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G.5(405) November 1, 2005
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN OCTOBER 2005 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 2005 2005 2005 2004
COUNTRY UNIT October September August October
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7535 0.7651 0.7614 0.7337
BRAZIL REAL 2.2536 2.2949 2.3609 2.8520
CANADA DOLLAR 1.1774 1.1777 1.2043 1.2469
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 8.0894 8.0919 8.1017 8.2765
DENMARK KRONE 6.2064 6.0973 6.0665 5.9486
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.2022 1.2234 1.2295 1.2507
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7559 7.7618 7.7709 7.7889
INDIA RUPEE 44.76 43.85 43.55 45.74
JAPAN YEN 114.87 111.24 110.61 108.78
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.7735 3.7689 3.7589 3.8000
MEXICO PESO 10.835 10.786 10.686 11.404
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6983 0.6987 0.6956 0.6846
NORWAY KRONE 6.5103 6.3830 6.4367 6.5809
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.6915 1.6820 1.6623 1.6767
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.5878 6.3661 6.4599 6.3815
SOUTH KOREA WON 1045.88 1029.84 1021.68 1141.57
SRI LANKA RUPEE 101.485 101.332 100.738 103.885
SWEDEN KRONA 7.8433 7.6300 7.5951 7.2453
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2880 1.2671 1.2629 1.2330
TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.468 32.925 32.076 33.775
THAILAND BAHT 40.895 41.040 41.132 41.294
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.7651 1.8064 1.7944 1.8077
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 1918.08
MEMO:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR
1)BROAD JAN97=100 111.83 110.70 110.76 112.90
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 85.21 83.89 84.26 84.25
3)OITP JAN97=100 138.82 138.34 137.76 143.74
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 February 28, 2005, 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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