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H.10(512) November 24, 2000
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 24, 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. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 22 Nov. 23 Nov. 24
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5134 0.5112 0.5194 0.5215
BRAZIL REAL 1.9290 1.9260 1.9290 H 1.9590
CANADA DOLLAR 1.5592 1.5553 1.5473 1.5396
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2779 8.2786 8.2782 8.2779
DENMARK KRONE 8.7911 8.8260 8.8600 O 8.9020
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 0.8486 0.8458 0.8423 0.8382
GREECE DRACHMA 400.93 403.00 404.00 406.05
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7999 7.7999 7.8000 L 7.8000
INDIA RUPEE 46.90 46.85 46.86 46.91
JAPAN YEN 109.79 110.29 110.16 111.38
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 I 3.8000
MEXICO PESO 9.457 9.414 9.376 9.399
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.3972 0.3932 0.3993 0.3993
NORWAY KRONE 9.4180 9.4970 9.5130 D 9.5600
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7570 1.7569 1.7555 1.7600
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.7675 7.8200 7.8300 7.8350
SOUTH KOREA WON 1157.00 1168.00 1179.00 A 1191.00
SRI LANKA RUPEE 80.700 80.900 81.000 81.000
SWEDEN KRONA 10.2136 10.3010 10.3020 10.3600
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.8000 1.7995 1.8050 Y 1.8085
TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.480 32.500 32.900 32.900
THAILAND BAHT 44.380 44.230 43.700 43.770
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4222 1.4160 1.4077 1.3997
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 695.50 696.00 696.15 696.65
MEMO:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR
1)BROAD JAN97=100 125.34 125.44 125.43 125.76
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 104.06 104.26 104.22 104.55
3)OITP JAN97=100 133.90 133.81 133.85 134.11
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.
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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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