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H.10(512) November 19, 1999
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 19, 1999
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 DOLLAR)
MONETARY
COUNTRY UNIT Nov. 15 Nov. 16 Nov. 17 Nov. 18 Nov. 19
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6467 0.6417 0.6394 0.6395 0.6390
BRAZIL REAL 1.9350 1.9330 1.9340 1.9300 1.9340
CANADA DOLLAR 1.4650 1.4698 1.4675 1.4635 1.4628
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2781 8.2781 8.2781 8.2784 8.2785
DENMARK KRONE 7.2090 7.2090 7.1490 7.2275 7.2125
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.0315 1.0312 1.0403 1.0297 1.0313
GREECE DRACHMA 318.50 318.70 316.20 319.60 319.40
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7725 7.7721 7.7727 7.7730 7.7730
INDIA RUPEE 43.45 43.47 43.45 43.45 43.46
JAPAN YEN 104.88 105.83 105.47 105.85 106.13
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000
MEXICO PESO 9.365 9.404 9.353 9.348 9.328
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5212 0.5182 0.5142 0.5130 0.5092
NORWAY KRONE 7.9430 7.9520 7.8860 7.9625 7.9400
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6650 1.6695 1.6690 1.6708 1.6685
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.1490 6.1530 6.1500 6.1465 6.1380
SOUTH KOREA WON 1181.80 1178.00 1176.00 1174.00 1173.80
SRI LANKA RUPEE 72.400 72.400 71.770 72.200 72.200
SWEDEN KRONA 8.3600 8.3920 8.3010 8.3710 8.3450
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.5560 1.5542 1.5411 1.5564 1.5543
TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.800 31.820 31.830 31.800 31.810
THAILAND BAHT 38.520 38.850 38.780 38.700 38.750
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6230 1.6164 1.6231 1.6150 1.6160
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 634.40 634.20 635.00 635.75 636.00
MEMO:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR
1)BROAD JAN97=100 115.99 116.32 115.94 116.18 116.18
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 92.87 93.22 92.79 93.16 93.15
3)OITP JAN97=100 129.70 129.93 129.72 129.66 129.70
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.
* Value is U.S. dollars.
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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