G.5(405) August 2, 2010 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN JULY 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 2010 2009 COUNTRY UNIT July June May July *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.8786 0.8539 0.8713 0.8049 BRAZIL REAL 1.7689 1.8042 1.8142 1.9328 CANADA DOLLAR 1.0422 1.0376 1.0403 1.1229 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.7762 6.8184 6.8275 6.8317 DENMARK KRONE 5.8179 6.0873 5.9253 5.2837 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.2811 1.2223 1.2563 1.4092 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7753 7.7880 7.7856 7.7500 INDIA RUPEE 46.7617 46.4983 45.7690 48.3624 JAPAN YEN 87.5005 90.8059 91.9730 94.3670 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.2035 3.2633 3.2509 3.5443 MEXICO PESO 12.8038 12.7102 12.7262 13.3623 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7145 0.6926 0.6984 0.6444 NORWAY KRONE 6.2633 6.4728 6.2872 6.3566 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.3756 1.3976 1.3940 1.4493 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.5212 7.6356 7.6515 7.9446 SOUTH KOREA WON 1203.8095 1214.1114 1164.8410 1259.6739 SRI LANKA RUPEE 112.9571 113.5605 113.7025 114.8002 SWEDEN KRONA 7.4066 7.8261 7.7042 7.6843 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.0530 1.1255 1.1295 1.0780 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.0935 32.1988 31.8345 32.8745 THAILAND BAHT 32.2895 32.4459 32.3650 34.0313 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5304 1.4768 1.4669 1.6378 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 4.2896 4.2893 4.2893 2.1446 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 103.4384 105.1763 104.5799 104.6215 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 76.7385 79.0001 78.4374 76.6154 3)OITP JAN97=100 131.9449 132.5954 132.0267 135.1074 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 May 2009 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 = 340.750 GREEK DRACHMAS = .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 = 30.1260 SLOVAKIAN KORUNA = 239.640 SLOVENIAN TOLAR