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H.10(512) March 19, 2004
 

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
 

FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 19, 2004
 

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)
 

 

COUNTRYMONETARY
UNIT
Mar. 15Mar. 16Mar. 17Mar. 18Mar. 19
*AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR        0.7349       0.7411       0.7392       0.7522       0.7475 
 BRAZIL         REAL          2.9075       2.9020       2.9130       2.9200       2.9010 
 CANADA         DOLLAR        1.3322       1.3333       1.3419       1.3290       1.3310 
 CHINA, P.R.    YUAN          8.2773       8.2773       8.2774       8.2768       8.2772 
 DENMARK        KRONE         6.0880       6.0755       6.1075       6.0070       6.0705 
*EMU MEMBERS    EURO          1.2243       1.2270       1.2197       1.2392       1.2269 
 HONG KONG      DOLLAR        7.7943       7.7920       7.7912       7.7925       7.7932 
 INDIA          RUPEE        45.25        45.22        45.27        45.25        45.20   
 JAPAN          YEN         110.48       108.95       108.18       106.60       106.97   
 MALAYSIA       RINGGIT       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000 
 MEXICO         PESO         10.975       11.066       10.983       11.114       10.989  
*NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR        0.6435       0.6497       0.6480       0.6578       0.6557 
 NORWAY         KRONE         6.9360       6.8900       6.9390       6.8809       6.9170 
 SINGAPORE      DOLLAR        1.7080       1.7010       1.6997       1.6883       1.6946 
 SOUTH AFRICA   RAND          6.6925       6.7120       6.7600       6.6600       6.6600 
 SOUTH KOREA    WON        1175.50      1171.00      1167.00      1158.00      1157.00   
 SRI LANKA      RUPEE        97.750       97.650       97.850       97.850       97.900  
 SWEDEN         KRONA         7.5520       7.5360       7.5730       7.4760       7.5244 
 SWITZERLAND    FRANC         1.2785       1.2800       1.2836       1.2572       1.2710 
 TAIWAN         DOLLAR       33.400       33.310       33.250       33.130       33.220  
 THAILAND       BAHT         39.500       39.500       39.530       39.400       39.440  
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND         1.7993       1.8105       1.8132       1.8363       1.8270 
 VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR    1920.00      1920.00      1920.00      1920.00      1920.00   
       
 MEMO:                
 UNITED STATES   DOLLAR      
1)BROAD         JAN97=100    114.73        114.52       114.57       113.79       114.01   
2)MAJOR CURRENCYMAR73=100     87.08         86.72        86.95        85.77        86.25   
3)OITP          JAN97=100    143.23        143.38       143.07       143.27       142.92   
 

 

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
in early December 2003, and is reflected in the December 22, 2003 release of this weekly report.
The source for exchange rates not listed in the table above but used in the calculation of the
broad and OITP indexes is Reuters Limited.
 

* 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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