H.10(512)                                                               November 19, 2004



 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 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)


                 MONETARY
   COUNTRY         UNIT       Nov. 15      Nov. 16      Nov. 17      Nov. 18      Nov. 19

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.7719       0.7728       0.7833       0.7786       0.7852
  BRAZIL         REAL           2.7910       2.7780       2.7600       2.7675       2.7753
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.2032       1.1932       1.1925       1.2070       1.1928
  CHINA, P.R.    YUAN           8.2765       8.2765       8.2765       8.2765       8.2765
  DENMARK        KRONE          5.7427       5.7268       5.7002       5.7225       5.6885
 *EMU MEMBERS    EURO           1.2944       1.2979       1.3031       1.2982       1.3059
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7750       7.7752       7.7740       7.7767       7.7719
  INDIA          RUPEE         45.03        45.01        44.96        45.00        45.00
  JAPAN          YEN          105.53       105.35       104.18       104.23       102.80
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000
  MEXICO         PESO          11.356       11.350       11.327       11.342       11.372
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.6986       0.7011       0.7086       0.7086       0.7118
  NORWAY         KRONE          6.2543       6.2310       6.2269       6.2644       6.2371
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR         1.6519       1.6505       1.6465       1.6538       1.6457
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND           6.0665       6.0362       5.9626       6.0284       5.9975
  SOUTH KOREA    WON         1092.00      1091.00      1078.00      1069.00      1068.00
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE        104.810      104.840      104.850      104.880      104.770
  SWEDEN         KRONA          6.9166       6.8948       6.8858       6.9108       6.8557
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC          1.1787       1.1743       1.1650       1.1691       1.1585
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        32.815       32.810       32.570       32.635       32.440
  THAILAND       BAHT          40.350       40.280       40.100       40.160       39.920
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.8480       1.8544       1.8580       1.8514       1.8600
  VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR     1915.20      1915.20      1915.20      1915.20      1915.20

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES   DOLLAR
1)BROAD          JAN97=100    110.53       110.24       109.83       110.18       109.60
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100     81.53        81.18        80.81        81.27        80.51
3)OITP           JAN97=100    142.94       142.85       142.44       142.48       142.43


 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

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