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Release Date: May 1, 2009
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G.5(405)                                                            May 1, 2009



 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN APRIL 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         2009         2009         2008
   COUNTRY           UNIT         April        March      February       April

 *AUSTRALIA        DOLLAR          0.7166       0.6666       0.6504       0.9309
  BRAZIL           REAL            2.2021       2.3161       2.3230       1.6863
  CANADA           DOLLAR          1.2234       1.2645       1.2452       1.0137
  CHINA, P.R.      YUAN            6.8304       6.8360       6.8363       6.9997
  DENMARK          KRONE           5.6417       5.7137       5.8226       4.7354
 *EMU MEMBERS      EURO            1.3203       1.3050       1.2797       1.5754
  HONG KONG        DOLLAR          7.7502       7.7530       7.7534       7.7910
  INDIA            RUPEE          49.9777      51.1291      49.2484      39.9668
  JAPAN            YEN            98.9827      97.8550      92.9158     102.6777
  MALAYSIA         RINGGIT         3.6045       3.6726       3.6345       3.1604
  MEXICO           PESO           13.3944      14.6466      14.6066      10.5146
 *NEW ZEALAND      DOLLAR          0.5736       0.5336       0.5160       0.7897
  NORWAY           KRONE           6.6522       6.7855       6.8710       5.0541
  SINGAPORE        DOLLAR          1.5024       1.5296       1.5178       1.3643
  SOUTH AFRICA     RAND            8.9629       9.9536       9.9773       7.7585
  SOUTH KOREA      WON          1332.1477    1449.6159    1439.5842     986.8636
  SRI LANKA        RUPEE         117.2205     114.2836     114.1026     107.7791
  SWEDEN           KRONA           8.2243       8.5727       8.5455       5.9470
  SWITZERLAND      FRANC           1.1480       1.1555       1.1639       1.0138
  TAIWAN           DOLLAR         33.6377      34.3041      34.2389      30.3555
  THAILAND         BAHT           35.3982      35.7368      35.3089      31.5582
 *UNITED KINGDOM   POUND           1.4732       1.4170       1.4422       1.9816
  VENEZUELA        BOLIVAR         2.1446       2.1446       2.1446       2.1446

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES    DOLLAR
1)BROAD            JAN97=100     109.7228     112.4505     111.8151      95.4757
2)MAJOR CURRENCY   MAR73=100      82.2734      83.8370      83.1065      70.4683
3)OITP             JAN97=100     138.7376     143.2446     142.8744     122.9073


 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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