Federal Reserve Statistical Release, H.10, Foreign Exchange Rates (Weekly); title with eagle logo links to Statistical Release home page
Release Date: May 4, 2009
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H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY                               For immediate release
 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES                                            May 4, 2009


 (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted)


                 MONETARY
   COUNTRY         UNIT       Apr. 27      Apr. 28      Apr. 29      Apr. 30      May. 1

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.7157       0.7043       0.7268       0.7317       0.7290
  BRAZIL         REAL           2.1963       2.2060       2.1617       2.1724       2.1730
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.2106       1.2238       1.2008       1.1939       1.1868
  CHINA, P.R.    YUAN           6.8270       6.8266       6.8243       6.8180       6.8180
  DENMARK        KRONE          5.6706       5.7021       5.5891       5.6223       5.6139
 *EMU MEMBERS    EURO           1.3136       1.3061       1.3324       1.3244       1.3267
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7500       7.7508       7.7501       7.7500       7.7500
  INDIA          RUPEE         50.1500      50.4700      50.0500      49.7000      49.6500
  JAPAN          YEN           96.5700      96.4900      96.9700      98.7600      99.2400
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        3.5950       3.6250       3.5850       3.5580       3.5580
  MEXICO         PESO          13.7072      13.8850      13.5750      13.8010      13.8230
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.5694       0.5590       0.5759       0.5695       0.5687
  NORWAY         KRONE          6.6989       6.7240       6.5425       6.5670       6.5461
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR         1.4933       1.4975       1.4820       1.4772       1.4810
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND           8.7450       8.7180       8.4850       8.4400       8.4350
  SOUTH KOREA    WON         1338.4000    1351.8000    1335.7000    1277.0000    1277.0000
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE        120.2200     119.9000     120.0000     120.0000     120.0000
  SWEDEN         KRONA          8.1212       8.2068       8.0143       7.9882       8.0405
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC          1.1472       1.1517       1.1309       1.1402       1.1364
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        33.7200      33.7900      33.6400      33.0600      33.1400
  THAILAND       BAHT          35.4200      35.3900      35.3100      35.2300      35.2500
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.4678       1.4607       1.4802       1.4799       1.4881
  VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR        2.1446       2.1446       2.1446       2.1446       2.1446

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES   DOLLAR
1)BROAD          JAN97=100    109.6886     110.2838     108.9882     109.0479     108.9732
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100     81.7941      82.3162      81.0919      81.3858      81.2267
3)OITP           JAN97=100    139.3871     140.0125     138.7984     138.4569     138.5347


 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 currencies
 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
                =  239.640  SLOVENIAN TOLAR

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