H.10(512) May 1, 2006 Note: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced that it will cease publication of the weekly H.10 statistical release on Monday, May 22. All data contained in the weekly H.10 release, which shows daily foreign exchange rates for the previous week, is already available in the Board's H.10 daily update available online at www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h10/update/. FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 28, 2006 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 Apr. 24 Apr. 25 Apr. 26 Apr. 27 Apr. 28 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7444 0.7456 0.7535 0.7564 0.7593 BRAZIL REAL 2.1154 2.1195 2.1190 2.1040 2.0900 CANADA DOLLAR 1.1373 1.1317 1.1271 1.1235 1.1203 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.0163 8.0100 8.0163 8.0205 8.0165 DENMARK KRONE 6.0279 6.0106 5.9848 5.9564 5.9076 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.2373 1.2412 1.2464 1.2525 1.2624 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7530 7.7537 7.7548 7.7544 7.7529 INDIA RUPEE 44.86 44.88 45.04 44.84 44.86 JAPAN YEN 114.93 114.83 114.72 114.02 113.79 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.6523 3.6415 3.6400 3.6320 3.6255 MEXICO PESO 11.069 11.085 11.160 11.099 11.089 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6313 0.6250 0.6327 0.6328 0.6368 NORWAY KRONE 6.3438 6.3243 6.2507 6.2116 6.1645 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.5865 1.5885 1.5869 1.5835 1.5809 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.0600 6.0775 6.1660 6.1500 6.0185 SOUTH KOREA WON 939.60 944.90 946.40 944.60 942.80 SRI LANKA RUPEE 102.670 102.720 102.780 102.790 102.810 SWEDEN KRONA 7.5500 7.5177 7.4795 7.4291 7.3579 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2701 1.2687 1.2675 1.2611 1.2411 TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.980 31.940 32.050 31.910 31.900 THAILAND BAHT 37.530 37.600 37.690 37.500 37.510 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.7839 1.7876 1.7897 1.8011 1.8220 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 109.12 108.97 108.89 108.49 108.11 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 83.25 82.99 82.71 82.32 81.85 3)OITP JAN97=100 135.41 135.49 135.78 135.46 135.30 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 "Indexes of the Foreign Exchange Value of the Dollar," Federal Reserve Bulletin, 91:1 (Winter 2005), pp. 1-8 (http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/bulletin/2005/winter05_index.pdf). 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.