H.10(512)                                                                  April 23, 2004



 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 23, 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)


                 MONETARY
   COUNTRY         UNIT       Apr. 19      Apr. 20      Apr. 21      Apr. 22      Apr. 23

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.7453       0.7371       0.7318       0.7303       0.7287
  BRAZIL         REAL           2.9150       2.9210       2.9325       2.9270       2.9135
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.3467       1.3534       1.3590       1.3590       1.3612
  CHINA, P.R.    YUAN           8.2768       8.2768       8.2769       8.2770       8.2769
  DENMARK        KRONE          6.1930       6.2510       6.2800       6.2750       6.3080
 *EMU MEMBERS    EURO           1.2019       1.1910       1.1853       1.1861       1.1802
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7994       7.7989       7.8000       7.7995       7.8000
  INDIA          RUPEE         43.88        43.97        44.10        44.14        44.00
  JAPAN          YEN          108.50       108.43       109.55       109.85       109.38
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000
  MEXICO         PESO          11.252       11.318       11.323       11.317       11.350
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.6434       0.6335       0.6235       0.6250       0.6252
  NORWAY         KRONE          6.8950       6.9560       6.9710       6.9475       6.9970
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR         1.6813       1.6800       1.6920       1.7000       1.6970
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND           6.5225       6.5075       6.7525       6.8625       6.7475
  SOUTH KOREA    WON         1154.00      1155.00      1156.00      1160.00      1159.00
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE         98.020       98.150       98.350       98.280       98.330
  SWEDEN         KRONA          7.6610       7.7020       7.7330       7.7100       7.7510
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC          1.2908       1.3080       1.3120       1.3136       1.3202
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        32.870       32.950       32.950       33.050       33.030
  THAILAND       BAHT          39.400       39.420       39.650       39.700       39.600
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.8055       1.7914       1.7720       1.7684       1.7674
  VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR     1920.00      1920.00      1920.00      1920.00      1920.00

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES   DOLLAR
1)BROAD          JAN97=100    115.16       115.65       116.12       116.19       116.29
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100     87.57        88.09        88.64        88.69        88.84
3)OITP           JAN97=100    143.43       143.74       143.95       144.05       144.04


 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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