G.5(405) April 2, 2007 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN MARCH 2007 TOGETHER WITH COMPARABLE FIGURES FOR OTHER MONTHS. AVERAGES ARE BASED ON DAILY NOON BUYING RATES FOR CABLE TRANSFERS IN NEW YORK CITY CERTIFIED FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSES BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK. (Currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted) MONETARY 2007 2007 2007 2006 COUNTRY UNIT March February January March *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7932 0.7830 0.7826 0.7266 BRAZIL REAL 2.0883 2.0939 2.1376 2.1528 CANADA DOLLAR 1.1682 1.1710 1.1763 1.1573 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 7.7369 7.7502 7.7876 8.0350 DENMARK KRONE 5.6232 5.6981 5.7364 6.2025 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3246 1.3080 1.2993 1.2028 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.8132 7.8114 7.8000 7.7591 INDIA RUPEE 43.79 44.02 44.21 44.34 JAPAN YEN 117.26 120.50 120.45 117.28 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.4894 3.4949 3.5065 3.7040 MEXICO PESO 11.114 10.995 10.956 10.749 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6995 0.6934 0.6947 0.6342 NORWAY KRONE 6.1401 6.1860 6.3656 6.6317 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.5242 1.5333 1.5373 1.6211 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.3525 7.1755 7.1898 6.2436 SOUTH KOREA WON 942.88 936.90 936.76 974.71 SRI LANKA RUPEE 109.294 108.684 108.522 102.648 SWEDEN KRONA 7.0171 7.0200 6.9901 7.8109 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2178 1.2393 1.2431 1.3050 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.010 32.968 32.770 32.459 THAILAND BAHT 32.642 33.888 35.189 38.947 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.9474 1.9589 1.9587 1.7442 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 106.67 107.23 107.59 110.43 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 81.23 82.07 82.37 85.01 3)OITP JAN97=100 132.80 132.77 133.18 135.87 This release is available online at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/G5. 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 to the trade weights and the dollar indexes took effect with the January 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. * 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. For information about your subscription to this release or about receiving it in document form, please call publication services at Federal Reserve Board at (202) 452-3244. The euro is reported in place of the individual eure-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