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H.10(512) October 29, 1999
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 29, 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 Oct. 25 Oct. 26 Oct. 27 Oct. 28 Oct. 29
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6508 0.6503 0.6436 0.6457 0.6376
BRAZIL REAL 1.9790 1.9840 1.9970 1.9800 1.9530
CANADA DOLLAR 1.4748 1.4715 1.4709 1.4722 1.4720
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2770 8.2773 8.2775 8.2776 8.2778
DENMARK KRONE 6.9670 7.0350 7.0580 7.0680 7.0680
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.0666 1.0578 1.0532 1.0519 1.0518
GREECE DRACHMA 309.00 312.40 313.77 314.05 314.00
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7710 7.7710 7.7707 7.7703 7.7690
INDIA RUPEE 43.39 43.40 43.52 43.51 43.51
JAPAN YEN 105.35 104.83 104.24 105.13 104.29
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000
MEXICO PESO 9.644 9.628 9.652 9.640 9.618
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5150 0.5136 0.5075 0.5106 0.5068
NORWAY KRONE 7.7530 7.7875 7.8200 7.8530 7.8500
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6630 1.6665 1.6718 1.6695 1.6630
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.1360 6.1640 6.1610 6.1530 6.1450
SOUTH KOREA WON 1205.50 1204.00 1200.00 1200.00 1200.00
SRI LANKA RUPEE 71.750 71.750 71.650 71.700 71.800
SWEDEN KRONA 8.1350 8.1600 8.2050 8.2510 8.2225
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.4992 1.5135 1.5200 1.5238 1.5243
TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.820 31.830 31.820 31.810 31.820
THAILAND BAHT 38.930 38.690 39.000 38.850 38.620
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6631 1.6525 1.6477 1.6400 1.6425
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 631.75 631.50 631.40 631.50 632.20
MEMO:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR
1)BROAD JAN97=100 115.73 115.80 115.91 116.09 115.87
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 91.86 92.00 92.05 92.35 92.18
3)OITP JAN97=100 130.84 130.76 130.95 130.90 130.64
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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