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Release Date: January 3, 2011
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G.5(405)                                                        January 3, 2011



 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN DECEMBER 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       December     November      October     December

 *AUSTRALIA        DOLLAR          0.9929       0.9889       0.9817       0.9021
  BRAZIL           REAL            1.6955       1.7131       1.6846       1.7508
  CANADA           DOLLAR          1.0081       1.0129       1.0180       1.0537
  CHINA, P.R.      YUAN            6.6497       6.6538       6.6678       6.8275
  DENMARK          KRONE           5.6366       5.4617       5.3643       5.1060
 *EMU MEMBERS      EURO            1.3221       1.3654       1.3900       1.4579
  HONG KONG        DOLLAR          7.7736       7.7546       7.7579       7.7526
  INDIA            RUPEE          45.1000      44.9315      44.3656      46.5273
  JAPAN            YEN            83.3376      82.5180      81.7335      89.9509
  MALAYSIA         RINGGIT         3.1283       3.1132       3.0990       3.4099
  MEXICO           PESO           12.3902      12.3376      12.4371      12.8622
 *NEW ZEALAND      DOLLAR          0.7511       0.7723       0.7520       0.7169
  NORWAY           KRONE           5.9833       5.9645       5.8329       5.7708
  SINGAPORE        DOLLAR          1.3063       1.2987       1.3026       1.3962
  SOUTH AFRICA     RAND            6.8237       6.9749       6.9111       7.4848
  SOUTH KOREA      WON          1145.4833    1129.6230    1121.9900    1163.3109
  SRI LANKA        RUPEE         111.0081     111.5155     111.6730     114.2836
  SWEDEN           KRONA           6.8524       6.8201       6.6767       7.1384
  SWITZERLAND      FRANC           0.9689       0.9847       0.9689       1.0301
  TAIWAN           DOLLAR         29.9014      30.3180      30.8168      32.2459
  THAILAND         BAHT           30.0857      29.8690      29.9235      33.2045
 *UNITED KINGDOM   POUND           1.5595       1.5961       1.5864       1.6226
  VENEZUELA        BOLIVAR         4.2893       4.2893       4.2901       2.1446

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES    DOLLAR
1)BROAD            JAN97=100      99.9363      99.2337      98.9089     100.9524
2)MAJOR CURRENCY   MAR73=100      73.8097      72.8356      72.3257      73.2658
3)OITP             JAN97=100     128.0189     127.8747     127.9065     131.4868


 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.

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 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
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