H.10(512) May 28, 2004 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 28, 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 May. 24 May. 25 May. 26 May. 27 May. 28 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6982 0.7060 0.7059 0.7179 0.7138 BRAZIL REAL 3.2015 3.1475 3.1800 3.1475 3.1110 CANADA DOLLAR 1.3697 1.3763 1.3705 1.3580 1.3666 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2771 8.2769 8.2769 8.2768 8.2769 DENMARK KRONE 6.2120 6.1460 6.1500 6.0620 6.0896 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.1978 1.2107 1.2102 1.2274 1.2217 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7930 7.7939 7.7944 7.7938 7.7941 INDIA RUPEE 45.31 45.36 45.40 45.40 45.42 JAPAN YEN 112.66 112.21 111.70 110.77 110.18 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 11.575 11.472 11.473 11.467 11.414 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6090 0.6168 0.6187 0.6352 0.6285 NORWAY KRONE 6.8735 6.8020 6.7745 6.7015 6.7256 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7155 1.7155 1.7125 1.6998 1.6984 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.6550 6.6000 6.6150 6.5800 6.5150 SOUTH KOREA WON 1179.00 1179.50 1180.00 1170.00 1165.00 SRI LANKA RUPEE 99.050 99.060 99.450 99.100 99.150 SWEDEN KRONA 7.5970 7.5500 7.5215 7.4170 7.4579 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2821 1.2690 1.2724 1.2460 1.2533 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.490 33.480 33.470 33.380 33.360 THAILAND BAHT 40.790 40.830 40.810 40.630 40.610 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.7908 1.8135 1.8142 1.8369 1.8330 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 1920.00 1920.00 1920.00 1920.00 1920.00 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 117.23 116.77 116.67 115.80 115.89 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 88.96 88.54 88.35 87.34 87.60 3)OITP JAN97=100 146.37 145.98 146.05 145.70 145.43 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 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.