G.5(405)                                                      September 1, 2009



 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

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

 *AUSTRALIA        DOLLAR          0.8353       0.8049       0.8025       0.8815
  BRAZIL           REAL            1.8453       1.9328       1.9586       1.6127
  CANADA           DOLLAR          1.0872       1.1229       1.1264       1.0535
  CHINA, P.R.      YUAN            6.8323       6.8317       6.8334       6.8462
  DENMARK          KRONE           5.2174       5.2837       5.3123       4.9894
 *EMU MEMBERS      EURO            1.4266       1.4092       1.4014       1.4955
  HONG KONG        DOLLAR          7.7506       7.7500       7.7505       7.8076
  INDIA            RUPEE          48.2426      48.3624      47.6736      42.9057
  JAPAN            YEN            94.8971      94.3670      96.6145     109.3624
  MALAYSIA         RINGGIT         3.5156       3.5443       3.5156       3.3300
  MEXICO           PESO           13.0063      13.3623      13.3414      10.1154
 *NEW ZEALAND      DOLLAR          0.6766       0.6444       0.6386       0.7091
  NORWAY           KRONE           6.0705       6.3566       6.3915       5.3331
  SINGAPORE        DOLLAR          1.4420       1.4493       1.4522       1.4052
  SOUTH AFRICA     RAND            7.9406       7.9446       8.0332       7.6651
  SOUTH KOREA      WON          1238.9952    1259.6739    1259.2932    1046.1143
  SRI LANKA        RUPEE         114.7148     114.8002     114.8105     107.7181
  SWEDEN           KRONA           7.1562       7.6843       7.7670       6.2845
  SWITZERLAND      FRANC           1.0683       1.0780       1.0809       1.0841
  TAIWAN           DOLLAR         32.8564      32.8745      32.7700      31.2205
  THAILAND         BAHT           34.0076      34.0313      34.1036      33.8195
 *UNITED KINGDOM   POUND           1.6532       1.6378       1.6369       1.8865
  VENEZUELA        BOLIVAR         2.1446       2.1446       2.1446       2.1446

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES    DOLLAR
1)BROAD            JAN97=100     103.2978     104.6324     105.0727      97.9342
2)MAJOR CURRENCY   MAR73=100      75.1824      76.4459      77.0209      74.0869
3)OITP             JAN97=100     134.4228     135.6503     135.7804     122.9402


 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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