Federal Reserve Statistical Release, H.10, Foreign Exchange Rates (Daily); title with eagle logo links to Statistical Release home page
Release Date: February 9, 2009
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 H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY                               For immediate release                                                                                                                                                       
 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES                                            February 9, 2009                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted)                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
COUNTRY MONETARY UNIT Feb. 2 Feb. 3 Feb. 4 Feb. 5 Feb. 6
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6320 0.6476 0.6499 0.6539 0.6715
BRAZIL REAL 2.3262 2.3151 2.2910 2.2966 2.2620
CANADA DOLLAR 1.2408 1.2334 1.2268 1.2307 1.2388
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8470 6.8399 6.8335 6.8355 6.8338
DENMARK KRONE 5.8197 5.7267 5.7951 5.8028 5.7860
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.2808 1.3010 1.2857 1.2838 1.2874
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7544 7.7530 7.7536 7.7528 7.7541
INDIA RUPEE 48.8400 48.3700 48.6800 48.7200 48.6100
JAPAN YEN 89.8600 89.0900 89.5300 91.0100 91.9500
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.6130 3.6170 3.6240 3.6121 3.5980
MEXICO PESO 14.4960 14.5825 14.4650 14.3180 14.1777
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5026 0.5113 0.5117 0.5155 0.5300
NORWAY KRONE 7.0415 6.9201 6.9149 6.8297 6.7927
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.5145 1.5082 1.5056 1.5040 1.4952
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 10.1750 10.0956 9.9800 9.8605 9.6526
SOUTH KOREA WON 1390.0000 1394.5000 1378.4000 1384.2000 1368.7000
SRI LANKA RUPEE 113.9000 113.8800 113.8800 113.8500 113.9700
SWEDEN KRONA 8.3831 8.2575 8.2768 8.2685 8.1745
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.1640 1.1419 1.1579 1.1654 1.1694
TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.7000 33.7200 33.6600 33.6600 33.6100
THAILAND BAHT 34.9500 34.9300 34.9000 34.9500 34.9800
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4228 1.4394 1.4472 1.4633 1.4775
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
N = No data for this date                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

   Memo:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR Feb. 2 Feb. 3 Feb. 4 Feb. 5 Feb. 6
1)BROAD JAN97=100 111.1970 110.5621 110.5907 110.6972 110.5300
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 82.6058 81.6792 81.9385 82.2285 82.3380
3)OITP JAN97=100 142.1549 142.1331 141.7551 141.5263 140.9101
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   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
                =  239.640  SLOVENIAN TOLAR                                                                                                                                                                                                    


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