G.5(405) December 1, 2009 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN NOVEMBER 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 November October September November *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.9197 0.9067 0.8622 0.6591 BRAZIL REAL 1.7268 1.7378 1.8187 2.2704 CANADA DOLLAR 1.0593 1.0547 1.0816 1.2171 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8271 6.8267 6.8277 6.8281 DENMARK KRONE 4.9914 5.0220 5.1065 5.8448 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.4908 1.4821 1.4575 1.2744 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7497 7.7497 7.7503 7.7507 INDIA RUPEE 46.5305 46.6524 48.2924 48.8517 JAPAN YEN 89.2674 90.3671 91.2748 96.9656 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.3886 3.4016 3.4899 3.5843 MEXICO PESO 13.1115 13.2275 13.4060 13.1186 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7301 0.7386 0.7046 0.5664 NORWAY KRONE 5.6430 5.6428 5.9006 6.9290 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.3888 1.3974 1.4220 1.5076 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.5096 7.4871 7.5025 10.1112 SOUTH KOREA WON 1162.8368 1173.7405 1211.8643 1398.7044 SRI LANKA RUPEE 114.4853 114.7838 114.7667 109.9594 SWEDEN KRONA 6.9267 6.9550 6.9941 7.9612 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.0131 1.0213 1.0391 1.1910 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.3189 32.2910 32.5333 33.1028 THAILAND BAHT 33.2621 33.3900 33.7876 35.0350 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6599 1.6212 1.6323 1.5327 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1430 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 101.2874 101.7775 103.1271 109.6314 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 73.1487 73.5597 74.6307 82.7427 3)OITP JAN97=100 132.8138 133.3550 134.9537 137.9467 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