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Release Date: January 12, 2009
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H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY                               For immediate release
 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES                                            January 12, 2009


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


                 MONETARY
   COUNTRY         UNIT       Jan. 5       Jan. 6       Jan. 7       Jan. 8       Jan. 9

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.7146       0.7187       0.7212       0.7071       0.7063
  BRAZIL         REAL           2.2640       2.1895       2.2209       2.2650       2.2888
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.1920       1.1822       1.1850       1.1890       1.1920
  CHINA, P.R.    YUAN           6.8300       6.8360       6.8330       6.8342       6.8350
  DENMARK        KRONE          5.4845       5.5426       5.4311       5.4343       5.5240
 *EMU MEMBERS    EURO           1.3576       1.3445       1.3718       1.3714       1.3495
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7525       7.7534       7.7511       7.7551       7.7572
  INDIA          RUPEE         48.5000      48.5000      48.5600      48.4500      48.2600
  JAPAN          YEN           93.2000      94.2000      92.7000      91.1500      90.2500
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        3.4950       3.5070       3.4980       3.5380       3.5390
  MEXICO         PESO          13.5225      13.3300      13.3955      13.4950      13.7080
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.5880       0.5945       0.6006       0.5929       0.5933
  NORWAY         KRONE          6.9639       6.9918       6.8510       6.9770       6.9949
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR         1.4730       1.4750       1.4707       1.4780       1.4843
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND           9.2900       9.3425       9.4575       9.6470       9.7850
  SOUTH KOREA    WON         1313.5000    1307.0000    1292.3000    1328.2500    1347.5000
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE        113.5500     113.6000     113.7300     113.7300     113.7000
  SWEDEN         KRONA          7.9217       7.8715       7.7658       7.8404       7.9293
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC          1.1077       1.1212       1.0941       1.0925       1.1096
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        33.0000      33.1000      33.0300      33.1000      33.1400
  THAILAND       BAHT          34.9800      34.9800      34.8200      34.8000      34.8200
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.4602       1.4777       1.5254       1.5190       1.5239
  VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR        2.1446       2.1446       2.1446       2.1446       2.1446

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES   DOLLAR
1)BROAD          JAN97=100    107.6424     107.5562     106.8417     107.0685     107.5839
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100     79.8822      80.0208      78.9856      78.9101      79.2965
3)OITP           JAN97=100    137.7539     137.2942     137.2542     137.9709     138.6237


 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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