H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY                               For immediate release
 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES                                            May 18, 2009


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


                 MONETARY
   COUNTRY         UNIT       May. 11      May. 12      May. 13      May. 14      May. 15

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.7614       0.7635       0.7570       0.7573       0.7526
  BRAZIL         REAL           2.0528       2.0687       2.1010       2.0939       2.0815
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.1591       1.1671       1.1686       1.1726       1.1756
  CHINA, P.R.    YUAN           6.8230       6.8210       6.8220       6.8248       6.8225
  DENMARK        KRONE          5.4687       5.4618       5.4705       5.4725       5.4993
 *EMU MEMBERS    EURO           1.3620       1.3638       1.3612       1.3608       1.3539
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7500       7.7500       7.7500       7.7501       7.7508
  INDIA          RUPEE         49.4400      49.2100      49.5800      49.6500      49.3800
  JAPAN          YEN           97.4500      96.5900      95.7500      95.6200      94.8900
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        3.5140       3.5100       3.5240       3.5410       3.5470
  MEXICO         PESO          13.1100      13.2325      13.3153      13.3010      13.2075
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.6062       0.6040       0.5947       0.5944       0.5879
  NORWAY         KRONE          6.4163       6.4685       6.5121       6.4851       6.5160
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR         1.4612       1.4593       1.4635       1.4647       1.4683
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND           8.3900       8.4670       8.5050       8.5650       8.7331
  SOUTH KOREA    WON         1232.9000    1238.0000    1239.0000    1264.0000    1252.0000
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE        117.0500     117.3500     117.6000     117.4000     117.7000
  SWEDEN         KRONA          7.7638       7.8138       7.8751       7.8492       7.8593
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC          1.1067       1.1052       1.1061       1.1060       1.1132
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        32.9300      32.8300      32.9100      32.9500      32.9200
  THAILAND       BAHT          34.5600      34.5300      34.4900      34.5300      34.5300
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.5145       1.5240       1.5165       1.5195       1.5222
  VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR        2.1446       2.1446       2.1446       2.1446       2.1446

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES   DOLLAR
1)BROAD          JAN97=100    106.6690     106.7365     106.9146     107.0394     106.9911
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100     79.3106      79.2759      79.3042      79.3570      79.4727
3)OITP           JAN97=100    135.9386     136.1674     136.5703     136.7970     136.4792


 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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