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H.10(512) August 31, 2001
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 31, 2001
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 Aug. 27 Aug. 28 Aug. 29 Aug. 30 Aug. 31
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5285 0.5292 0.5300 0.5330 0.5277
BRAZIL REAL 2.5600 2.5600 2.5490 2.5440 2.5520
CANADA DOLLAR 1.5423 1.5401 1.5462 1.5460 1.5478
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2770 8.2768 8.2769 8.2767 8.2769
DENMARK KRONE 8.1830 8.1810 8.1830 8.1300 8.1920
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 0.9098 0.9102 0.9097 0.9154 0.9090
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7999 7.8000 7.7999 7.7999 7.7998
INDIA RUPEE 47.19 47.19 47.16 47.18 47.17
JAPAN YEN 120.12 120.48 119.79 119.40 118.75
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000
MEXICO PESO 9.113 9.144 9.151 9.189 9.208
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4380 0.4393 0.4405 0.4420 0.4375
NORWAY KRONE 8.8890 8.8780 8.8650 8.8050 8.8650
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7485 1.7520 1.7485 1.7480 1.7415
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 8.4000 8.3600 8.3460 8.3690 8.4300
SOUTH KOREA WON 1281.00 1281.00 1282.00 1284.00 1284.00
SRI LANKA RUPEE 89.950 90.000 90.000 90.000 90.000
SWEDEN KRONA 10.2900 10.3250 10.3820 10.3700 10.4310
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.6697 1.6660 1.6690 1.6575 1.6698
TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.640 34.640 34.560 34.600 34.580
THAILAND BAHT 44.260 44.320 44.260 44.260 44.080
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4430 1.4501 1.4515 1.4577 1.4510
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 738.01 736.25 737.00 737.75 737.26
MEMO:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR
1)BROAD JAN97=100 125.45 125.53 125.54 125.33 125.47
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 103.19 103.15 103.16 102.81 103.03
3)OITP JAN97=100 135.73 135.97 136.00 136.07 136.05
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 February 5, 2001, 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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