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FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES                                            October 27,
2005

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is advised that the Feder
al 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       Oct. 24      Oct. 25      Oct. 26      Oct. 27
  Oct. 28

*AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.7508       0.7558       0.7543       0.7580
 BRAZIL         REAL           2.2630       2.2582       2.2686       2.2868
 CANADA         DOLLAR         1.1887       1.1768       1.1703       1.1695
 CHINA, P.R.    YUAN           8.0916       8.0901       8.0867       8.0862
 DENMARK        KRONE          6.2177       6.1641       6.1740       6.1423
*EMU MEMBERS    EURO           1.1998       1.2099       1.2082       1.2148
 HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7549       7.7546       7.7535       7.7535
 INDIA          RUPEE         45.11        44.96        45.01        44.94
 JAPAN          YEN          115.18       114.78       115.81       115.14
 MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        3.7747       3.7747       3.7747       3.7750
 MEXICO         PESO          10.861       10.844       10.889       10.906
*NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.7033       0.7053       0.7022       0.7084
 NORWAY         KRONE          6.5250       6.4572       6.4562       6.4307
 SINGAPORE      DOLLAR         1.6935       1.6887       1.6927       1.6865
 SOUTH AFRICA   RAND           6.6140       6.6035       6.6800       6.6950
 SOUTH KOREA    WON         1055.90      1047.40      1045.00      1039.40
 SRI LANKA      RUPEE        101.430      101.670      101.680      101.700
 SWEDEN         KRONA          7.9511       7.8476       7.8650       7.8422
 SWITZERLAND    FRANC          1.2857       1.2762       1.2810       1.2731
 TAIWAN         DOLLAR        33.770       33.740       33.660       33.630
 THAILAND       BAHT          40.880       40.810       40.820       40.730
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.7711       1.7855       1.7766       1.7836
 VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR     2144.60      2144.60      2144.60      2144.60

 MEMO:
 UNITED STATES   DOLLAR
1)BROAD          JAN97=100    112.21       111.63       111.74       111.50
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100     85.56        84.88        84.98        84.65
3)OITP           JAN97=100    139.17       138.91       139.03       139.01


For more information on exchange rate indexes for the U.S. dollar, see "New Su
mmary Measures
of the Foreign Exchange Value of the Dollar," Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 8
4 (October 1998),
pp. 811-18 (http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/bulletin/). Weights for the bro
ad index can be
found at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/H10/Weights; weights for the m
ajor currencies
index and the other important trading partners (OITP) index are derived from t
he broad index
weights. The most recent annual revision of the currency weights and dollar in
dexes took effect
with the February 3, 2005, release of this report.
The source for exchange rates not listed in the table above but used in the ca
lculation of the
broad and OITP indexes is Bloomberg L.P.

*  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 cu
rrency rates can
be derived from the dollar/euro rate by using the fixed conversion rates (in c
urrencies 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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