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Release Date: January 5, 2009
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The H.10 Foreign Exchange Rates weekly statistical release dated January 5, 2009
was reposted on January 15, 2009 to correct the exchange rate listed for Brazil on
December 31, 2008.


 H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE                                                For immediate release
 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES                                            January 5, 2009


 (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted)


                 MONETARY
   COUNTRY         UNIT       Dec. 29      Dec. 30      Dec. 31      Jan. 1       Jan. 2

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.6950       0.6906       0.6983                    0.7083
  BRAZIL         REAL           2.3975       2.3291       2.3130        H           2.3230
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.2162       1.2215       1.2240                    1.2101
  CHINA, P.R.    YUAN           6.8447       6.8295       6.8225                    6.8225
  DENMARK        KRONE          5.2335       5.2895       5.3497        O           5.3400
 *EMU MEMBERS    EURO           1.4232       1.4085       1.3919                    1.3946
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7500       7.7498       7.7499                    7.7504
  INDIA          RUPEE         48.2500      48.0500      48.5800        L          48.2500
  JAPAN          YEN           90.2000      90.3700      90.7900                   91.1200
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        3.4780       3.4770       3.4500                    3.4650
  MEXICO         PESO          13.5225      13.7600      13.8320        I          13.7815
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.5825       0.5770       0.5815                    0.5850
  NORWAY         KRONE          7.0047       7.0030       6.9756                    6.8773
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR         1.4370       1.4372       1.4377        D           1.4513
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND           9.4600       9.3500       9.3000                    9.3100
  SOUTH KOREA    WON         1262.0000    1257.4000    1262.0000                 1318.3000
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE        113.6200     113.3000     112.9000        A         113.9500
  SWEDEN         KRONA          7.7354       7.7875       7.8770                    7.7836
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC          1.0414       1.0567       1.0673                    1.0685
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        32.9900      32.7600      32.7600        Y          32.8200
  THAILAND       BAHT          34.9700      34.7100      34.7200                   34.7800
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.4591       1.4395       1.4619                    1.4520
  VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR        2.1446       2.1446       2.1446                    2.1446

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES   DOLLAR
1)BROAD          JAN97=100    106.6383     107.0459     107.3574                  107.3075
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100     78.4987      79.0638      79.4142                   79.1380
3)OITP           JAN97=100    137.5822     137.6436     137.8345                  138.1882


 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 of the currency weights and dollar indexes took effect
 with the January 2, 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 L.P.

 *  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.

 The euro is reported in place of the individual euro-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

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