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


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


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

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.6611       0.6591       0.6589       0.6927       0.6892
  BRAZIL         REAL           2.2635       2.2792       2.3033       2.2516       2.2500
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.2723       1.2717       1.2715       1.2336       1.2370
  CHINA, P.R.    YUAN           6.8381       6.8369       6.8347       6.8240       6.8277
  DENMARK        KRONE          5.7353       5.7457       5.6834       5.4273       5.4918
 *EMU MEMBERS    EURO           1.2997       1.2972       1.3110       1.3730       1.3566
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7515       7.7519       7.7523       7.7511       7.7499
  INDIA          RUPEE         51.3100      51.4200      51.2200      50.2100      50.5100
  JAPAN          YEN           98.1700      98.8500      98.0800      93.8500      96.1800
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        3.6610       3.6725       3.6800       3.6500       3.6400
  MEXICO         PESO          14.1010      14.0240      14.1305      14.0600      14.1400
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.5320       0.5284       0.5285       0.5608       0.5605
  NORWAY         KRONE          6.7682       6.7717       6.7332       6.3130       6.3795
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR         1.5310       1.5325       1.5271       1.5060       1.5138
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND           9.8600       9.9825       9.9300       9.6475       9.6000
  SOUTH KOREA    WON         1435.0000    1415.7500    1409.0000    1388.5000    1396.5000
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE        114.1500     114.1500     114.1300     114.0700     113.8800
  SWEDEN         KRONA          8.4445       8.5039       8.3778       7.9558       8.1644
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC          1.1819       1.1826       1.1667       1.1184       1.1243
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        34.4000      34.2100      34.1800      33.9000      33.7500
  THAILAND       BAHT          35.7900      35.8100      35.8200      35.3400      35.2600
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.4091       1.4018       1.3974       1.4584       1.4435
  VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR        2.1446       2.1446       2.1446       2.1446       2.1446

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES   DOLLAR
1)BROAD          JAN97=100    112.1932     112.2228     111.9988     109.3253     110.0347
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100     84.2255      84.4350      83.9705      80.6259      81.5352
3)OITP           JAN97=100    141.9256     141.6472     141.8643     140.7869     141.0274


 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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