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G.5(405) March 31, 2004
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN MARCH 2004 TOGETHER
WITH COMPARABLE FIGURES FOR OTHER MONTHS. AVERAGES ARE BASED ON DAILY NOON BUYING
RATES FOR CABLE TRANSFERS IN NEW YORK CITY CERTIFIED FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSES BY
THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK.
(Currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted)
MONETARY 2004 2004 2004 2003
COUNTRY UNIT March February January March
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7496 0.7770 0.7717 0.6015
BRAZIL REAL 2.9067 2.9342 2.8533 3.4567
CANADA DOLLAR 1.3286 1.3299 1.2958 1.4761
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.2771 8.2771 8.2770 8.2773
DENMARK KRONE 6.0757 5.8956 5.8952 6.8807
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.2261 1.2640 1.2638 1.0797
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7930 7.7748 7.7663 7.7991
INDIA RUPEE 44.97 45.27 45.46 47.68
JAPAN YEN 108.52 106.71 106.27 118.69
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000 3.8000
MEXICO PESO 11.019 11.032 10.920 10.905
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6607 0.6916 0.6738 0.5537
NORWAY KRONE 6.9598 6.9508 6.8117 7.2760
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6996 1.6869 1.6965 1.7551
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.6140 6.7542 6.9398 8.0506
SOUTH KOREA WON 1166.29 1167.53 1183.35 1237.20
SRI LANKA RUPEE 97.522 98.507 98.009 96.943
SWEDEN KRONA 7.5322 7.2630 7.2334 8.5440
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2778 1.2448 1.2391 1.3614
TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.252 33.214 33.669 34.721
THAILAND BAHT 39.470 39.116 39.124 42.783
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.8261 1.8673 1.8255 1.5825
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 1920.00 1818.95 1600.00 1600.00
MEMO:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR
1)BROAD JAN97=100 114.26 113.10 112.54 123.04
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 86.48 84.97 84.43 97.03
3)OITP JAN97=100 143.15 142.97 142.54 146.53
This release is available online at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/G5.
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 the dollar indexes took effect
with the December 31, 2003, release of this 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.
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The euro is reported in place of the individual eure-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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