H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY For immediate release FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES March 30, 2009 (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT Mar. 23 Mar. 24 Mar. 25 Mar. 26 Mar. 27 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6994 0.7017 0.7009 0.7022 0.6946 BRAZIL REAL 2.2709 2.2548 2.2383 2.2371 2.2761 CANADA DOLLAR 1.2322 1.2263 1.2245 1.2327 1.2392 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8335 6.8294 6.8304 6.8320 6.8310 DENMARK KRONE 5.4902 5.5075 5.5002 5.4925 5.5971 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3569 1.3524 1.3539 1.3560 1.3306 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7502 7.7497 7.7497 7.7497 7.7500 INDIA RUPEE 50.3800 50.4000 50.5000 50.4000 50.4600 JAPAN YEN 97.3000 97.8600 97.7000 98.4700 97.9900 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.6410 3.6230 3.6260 3.6220 3.6125 MEXICO PESO 14.2725 14.3030 14.2210 14.2310 14.3150 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5694 0.5683 0.5688 0.5795 0.5713 NORWAY KRONE 6.3271 6.3512 6.5093 6.5070 6.6407 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.5096 1.5112 1.5086 1.5087 1.5138 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 9.4620 9.4501 9.4325 9.3701 9.5600 SOUTH KOREA WON 1382.9000 1378.9000 1362.2000 1334.8000 1350.9000 SRI LANKA RUPEE 113.9300 114.0300 114.0300 114.1000 115.0500 SWEDEN KRONA 8.0470 8.0927 8.0700 8.0113 8.1513 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.1290 1.1285 1.1239 1.1272 1.1435 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.7700 33.7700 33.8200 33.7500 33.7600 THAILAND BAHT 35.3300 35.3900 35.4200 35.3300 35.3500 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4496 1.4730 1.4585 1.4497 1.4325 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 110.0924 110.0227 109.9413 110.0649 110.7503 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 81.5304 81.4728 81.4408 81.7196 82.4842 3)OITP JAN97=100 141.1840 141.1050 140.9515 140.7855 141.2218 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