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H.10(512) March 8, 2002
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 8, 2002
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 Mar. 4 Mar. 5 Mar. 6 Mar. 7 Mar. 8
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5202 0.5207 0.5216 0.5253 0.5235
BRAZIL REAL 2.3410 2.3360 2.3520 2.3650 2.3500
CANADA DOLLAR 1.5900 1.5905 1.5835 1.5823 1.5857
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2767 8.2770 8.2766 8.2771 8.2771
DENMARK KRONE 8.5325 8.5435 8.4750 8.4510 8.4935
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 0.8705 0.8699 0.8772 0.8795 0.8752
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7995 7.7997 7.7998 7.7997 7.8000
INDIA RUPEE 48.72 48.72 48.71 48.76 48.76
JAPAN YEN 132.20 132.31 130.85 127.07 128.21
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8005 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000
MEXICO PESO 9.080 9.078 9.087 9.076 9.071
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4262 0.4260 0.4285 0.4301 0.4305
NORWAY KRONE 8.8475 8.8320 8.7980 8.7650 8.8120
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.8260 1.8242 1.8250 1.8176 1.8215
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 10.9750 11.0050 11.0220 11.5900 11.6800
SOUTH KOREA WON 1318.20 1316.40 1316.30 1314.50 1314.30
SRI LANKA RUPEE 93.900 94.200 94.400 94.400 94.500
SWEDEN KRONA 10.3925 10.3890 10.3160 10.3090 10.3720
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.6970 1.6977 1.6819 1.6730 1.6810
TAIWAN DOLLAR 35.090 35.070 35.030 34.990 34.950
THAILAND BAHT 43.610 43.620 43.530 43.270 43.370
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4228 1.4212 1.4238 1.4245 1.4227
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 981.00 945.26 976.26 966.25 936.25
MEMO:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR
1)BROAD JAN97=100 129.59 129.60 129.15 128.51 128.83
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 108.34 108.40 107.63 106.72 107.23
3)OITP JAN97=100 138.34 138.27 138.41 138.31 138.28
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
with the January 7, 2002, release of this report.
* 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
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