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H.10(512) December 1, 2000
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 1, 2000
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 Nov. 27 Nov. 28 Nov. 29 Nov. 30 Dec. 1
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5261 0.5223 0.5228 0.5262 0.5372
BRAZIL REAL 1.9625 1.9800 1.9580 1.9722 1.9810
CANADA DOLLAR 1.5348 1.5371 1.5405 1.5355 1.5389
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2780 8.2777 8.2774 8.2777 8.2775
DENMARK KRONE 8.7725 8.2780 8.6975 8.5767 8.5100
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 0.8500 0.8547 0.8577 0.8694 0.8765
GREECE DRACHMA 400.50 398.48 397.10 391.80 388.75
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.8000 7.8005 7.7999 7.8000 7.8001
INDIA RUPEE 46.90 46.93 46.95 46.87 46.89
JAPAN YEN 110.70 110.23 111.28 110.93 111.15
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000
MEXICO PESO 9.371 9.412 9.396 9.410 9.420
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4060 0.4057 0.4042 0.4092 0.4150
NORWAY KRONE 9.4325 9.3930 9.3700 9.2840 9.2475
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7542 1.7560 1.7575 1.7547 1.7490
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.7710 7.7875 7.7740 7.7500 7.6550
SOUTH KOREA WON 1189.00 1189.00 1204.00 1217.00 1211.00
SRI LANKA RUPEE 81.000 81.100 81.200 81.200 81.100
SWEDEN KRONA 10.2425 10.1694 10.1330 10.0400 9.9000
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.7803 1.7633 1.7595 1.7365 1.7285
TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.900 32.850 33.080 33.080 33.050
THAILAND BAHT 43.520 43.720 43.920 43.805 43.770
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4155 1.4182 1.4209 1.4210 1.4373
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 697.50 697.00 697.00 697.50 697.65
MEMO:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR
1)BROAD JAN97=100 125.14 125.04 125.22 124.83 124.58
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 103.67 103.39 103.55 102.87 102.55
3)OITP JAN97=100 134.06 134.27 134.42 134.60 134.54
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.
* 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.
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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