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H.10(512) May 3, 2002
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 3, 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 Apr. 29 Apr. 30 May. 1 May. 2 May. 3
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5380 0.5372 0.5387 0.5365 0.5381
BRAZIL REAL 2.3670 2.3600 2.3610 2.3820 2.4150
CANADA DOLLAR 1.5663 1.5681 1.5579 1.5621 1.5650
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2770 8.2773 8.2773 8.2773 8.2773
DENMARK KRONE 8.2375 8.2580 8.2020 8.2295 8.1390
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 0.9028 0.9002 0.9062 0.9032 0.9133
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7995 7.7992 7.7991 7.7992 7.7992
INDIA RUPEE 49.01 48.98 48.98 48.98 49.00
JAPAN YEN 128.13 128.45 127.45 128.02 127.21
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000
MEXICO PESO 9.352 9.375 9.437 9.435 9.492
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4470 0.4472 0.4478 0.4455 0.4475
NORWAY KRONE 8.3975 8.4050 8.3500 8.3815 8.2860
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.8090 1.8130 1.8072 1.8115 1.8050
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 10.5950 10.6400 10.5875 10.5600 10.4250
SOUTH KOREA WON 1293.60 1294.00 1294.00 1288.00 1284.00
SRI LANKA RUPEE 96.200 96.200 96.200 96.200 96.250
SWEDEN KRONA 10.2220 10.2800 10.2190 10.2620 10.1580
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.6215 1.6216 1.6010 1.6098 1.5920
TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.730 34.720 34.720 34.650 34.590
THAILAND BAHT 43.240 43.260 43.240 43.150 43.100
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4592 1.4565 1.4621 1.4645 1.4664
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 841.00 846.00 856.00 856.25 876.00
MEMO:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR
1)BROAD JAN97=100 128.00 128.15 127.79 128.00 127.76
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 105.40 105.63 104.91 105.24 104.72
3)OITP JAN97=100 139.16 139.18 139.43 139.42 139.66
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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