FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 18, 2005
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)
COUNTRY
MONETARY
UNIT
02.14
02.15
02.16
02.17
02.18
*AUSTRALIA
DOLLAR
0.7892
0.7863
0.7819
0.7883
0.7878
BRAZIL
REAL
2.5820
2.5728
2.5910
2.5640
2.5660
CANADA
DOLLAR
1.2342
1.2336
1.2421
1.2310
1.2294
CHINA,P.R.
YUAN
8.2765
8.2765
8.2765
8.2765
8.2765
DENMARK
KRONE
5.7341
5.7337
5.7284
5.6872
5.6935
*EMUMEMBERS
EURO
1.2981
1.2986
1.2994
1.3083
1.3075
HONGKONG
DOLLAR
7.7990
7.7991
7.7994
7.7996
7.7994
INDIA
RUPEE
43.64
43.71
43.65
43.68
43.73
JAPAN
YEN
104.94
104.47
105.62
105.40
105.69
MALAYSIA
RINGGIT
3.8000
3.8000
3.8000
3.8000
3.8000
MEXICO
PESO
11.154
11.150
11.152
11.141
11.076
*NEWZEALAND
DOLLAR
0.7157
0.7168
0.7137
0.7187
0.7247
NORWAY
KRONE
6.4707
6.4530
6.4340
6.4000
6.3386
SINGAPORE
DOLLAR
1.6383
1.6382
1.6417
1.6397
1.6383
SOUTHAFRICA
RAND
6.0405
5.9900
6.0031
5.9270
5.9370
SOUTHKOREA
WON
1024.85
1026.55
1027.00
1025.45
1024.00
SRILANKA
RUPEE
99.350
99.300
99.280
99.000
99.250
SWEDEN
KRONA
6.9948
6.9858
6.9880
6.9557
6.9670
SWITZERLAND
FRANC
1.1975
1.1938
1.1911
1.1825
1.1822
TAIWAN
DOLLAR
31.535
31.445
31.590
31.470
31.460
THAILAND
BAHT
38.360
38.360
38.509
38.550
38.570
*UNITEDKINGDOM
POUND
1.8917
1.8894
1.8780
1.8950
1.8949
VENEZUELA
BOLIVAR
1915.20
1915.20
1915.20
1915.20
1915.20
MEMO:
UNITEDSTATES
DOLLAR
1)BROAD
JAN97=100
109.53
109.47
109.79
109.33
109.27
2)MAJORCURRENCY
MAR73=100
81.74
81.65
82.03
81.48
81.51
3)OITP
JAN97=100
139.45
139.44
139.58
139.40
139.18
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 in early February 2005, and is reflected in the February 7, 2005 release of this weekly report. The source for exchange rates not listed in the table above but used in the calculation of the broad and OITP indexes is Reuters Limited.
* 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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