G.5(405) March 1, 2010 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN FEBRUARY 2010 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 2010 2010 2009 2009 COUNTRY UNIT February January December February *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.8857 0.9127 0.9021 0.6504 BRAZIL REAL 1.8420 1.7817 1.7508 2.3230 CANADA DOLLAR 1.0572 1.0438 1.0537 1.2452 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8285 6.8269 6.8275 6.8363 DENMARK KRONE 5.4414 5.2177 5.1060 5.8226 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3680 1.4266 1.4579 1.2797 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7670 7.7624 7.7526 7.7534 INDIA RUPEE 46.2732 45.8944 46.5273 49.2484 JAPAN YEN 90.1395 91.1011 89.9509 92.9158 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.4139 3.3750 3.4099 3.6345 MEXICO PESO 12.9396 12.8096 12.8622 14.6066 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6973 0.7263 0.7169 0.5160 NORWAY KRONE 5.9182 5.7402 5.7708 6.8710 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.4122 1.3965 1.3962 1.5178 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.6680 7.4631 7.4848 9.9773 SOUTH KOREA WON 1155.6553 1138.1947 1163.3109 1439.5842 SRI LANKA RUPEE 114.5079 114.3589 114.2836 114.1026 SWEDEN KRONA 7.2683 7.1534 7.1384 8.5455 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.0722 1.0345 1.0301 1.1639 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.0621 31.8658 32.2459 34.2389 THAILAND BAHT 33.1221 33.0274 33.2045 35.3089 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5618 1.6158 1.6226 1.4422 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 4.2893 3.6137 2.1446 2.1446 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 103.7472 102.1209 101.7541 111.8151 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 76.1771 74.5177 73.9795 83.1065 3)OITP JAN97=100 133.8454 132.5548 132.5545 142.8744 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 July 2008 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 = .585274 CYPRUS POUND = 5.94573 FINNISH MARKKAS = 6.55957 FRENCH FRANCS = 1.95583 GERMAN MARKS = .787564 IRISH POUNDS = 1936.27 ITALIAN LIRE = 40.3399 LUXEMBOURG FRANCS = .429300 MALTESE LIRA = 2.20371 NETHERLANDS GUILDERS = 200.482 PORTUGUESE ESCUDOS = 166.386 SPANISH PESETAS = 340.750 GREEK DRACHMAS = 239.640 SLOVENIAN TOLAR