G.5(405) February 2, 2009 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN JANUARY 2009 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 2009 2008 2008 2008 COUNTRY UNIT January December November January *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6754 0.6719 0.6591 0.8823 BRAZIL REAL 2.3079 2.3954 2.2704 1.7710 CANADA DOLLAR 1.2248 1.2337 1.2171 1.0099 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8360 6.8539 6.8281 7.2405 DENMARK KRONE 5.6284 5.5239 5.8448 5.0575 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3244 1.3511 1.2744 1.4728 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7563 7.7504 7.7507 7.8044 INDIA RUPEE 48.6995 48.5132 48.8517 39.2676 JAPAN YEN 90.1205 91.2750 96.9656 107.8181 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.5705 3.5483 3.5843 3.2653 MEXICO PESO 13.8839 13.4167 13.1186 10.9057 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5510 0.5597 0.5664 0.7740 NORWAY KRONE 6.9566 7.0159 6.9290 5.3993 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.4913 1.4769 1.5076 1.4299 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 9.9076 9.9227 10.1112 6.9962 SOUTH KOREA WON 1354.3975 1361.5727 1398.7044 942.0571 SRI LANKA RUPEE 113.7685 111.4464 109.9594 108.1557 SWEDEN KRONA 8.1044 8.0124 7.9612 6.3978 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.1267 1.1404 1.1910 1.1006 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.3695 33.1555 33.1028 32.3586 THAILAND BAHT 34.8710 35.0086 35.0350 30.3048 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4462 1.4854 1.5327 1.9702 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 109.0996 108.4748 109.6314 98.4782 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 81.0122 80.6853 82.7427 73.0565 3)OITP JAN97=100 139.5384 138.5069 137.9467 126.0788 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