H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY                               For immediate release
 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES                                            February 23, 2009


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


                 MONETARY
   COUNTRY         UNIT       Feb. 16      Feb. 17      Feb. 18      Feb. 19      Feb. 20

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR                      0.6386       0.6385       0.6450       0.6419
  BRAZIL         REAL                        2.3192       2.3572       2.3554       2.3898
  CANADA         DOLLAR                      1.2606       1.2592       1.2590       1.2543
  CHINA, P.R.    YUAN                        6.8355       6.8378       6.8348       6.8367
  DENMARK        KRONE                       5.9277       5.9371       5.8760       5.8731
 *EMU MEMBERS    EURO                        1.2571       1.2547       1.2675       1.2690
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR                      7.7545       7.7551       7.7546       7.7543
  INDIA          RUPEE                      49.6000      49.8400      49.7300      49.7100
  JAPAN          YEN                        92.1700      93.8100      94.0900      93.8700
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT                     3.6380       3.6570       3.6580       3.6740
  MEXICO         PESO                       14.6205      14.6530      14.5886      14.8360
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR                      0.5110       0.5107       0.5123       0.5074
  NORWAY         KRONE                       7.0329       7.0319       6.8926       6.8542
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR                      1.5283       1.5316       1.5264       1.5356
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND                       10.2500      10.1850      10.0675      10.1700
  SOUTH KOREA    WON                      1454.8000    1459.0000    1480.7000    1519.5000
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE                     114.1500     114.0000     114.1000     114.1000
  SWEDEN         KRONA                       8.8196       8.7568       8.7270       8.8018
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC                       1.1744       1.1813       1.1742       1.1681
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR                     34.5800      34.6300      34.5800      34.8000
  THAILAND       BAHT                       35.2600      35.3600      35.5400      35.6900
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND                       1.4224       1.4235       1.4307       1.4333
  VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR                     2.1446       2.1446       2.1446       2.1446

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES   DOLLAR
1)BROAD          JAN97=100                 112.5621     112.8914     112.6717     112.9734
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100                  84.0278      84.3232      83.9936      83.8242
3)OITP           JAN97=100                 143.1992     143.5333     143.5372     144.6008


 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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