Foreign Exchange Rates - H.10

Current Release

Release Date: August 8, 2011

Foreign Exchange Rates -- H.10 Weekly

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

COUNTRY	CURRENCY	Aug. 1	Aug. 2	Aug. 3	Aug. 4	Aug. 5
*AUSTRALIA	DOLLAR	1.0930	1.0840	1.0721	1.0516	1.0380
BRAZIL	REAL	1.5610	1.5651	1.5645	1.5790	1.5993
CANADA	DOLLAR	0.9593	0.9577	0.9632	0.9765	0.9843
CHINA, P.R.	YUAN	6.4337	6.4379	6.4340	6.4377	6.4401
DENMARK	KRONE	5.2457	5.2333	5.1997	5.2613	5.2609
*EMU MEMBERS	EURO	1.4202	1.4232	1.4320	1.4158	1.4158
HONG KONG	DOLLAR	7.7906	7.7945	7.7988	7.8014	7.8065
INDIA	RUPEE	44.0600	44.2600	44.3100	44.5600	44.7300
JAPAN	YEN	76.8700	77.1300	76.8700	79.0100	78.4800
MALAYSIA	RINGGIT	2.9370	2.9570	2.9650	2.9790	3.0080
MEXICO	PESO	11.7525	11.7629	11.8384	12.0080	12.0402
*NEW ZEALAND	DOLLAR	0.8743	0.8722	0.8630	0.8449	0.8318
NORWAY	KRONE	5.4110	5.3818	5.3618	5.4855	5.5212
SINGAPORE	DOLLAR	1.2050	1.2044	1.2065	1.2195	1.2214
SOUTH AFRICA	RAND	6.7470	6.7450	6.7365	6.9213	6.9446
SOUTH KOREA	WON	1051.3000	1052.4000	1058.8500	1061.5000	1067.2000
SRI LANKA	RUPEE	109.3000	109.2500	109.6700	109.6300	109.6800
SWEDEN	KRONA	6.3514	6.3427	6.3466	6.5030	6.5227
SWITZERLAND	FRANC	0.7813	0.7712	0.7660	0.7674	0.7600
TAIWAN	DOLLAR	28.8000	28.8600	28.9200	28.9400	29.0100
THAILAND	BAHT	29.7300	29.7400	29.7400	29.8400	29.8600
*UNITED KINGDOM	POUND	1.6278	1.6287	1.6406	1.6308	1.6362
VENEZUELA	BOLIVAR	4.2893	4.2893	4.2893	4.2893	4.2893
Memo:
UNITED STATES	DOLLAR
1) BROAD	JAN97=100	94.4949	94.5228	94.5331	95.4181	95.5960
2) MAJOR CURRENCY	MAR73=100	69.0035	68.9297	68.8027	69.7893	69.8545
3) OITP	JAN97=100	122.2047	122.3863	122.6078	123.2266	123.5564

N = No data for this date.

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 2010 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