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H.10(512) September 21, 2001
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 21, 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 Sep. 17 Sep. 18 Sep. 19 Sep. 20 Sep. 21
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.5021 0.4954 0.4929 0.4920 0.4841
BRAZIL REAL 2.6650 2.6810 2.7080 2.7340 2.7880
CANADA DOLLAR 1.5686 1.5708 1.5711 1.5708 1.5707
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2767 8.2768 8.2766 8.2766 8.2767
DENMARK KRONE 8.0931 8.0563 7.9931 8.0435 8.1714
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 0.9198 0.9233 0.9310 0.9255 0.9099
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7993 7.7994 7.7987 7.8000 7.8003
INDIA RUPEE 47.77 48.05 47.96 48.03 48.08
JAPAN YEN 117.59 117.32 117.30 115.89 116.73
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.7995 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8005
MEXICO PESO 9.447 9.434 9.423 9.480 9.491
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4123 0.4108 0.4108 0.4112 0.4040
NORWAY KRONE 8.6936 8.6490 8.5391 8.5947 8.6830
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.7323 1.7344 1.7395 1.7365 1.7454
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 8.6301 8.6534 8.6403 8.7013 8.7798
SOUTH KOREA WON 1298.50 1296.00 1287.00 1298.00 1298.00
SRI LANKA RUPEE 90.150 90.135 90.050 90.160 90.150
SWEDEN KRONA 10.4975 10.5522 10.4653 10.5899 10.9016
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.6143 1.6037 1.5858 1.5920 1.5878
TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.562 34.520 34.490 34.610 34.610
THAILAND BAHT 43.940 44.150 44.120 44.180 44.300
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4661 1.4635 1.4714 1.4642 1.4547
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 744.25 744.26 743.01 744.01 743.00
MEMO:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR
1)BROAD JAN97=100 125.90 125.88 125.62 125.72 126.39
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 102.77 102.67 102.33 102.30 103.14
3)OITP JAN97=100 137.53 137.64 137.59 137.89 138.12
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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