G.5(405) November 1, 2010 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN OCTOBER 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 October September August October *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.9811 0.9398 0.9004 0.9067 BRAZIL REAL 1.6834 1.7180 1.7589 1.7378 CANADA DOLLAR 1.0187 1.0330 1.0404 1.0547 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.6675 6.7396 6.7873 6.8267 DENMARK KRONE 5.3678 5.6867 5.7745 5.0220 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3891 1.3103 1.2903 1.4821 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7580 7.7643 7.7702 7.7497 INDIA RUPEE 44.3631 45.8729 46.4605 46.6524 JAPAN YEN 81.7885 84.3571 85.3727 90.3671 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.0991 3.1032 3.1516 3.4016 MEXICO PESO 12.4432 12.7977 12.7660 13.2275 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7513 0.7288 0.7150 0.7386 NORWAY KRONE 5.8349 6.0431 6.1481 5.6428 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.3030 1.3333 1.3551 1.3974 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.9170 7.1100 7.2877 7.4871 SOUTH KOREA WON 1122.0780 1159.9310 1179.5159 1173.7405 SRI LANKA RUPEE 111.6700 112.3029 112.3968 114.7838 SWEDEN KRONA 6.6803 7.0397 7.3015 6.9550 SWITZERLAND FRANC 0.9693 1.0002 1.0388 1.0213 TAIWAN DOLLAR 30.8342 31.6410 31.8695 32.2910 THAILAND BAHT 29.9290 30.7771 31.7173 33.3900 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5852 1.5591 1.5661 1.6212 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 4.2912 4.2893 4.2897 2.1446 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 98.9293 101.5870 102.5983 100.9569 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 72.3737 74.9908 75.9263 72.8343 3)OITP JAN97=100 127.8774 130.1960 131.1825 132.2339 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