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Release Date: September 4, 2007
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G.5(405)                                                      September 4, 2007



 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN AUGUST 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        August        July         June        August

 *AUSTRALIA        DOLLAR          0.8291       0.8677       0.8423       0.7631
  BRAZIL           REAL            1.9620       1.8812       1.9323       2.1553
  CANADA           DOLLAR          1.0579       1.0502       1.0651       1.1182
  CHINA, P.R.      YUAN            7.5734       7.5757       7.6333       7.9722
  DENMARK          KRONE           5.4621       5.4199       5.5463       5.8236
 *EMU MEMBERS      EURO            1.3626       1.3726       1.3421       1.2810
  HONG KONG        DOLLAR          7.8155       7.8197       7.8142       7.7762
  INDIA            RUPEE          40.68        40.27        40.59        46.45
  JAPAN            YEN           116.73       121.41       122.69       115.92
  MALAYSIA         RINGGIT         3.4826       3.4397       3.4444       3.6730
  MEXICO           PESO           11.044       10.815       10.833       10.873
 *NEW ZEALAND      DOLLAR          0.7259       0.7862       0.7570       0.6348
  NORWAY           KRONE           5.8492       5.7807       5.9980       6.2423
  SINGAPORE        DOLLAR          1.5226       1.5156       1.5367       1.5754
  SOUTH AFRICA     RAND            7.2153       6.9730       7.1515       6.9503
  SOUTH KOREA      WON           934.48       918.12       927.87       960.95
  SRI LANKA        RUPEE         112.184      111.672      110.966      103.669
  SWEDEN           KRONA           6.8429       6.6933       6.9485       7.1890
  SWITZERLAND      FRANC           1.2027       1.2069       1.2330       1.2318
  TAIWAN           DOLLAR         32.962       32.810       32.974       32.761
  THAILAND         BAHT           31.796       30.387       32.318       37.587
 *UNITED KINGDOM   POUND           2.0110       2.0355       1.9867       1.8941
  VENEZUELA        BOLIVAR      2144.60      2144.60      2144.60      2144.60

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES    DOLLAR
1)BROAD            JAN97=100     103.33       102.77       104.12       107.64
2)MAJOR CURRENCY   MAR73=100      77.51        77.51        78.93        81.18
3)OITP             JAN97=100     130.72       129.26       130.23       135.39


 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.

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 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
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