H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY                               For immediate release
 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES                                            March 9, 2009


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


                 MONETARY
   COUNTRY         UNIT       Mar. 2       Mar. 3       Mar. 4       Mar. 5       Mar. 6

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.6301       0.6388       0.6499       0.6408       0.6408
  BRAZIL         REAL           2.4365       2.4420       2.3738       2.3860       2.3735
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.2891       1.2937       1.2768       1.2875       1.2865
  CHINA, P.R.    YUAN           6.8438       6.8413       6.8432       6.8406       6.8395
  DENMARK        KRONE          5.9229       5.9369       5.9082       5.9305       5.8787
 *EMU MEMBERS    EURO           1.2580       1.2549       1.2607       1.2565       1.2674
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7573       7.7585       7.7593       7.7574       7.7549
  INDIA          RUPEE         51.8000      51.9600      51.5300      51.6000      51.6800
  JAPAN          YEN           97.1700      98.1600      99.3400      98.3200      97.8800
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        3.7260       3.7070       3.7110       3.7250       3.7150
  MEXICO         PESO          15.4060      15.3410      15.1750      15.3153      15.2540
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.4926       0.4952       0.5060       0.5015       0.5041
  NORWAY         KRONE          7.1486       7.2778       7.0479       7.0921       7.0612
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR         1.5565       1.5526       1.5452       1.5532       1.5450
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND          10.5000      10.5250      10.3600      10.6425      10.4100
  SOUTH KOREA    WON         1570.1000    1551.2000    1550.9500    1567.1000    1549.6000
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE        114.2300     114.1700     114.1700     114.1500     114.2000
  SWEDEN         KRONA          9.1955       9.2730       9.0759       9.2863       9.2012
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC          1.1723       1.1755       1.1762       1.1727       1.1525
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        35.2100      35.0800      35.0500      34.9300      34.6600
  THAILAND       BAHT          36.2500      36.0500      36.0500      36.1300      36.0400
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.3989       1.4034       1.4142       1.4124       1.4110
  VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR        2.1446       2.1446       2.1446       2.1446       2.1446

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES   DOLLAR
1)BROAD          JAN97=100    115.0365     115.1172     114.5813     114.9158     114.4913
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100     85.6431      85.9394      85.5119      85.7406      85.3456
3)OITP           JAN97=100    146.7444     146.4427     145.8076     146.2690     145.8631


 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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