H.10(512) December 19, 2005 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 16, 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 Dec. 12 Dec. 13 Dec. 14 Dec. 15 Dec. 16 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7554 0.7545 0.7567 0.7470 0.7430 BRAZIL REAL 2.2590 2.2550 2.2848 2.2965 2.3365 CANADA DOLLAR 1.1507 1.1516 1.1531 1.1580 1.1560 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.0770 8.0751 8.0726 8.0740 8.0735 DENMARK KRONE 6.2227 6.2443 6.1874 6.2266 6.2037 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.1969 1.1926 1.2041 1.1965 1.2012 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7534 7.7532 7.7528 7.7526 7.7518 INDIA RUPEE 46.00 46.01 45.63 45.28 45.19 JAPAN YEN 119.90 120.11 116.81 116.55 115.78 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.7755 3.7725 3.7780 3.7775 3.7792 MEXICO PESO 10.623 10.633 10.746 10.727 10.765 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7116 0.7063 0.7071 0.6910 0.6887 NORWAY KRONE 6.6435 6.6578 6.5944 6.6361 6.6467 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6800 1.6741 1.6691 1.6679 1.6665 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.3225 6.2925 6.3135 6.4300 6.4005 SOUTH KOREA WON 1033.40 1025.00 1012.00 1014.95 1015.90 SRI LANKA RUPEE 101.980 101.980 101.960 101.700 102.030 SWEDEN KRONA 7.8748 7.9164 7.8323 7.9072 7.8679 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2880 1.2952 1.2788 1.2889 1.2897 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.550 33.450 33.318 33.180 33.120 THAILAND BAHT 41.210 41.130 40.990 40.900 40.910 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.7740 1.7674 1.7739 1.7648 1.7716 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 111.49 111.57 111.08 111.32 111.19 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 85.30 85.51 84.73 85.09 84.80 3)OITP JAN97=100 137.88 137.73 137.84 137.82 138.03 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 2005, and is reflected in the December 19, 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 Bloomberg. * 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.