H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY                               For immediate release
 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES                                            May 17, 2010


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


                 MONETARY
   COUNTRY         UNIT       May. 10      May. 11      May. 12      May. 13      May. 14

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.9016       0.8990       0.8926       0.8998       0.8886
  BRAZIL         REAL           1.7783       1.7764       1.7734       1.7721       1.8035
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.0245       1.0193       1.0197       1.0148       1.0343
  CHINA, P.R.    YUAN           6.8263       6.8285       6.8270       6.8278       6.8263
  DENMARK        KRONE          5.7863       5.8527       5.8853       5.9185       6.0026
 *EMU MEMBERS    EURO           1.2861       1.2715       1.2642       1.2568       1.2390
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7795       7.7795       7.7813       7.7813       7.7822
  INDIA          RUPEE         44.8400      45.1000      45.0800      45.0000      45.2000
  JAPAN          YEN           93.3900      92.8300      92.9300      92.7000      91.9400
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        3.1980       3.2080       3.2060       3.1860       3.1900
  MEXICO         PESO          12.5125      12.5025      12.4381      12.3580      12.5820
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.7221       0.7208       0.7134       0.7176       0.7113
  NORWAY         KRONE          6.1278       6.1550       6.1464       6.1781       6.2365
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR         1.3804       1.3808       1.3800       1.3813       1.3868
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND           7.4777       7.5350       7.4935       7.4740       7.5524
  SOUTH KOREA    WON         1131.8000    1133.7500    1144.0200    1129.2000    1130.0000
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE        113.6300     113.6500     113.6500     113.6000     113.6500
  SWEDEN         KRONA          7.4981       7.5814       7.5594       7.6020       7.7468
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC          1.1069       1.1059       1.1101       1.1146       1.1304
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        31.5600      31.6400      31.6600      31.6400      31.7800
  THAILAND       BAHT          32.2600      32.3000      32.2800      32.3500      32.3500
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.4980       1.4952       1.4855       1.4659       1.4557
  VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR        4.2893       4.2893       4.2893       4.2893       4.2893

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES   DOLLAR
1)BROAD          JAN97=100    104.1064     104.2423     104.3636     104.3075     105.1741
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100     78.0021      78.1614      78.4126      78.5245      79.4172
3)OITP           JAN97=100    131.7413     131.8212     131.7189     131.4032     132.1148


 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 May 2009 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
                =  .585274  CYPRUS POUND
                =  5.94573  FINNISH MARKKAS
                =  6.55957  FRENCH FRANCS
                =  1.95583  GERMAN MARKS
                =  340.750  GREEK DRACHMAS
                =  .787564  IRISH POUNDS
                =  1936.27  ITALIAN LIRE
                =  40.3399  LUXEMBOURG FRANCS
                =  .429300  MALTESE LIRA
                =  2.20371  NETHERLANDS GUILDERS
                =  200.482  PORTUGUESE ESCUDOS
                =  166.386  SPANISH PESETAS
                =  30.1260  SLOVAKIAN KORUNA
                =  239.640  SLOVENIAN TOLAR

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