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Release Date: August 28, 2008
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 H.10 DAILY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY                                                                                                                                                                                                            
 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES: for immediate release                     August 28, 2008                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   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 Aug. 25 Aug. 26 Aug. 27 Aug. 28 Aug. 29
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.8676 0.8561 0.8553 0.8618  
BRAZIL REAL 1.6269 1.6390 1.6220 1.6265  
CANADA DOLLAR 1.0463 1.0486 1.0483 1.0527  
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8480 6.7800 6.8070 6.8405  
DENMARK KRONE 5.0387 5.0874 5.0784 5.0780  
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.4803 1.4660 1.4684 1.4685  
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.8076 7.8070 7.8074 7.8068  
INDIA RUPEE 43.6800 43.7400 43.6200 43.6500  
JAPAN YEN 109.1100 109.8300 109.7200 109.5600  
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.3755 3.3961 3.3810 3.3830  
MEXICO PESO 10.1210 10.1781 10.1420 10.2035  
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7091 0.6968 0.6982 0.7019  
NORWAY KRONE 5.3520 5.4090 5.3835 5.3871  
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.4153 1.4255 1.4194 1.4185  
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.7250 7.7995 7.7730 7.7100  
SOUTH KOREA WON 1077.8000 1087.5000 1084.0000 1081.3000  
SRI LANKA RUPEE 107.6500 107.6500 107.8500 107.8000  
SWEDEN KRONA 6.3244 6.3914 6.4080 6.4212  
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.0926 1.1004 1.1009 1.0994  
TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.4200 31.5400 31.5200 31.5400  
THAILAND BAHT 34.1000 34.2300 34.0100 34.0600  
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.8587 1.8387 1.8318 1.8264  
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
N = No data for this date                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

   Memo:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR Aug. 25 Aug. 26 Aug. 27 Aug. 28 Aug. 29
1)BROAD JAN97=100 98.3179 98.6831 98.6233 98.8191  
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 74.2995 74.8162 74.7856 74.8677  
3)OITP JAN97=100 123.5494 123.6083 123.5089 123.8642  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   For more information on exchange rate indexes for the U.S. dollar, see "Indexes of the Foreign                                                                                                                                               
   Exchange Value of the Dollar," Federal Reserve Bulletin, 91:1 (Winter 2005), pp. 1-8                                                                                                                                                         
   (http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/bulletin/2005/winter05_index.pdf). Weights for the broad index                                                                                                                                           
   can be found at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/H10/Weights; weights for the major currencie                                                                                                                                          
   index and the other important trading partners (OITP) index are derived from the broad index                                                                                                                                                 
   weights. The most recent annual revision of the currency weights and dollar indexes took effect                                                                                                                                              
   with the January 2, 2007 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 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 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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