H.10(512)                                                                  March 19, 2004



 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 19, 2004

 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       Mar. 15      Mar. 16      Mar. 17      Mar. 18      Mar. 19

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.7349       0.7411       0.7392       0.7522       0.7475
  BRAZIL         REAL           2.9075       2.9020       2.9130       2.9200       2.9010
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.3322       1.3333       1.3419       1.3290       1.3310
  CHINA, P.R.    YUAN           8.2773       8.2773       8.2774       8.2768       8.2772
  DENMARK        KRONE          6.0880       6.0755       6.1075       6.0070       6.0705
 *EMU MEMBERS    EURO           1.2243       1.2270       1.2197       1.2392       1.2269
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7943       7.7920       7.7912       7.7925       7.7932
  INDIA          RUPEE         45.25        45.22        45.27        45.25        45.20
  JAPAN          YEN          110.48       108.95       108.18       106.60       106.97
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000       3.8000
  MEXICO         PESO          10.975       11.066       10.983       11.114       10.989
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.6435       0.6497       0.6480       0.6578       0.6557
  NORWAY         KRONE          6.9360       6.8900       6.9390       6.8809       6.9170
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR         1.7080       1.7010       1.6997       1.6883       1.6946
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND           6.6925       6.7120       6.7600       6.6600       6.6600
  SOUTH KOREA    WON         1175.50      1171.00      1167.00      1158.00      1157.00
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE         97.750       97.650       97.850       97.850       97.900
  SWEDEN         KRONA          7.5520       7.5360       7.5730       7.4760       7.5244
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC          1.2785       1.2800       1.2836       1.2572       1.2710
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        33.400       33.310       33.250       33.130       33.220
  THAILAND       BAHT          39.500       39.500       39.530       39.400       39.440
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.7993       1.8105       1.8132       1.8363       1.8270
  VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR     1920.00      1920.00      1920.00      1920.00      1920.00

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES   DOLLAR
1)BROAD          JAN97=100    114.73       114.52       114.57       113.79       114.01
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100     87.08        86.72        86.95        85.77        86.25
3)OITP           JAN97=100    143.23       143.38       143.07       143.27       142.92


 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 December 2003, and is reflected in the December 22, 2003 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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