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Release Date: March 2, 2009
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H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY                               For immediate release
 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES                                            March 2, 2009


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


                 MONETARY
   COUNTRY         UNIT       Feb. 23      Feb. 24      Feb. 25      Feb. 26      Feb. 27

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.6456       0.6429       0.6476       0.6536       0.6419
  BRAZIL         REAL           2.3880       2.3830       2.3880       2.3508       2.3750
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.2508       1.2468       1.2558       1.2455       1.2710
  CHINA, P.R.    YUAN           6.8355       6.8368       6.8369       6.8361       6.8395
  DENMARK        KRONE          5.8450       5.8455       5.8504       5.8349       5.8832
 *EMU MEMBERS    EURO           1.2747       1.2742       1.2731       1.2764       1.2662
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7526       7.7532       7.7533       7.7541       7.7551
  INDIA          RUPEE         49.4600      49.7500      49.9500      50.3200      50.8800
  JAPAN          YEN           94.6300      96.6000      97.3300      98.5500      97.7400
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        3.6530       3.6630       3.6670       3.6680       3.7050
  MEXICO         PESO          14.8600      14.8350      14.9260      14.9728      15.0880
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.5102       0.5099       0.5117       0.5113       0.5030
  NORWAY         KRONE          6.8270       6.8533       6.8710       6.9090       7.0474
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR         1.5290       1.5275       1.5294       1.5367       1.5461
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND          10.0400       9.9900       9.9410       9.8800      10.0350
  SOUTH KOREA    WON         1495.5000    1516.0000    1515.7000    1512.8000    1532.8000
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE        114.1000     114.3700     114.8000     115.1000     114.1300
  SWEDEN         KRONA          8.7602       8.9220       8.9177       8.9230       9.0240
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC          1.1633       1.1670       1.1646       1.1647       1.1672
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        34.6100      34.7300      34.7400      34.8400      35.0000
  THAILAND       BAHT          35.6100      35.6500      35.7500      35.9200      36.1100
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.4553       1.4408       1.4265       1.4342       1.4276
  VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR        2.1446       2.1446       2.1446       2.1446       2.1446

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES   DOLLAR
1)BROAD          JAN97=100    112.7107     113.0033     113.3419     113.2518     114.0083
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100     83.6033      83.9716      84.3564      84.2013      84.9338
3)OITP           JAN97=100    144.3096     144.4226     144.6259     144.6627     145.3366


 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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