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H.10(512) November 17, 2000
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 17, 2000
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. 13 Nov. 14 Nov. 15 Nov. 16 Nov. 17
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5205 0.5190 0.5203 0.5183 0.5190
BRAZIL REAL 1.9590 1.9450 1.9490 1.9475 1.9680
CANADA DOLLAR 1.5472 1.5445 1.5500 1.5523 1.5600
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2768 8.2773 8.2768 8.2773 8.2769
DENMARK KRONE 8.6630 8.7065 8.7060 8.7430 8.7550
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 0.8607 0.8573 0.8570 0.8532 0.8516
GREECE DRACHMA 395.30 396.95 396.85 398.60 399.60
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7991 7.7995 7.7995 7.7990 7.7998
INDIA RUPEE 46.77 46.85 46.83 46.85 46.82
JAPAN YEN 107.70 108.15 108.75 109.08 108.86
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000
MEXICO PESO 9.571 9.495 9.465 9.497 9.478
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.3958 0.3958 0.3985 0.3970 0.4005
NORWAY KRONE 9.2945 9.3784 9.3630 9.3710 9.3910
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7435 1.7440 1.7450 1.7525 1.7545
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.6500 7.6580 7.6890 7.6850 7.7075
SOUTH KOREA WON 1141.00 1139.00 1138.70 1141.30 1144.50
SRI LANKA RUPEE 80.400 80.400 80.400 80.100 80.600
SWEDEN KRONA 10.0480 10.1048 10.0940 10.1400 10.1700
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.7637 1.7723 1.7815 1.7883 1.7915
TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.170 32.180 32.150 32.240 32.310
THAILAND BAHT 43.670 43.730 43.690 44.165 44.260
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4388 1.4306 1.4257 1.4228 1.4230
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 695.55 695.75 696.00 696.00 695.75
MEMO:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR
1)BROAD JAN97=100 124.38 124.44 124.62 124.92 125.07
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 102.66 102.92 103.24 103.52 103.69
3)OITP JAN97=100 133.85 133.58 133.51 133.75 133.85
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/) and "Index of the Weighted-Average
Exchange Value of the U.S. Dollar: Revision," Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 64 (August 1978),
p.700. Weights for 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 has
produced revised index values that appear in the dollar indexes starting with the
November 1, 1999, release.
* 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.
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.
As of the January 11, 1999 release, the euro is reported in place of the individual euro-area
currencies. These currency rates can be derived from the euro rate by using the fixed conversion
rates (in currencies per euro) given below:
1 EUR = 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
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