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