G.5(405) October 1, 2009 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN SEPTEMBER 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 September August July September *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.8622 0.8353 0.8049 0.8168 BRAZIL REAL 1.8187 1.8453 1.9328 1.8031 CANADA DOLLAR 1.0816 1.0872 1.1229 1.0582 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8277 6.8323 6.8317 6.8307 DENMARK KRONE 5.1065 5.2174 5.2837 5.2020 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.4575 1.4266 1.4092 1.4342 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7503 7.7506 7.7500 7.7854 INDIA RUPEE 48.2924 48.2426 48.3624 45.5300 JAPAN YEN 91.2748 94.8971 94.3670 106.5748 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.4899 3.5156 3.5443 3.4405 MEXICO PESO 13.4060 13.0063 13.3623 10.6633 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7046 0.6766 0.6444 0.6739 NORWAY KRONE 5.9006 6.0705 6.3566 5.6958 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.4220 1.4420 1.4493 1.4297 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.5025 7.9406 7.9446 8.0753 SOUTH KOREA WON 1211.8643 1238.9952 1259.6739 1134.8667 SRI LANKA RUPEE 114.7667 114.7148 114.8002 107.8233 SWEDEN KRONA 6.9941 7.1562 7.6843 6.6816 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.0391 1.0683 1.0780 1.1102 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.5333 32.8564 32.8745 31.9924 THAILAND BAHT 33.7876 34.0076 34.0313 34.2381 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6323 1.6532 1.6378 1.7973 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 103.1265 103.2974 104.6324 100.3027 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 74.6307 75.1824 76.4459 75.5106 3)OITP JAN97=100 134.9519 134.4218 135.6503 126.5348 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