Federal Reserve Statistical Release, H.10, Foreign Exchange Rates (Weekly); title with eagle logo links to Statistical Release home page
Release Date: February 17, 2009
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 H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY                               For immediate release                                                                                                                                                       
 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES                                            February 17, 2009                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted)                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
COUNTRY MONETARY UNIT Feb. 9 Feb. 10 Feb. 11 Feb. 12 Feb. 13
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6834 0.6589 0.6549 0.6507 0.6595
BRAZIL REAL 2.2375 2.2663 2.2649 2.2940 2.2765
CANADA DOLLAR 1.2190 1.2332 1.2418 1.2478 1.2435
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8392 6.8241 6.8332 6.8345 6.8392
DENMARK KRONE 5.7045 5.7461 5.7790 5.8115 5.7859
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3064 1.2966 1.2893 1.2822 1.2879
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7520 7.7515 7.7511 7.7519 7.7528
INDIA RUPEE 48.5200 48.6800 48.7800 48.7000 48.5800
JAPAN YEN 91.4700 90.6500 90.6600 90.5500 91.8400
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.5985 3.5865 3.6020 3.6185 3.6020
MEXICO PESO 14.1340 14.3775 14.5423 14.5880 14.4650
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5442 0.5286 0.5260 0.5203 0.5266
NORWAY KRONE 6.6179 6.7063 6.7646 6.8709 6.7705
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.4921 1.5040 1.5050 1.5118 1.5077
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 9.6100 9.7500 9.8775 10.0751 9.9345
SOUTH KOREA WON 1374.0000 1388.0000 1390.0000 1394.0000 1403.5000
SRI LANKA RUPEE 113.9700 113.8800 113.9000 113.9200 113.9500
SWEDEN KRONA 7.9905 8.1988 8.3834 8.4300 8.3500
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.1566 1.1535 1.1599 1.1634 1.1581
TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.7100 33.9500 33.9700 34.0200 34.0300
THAILAND BAHT 34.9900 34.9700 35.0500 35.1400 35.1200
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4936 1.4604 1.4367 1.4248 1.4422
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
N = No data for this date                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

   Memo:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR Feb. 9 Feb. 10 Feb. 11 Feb. 12 Feb. 13
1)BROAD JAN97=100 109.7545 110.4447 110.9484 111.3001 111.0471
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 81.2614 81.9028 82.4238 82.7763 82.6338
3)OITP JAN97=100 140.7832 141.4424 141.8324 142.1248 141.7231
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   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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