G.5(405) June 1, 2007 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN MAY 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 May April March May *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.8254 0.8273 0.7932 0.7639 BRAZIL REAL 1.9836 2.0302 2.0883 2.1697 CANADA DOLLAR 1.0951 1.1350 1.1682 1.1100 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 7.6773 7.7247 7.7369 8.0131 DENMARK KRONE 5.5120 5.5155 5.6232 5.8398 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3518 1.3513 1.3246 1.2767 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.8187 7.8154 7.8132 7.7538 INDIA RUPEE 40.57 42.02 43.79 45.20 JAPAN YEN 120.77 118.93 117.26 111.73 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.4002 3.4364 3.4894 3.6091 MEXICO PESO 10.822 10.980 11.114 11.091 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7334 0.7345 0.6995 0.6311 NORWAY KRONE 6.0220 6.0098 6.1401 6.1040 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.5231 1.5150 1.5242 1.5755 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.0148 7.1026 7.3525 6.3128 SOUTH KOREA WON 927.56 930.69 942.88 940.82 SRI LANKA RUPEE 110.800 109.360 109.294 102.838 SWEDEN KRONA 6.8094 6.8371 7.0171 7.3050 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.2211 1.2124 1.2178 1.2190 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.278 33.145 33.010 31.737 THAILAND BAHT 32.818 32.421 32.642 37.947 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.9842 1.9879 1.9474 1.8687 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2144.60 2144.60 2144.60 2144.55 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 104.40 105.30 106.67 107.34 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 79.20 79.87 81.23 80.63 3)OITP JAN97=100 130.48 131.64 132.80 135.60 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