Federal Reserve Statistical Release, H.10, Foreign Exchange Rates (Weekly); title with eagle logo links to Statistical Release home page
Release Date: January 26, 2009
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 H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY                               For immediate release                                                                                                                                                       
 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES                                            January 26, 2009                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted)                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
COUNTRY MONETARY UNIT Jan. 19 Jan. 20 Jan. 21 Jan. 22 Jan. 23
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR   0.6574 0.6495 0.6544 0.6522
BRAZIL REAL   2.3617 2.3525 2.3515 2.3467
CANADA DOLLAR   1.2604 1.2749 1.2624 1.2478
CHINA, P.R. YUAN   6.8403 6.8392 6.8370 6.8392
DENMARK KRONE   5.7545 5.7905 5.7527 5.8007
*EMU MEMBERS EURO   1.2946 1.2870 1.2955 1.2849
HONG KONG DOLLAR   7.7583 7.7597 7.7587 7.7566
INDIA RUPEE   49.0100 49.0000 49.0700 49.0000
JAPAN YEN   90.1900 87.8000 88.6400 88.7200
MALAYSIA RINGGIT   3.6080 3.6140 3.6070 3.6230
MEXICO PESO   13.9155 13.9275 13.9675 14.0700
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR   0.5273 0.5215 0.5265 0.5270
NORWAY KRONE   7.1228 6.9840 6.9680 6.9955
SINGAPORE DOLLAR   1.5078 1.5062 1.4972 1.5054
SOUTH AFRICA RAND   10.1690 10.1680 10.1155 10.2700
SOUTH KOREA WON   1351.5000 1368.0000 1374.0000 1390.8000
SRI LANKA RUPEE   113.8200 113.8000 113.7200 113.9000
SWEDEN KRONA   8.3929 8.3394 8.2329 8.2494
SWITZERLAND FRANC   1.1432 1.1473 1.1538 1.1629
TAIWAN DOLLAR   33.6300 33.5800 33.5300 33.6800
THAILAND BAHT   34.9500 34.8900 34.8400 34.8600
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND   1.4023 1.3728 1.3840 1.3658
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR   2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
N = No data for this date                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

   Memo:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR Jan. 19 Jan. 20 Jan. 21 Jan. 22 Jan. 23
1)BROAD JAN97=100   110.4713 110.6706 110.4290 110.6747
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100   82.7505 82.9821 82.6029 82.6777
3)OITP JAN97=100   140.0565 140.1694 140.1996 140.6975
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   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 currencie                                                                                                                                          
   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                                                                                                                                                                                                    


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