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H.10(512) January 14, 2000
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 14, 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 DOLLAR)
MONETARY
COUNTRY UNIT Jan. 10 Jan. 11 Jan. 12 Jan. 13 Jan. 14
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6561 0.6575 0.6578 0.6687 0.6665
BRAZIL REAL 1.8190 1.8225 1.8350 1.8140 1.8050
CANADA DOLLAR 1.4568 1.4570 1.4550 1.4495 1.4497
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2794 8.2795 8.2796 8.2798 8.2797
DENMARK KRONE 7.2540 7.2140 7.2360 7.2520 7.3470
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.0252 1.0322 1.0281 1.0270 1.0128
GREECE DRACHMA 322.15 320.70 321.40 322.50 327.26
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7785 7.7785 7.7787 7.7788 7.7789
INDIA RUPEE 43.55 43.60 43.60 43.55 43.55
JAPAN YEN 105.28 106.09 105.76 106.09 105.86
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000
MEXICO PESO 9.445 9.483 9.515 9.510 9.455
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5168 0.5164 0.5185 0.5240 0.5212
NORWAY KRONE 8.0240 7.9690 7.9770 7.9425 7.9970
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6618 1.6690 1.6690 1.6700 1.6752
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.0765 6.0900 6.0685 6.0570 6.0750
SOUTH KOREA WON 1133.50 1147.00 1144.50 1135.50 1125.00
SRI LANKA RUPEE 73.300 73.350 73.350 73.350 73.350
SWEDEN KRONA 8.4490 8.3970 8.4180 8.4170 8.4740
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.5704 1.5605 1.5660 1.5707 1.5945
TAIWAN DOLLAR 30.830 30.830 30.800 30.800 30.830
THAILAND BAHT 37.270 37.610 37.540 37.490 37.550
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6374 1.6480 1.6465 1.6482 1.6353
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 651.75 652.00 652.60 653.30 651.25
MEMO:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR
1)BROAD JAN97=100 115.68 115.79 115.85 115.75 115.97
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 92.92 92.82 92.84 92.80 93.28
3)OITP JAN97=100 128.85 129.30 129.39 129.22 128.94
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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