H.10(512) August 19, 2005 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 19, 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 Aug. 15 Aug. 16 Aug. 17 Aug. 18 Aug. 19 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7683 0.7688 0.7623 0.7537 0.7505 BRAZIL REAL 2.3420 2.3450 2.3510 2.3690 2.4500 CANADA DOLLAR 1.1968 1.1980 1.2070 1.2178 1.2152 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.0971 8.1002 8.0997 8.1007 8.1047 DENMARK KRONE 6.0346 6.0448 6.0683 6.1229 6.1372 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.2362 1.2342 1.2290 1.2178 1.2147 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7684 7.7714 7.7713 7.7692 7.7711 INDIA RUPEE 43.45 43.45 43.46 43.50 43.51 JAPAN YEN 109.40 109.37 109.63 110.54 110.68 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.7550 3.7630 3.7670 3.7685 3.7673 MEXICO PESO 10.597 10.575 10.608 10.652 10.758 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7050 0.7040 0.7029 0.6954 0.6931 NORWAY KRONE 6.4335 6.4430 6.4427 6.5239 6.5731 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6600 1.6562 1.6575 1.6654 1.6712 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.4250 6.4270 6.4625 6.5300 6.5525 SOUTH KOREA WON 1015.00 1016.40 1017.10 1022.10 1028.15 SRI LANKA RUPEE 100.850 100.860 100.900 100.870 100.700 SWEDEN KRONA 7.5165 7.5485 7.5935 7.6548 7.7121 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2553 1.2573 1.2598 1.2705 1.2756 TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.950 31.980 32.050 32.190 32.150 THAILAND BAHT 40.970 41.130 41.250 41.320 41.240 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.8088 1.8096 1.8076 1.7949 1.7933 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 110.13 110.18 110.52 111.18 111.46 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 83.65 83.73 84.12 84.85 84.93 3)OITP JAN97=100 137.23 137.22 137.37 137.74 138.35 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.