.65 85.84 85.81 85.69 86.53 3)OITP JAN97=100 144.49 144.36 144.45 144.27 144.26 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.