H.10(512) April 1, 2005 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 1, 2005 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 Mar. 28 Mar. 29 Mar. 30 Mar. 31 Apr. 1 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7685 0.7715 0.7717 0.7729 0.7697 BRAZIL REAL 2.7439 2.7053 2.6755 2.6660 2.6572 CANADA DOLLAR 1.2234 1.2135 1.2164 1.2094 1.2146 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2765 8.2765 8.2765 8.2765 8.2765 DENMARK KRONE 5.7818 5.7684 5.7538 5.7450 5.7750 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.2877 1.2913 1.2944 1.2969 1.2896 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7995 7.7996 7.7993 7.7990 7.7989 INDIA RUPEE 43.67 43.70 43.69 43.62 43.62 JAPAN YEN 107.22 107.49 107.33 107.22 107.57 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 MEXICO PESO 11.330 11.294 11.227 11.177 11.185 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7095 0.7118 0.7108 0.7126 0.7090 NORWAY KRONE 6.3888 6.3516 6.3259 6.3451 6.3463 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6510 1.6512 1.6504 1.6508 1.6588 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.3300 6.3475 6.2875 6.2155 6.2150 SOUTH KOREA WON 1017.85 1023.85 1023.00 1015.40 1012.00 SRI LANKA RUPEE 99.400 99.380 99.400 99.450 99.720 SWEDEN KRONA 7.0716 7.0682 7.0528 7.0640 7.1093 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2060 1.2034 1.1964 1.1952 1.2042 TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.630 31.730 31.730 31.460 31.340 THAILAND BAHT 39.170 39.290 39.260 39.110 39.220 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.8657 1.8752 1.8816 1.8888 1.8789 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 110.34 110.12 109.96 109.66 109.93 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 82.28 81.99 81.91 81.67 82.06 3)OITP JAN97=100 140.61 140.58 140.29 139.94 139.91 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 February 2005, and is reflected in the February 7, 2005 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.