H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY For immediate release FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES March 2, 2009 (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT Feb. 23 Feb. 24 Feb. 25 Feb. 26 Feb. 27 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6456 0.6429 0.6476 0.6536 0.6419 BRAZIL REAL 2.3880 2.3830 2.3880 2.3508 2.3750 CANADA DOLLAR 1.2508 1.2468 1.2558 1.2455 1.2710 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8355 6.8368 6.8369 6.8361 6.8395 DENMARK KRONE 5.8450 5.8455 5.8504 5.8349 5.8832 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.2747 1.2742 1.2731 1.2764 1.2662 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7526 7.7532 7.7533 7.7541 7.7551 INDIA RUPEE 49.4600 49.7500 49.9500 50.3200 50.8800 JAPAN YEN 94.6300 96.6000 97.3300 98.5500 97.7400 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.6530 3.6630 3.6670 3.6680 3.7050 MEXICO PESO 14.8600 14.8350 14.9260 14.9728 15.0880 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5102 0.5099 0.5117 0.5113 0.5030 NORWAY KRONE 6.8270 6.8533 6.8710 6.9090 7.0474 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.5290 1.5275 1.5294 1.5367 1.5461 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 10.0400 9.9900 9.9410 9.8800 10.0350 SOUTH KOREA WON 1495.5000 1516.0000 1515.7000 1512.8000 1532.8000 SRI LANKA RUPEE 114.1000 114.3700 114.8000 115.1000 114.1300 SWEDEN KRONA 8.7602 8.9220 8.9177 8.9230 9.0240 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.1633 1.1670 1.1646 1.1647 1.1672 TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.6100 34.7300 34.7400 34.8400 35.0000 THAILAND BAHT 35.6100 35.6500 35.7500 35.9200 36.1100 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4553 1.4408 1.4265 1.4342 1.4276 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 112.7107 113.0033 113.3419 113.2518 114.0083 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 83.6033 83.9716 84.3564 84.2013 84.9338 3)OITP JAN97=100 144.3096 144.4226 144.6259 144.6627 145.3366 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