H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY For immediate release FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES May 18, 2009 (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT May. 11 May. 12 May. 13 May. 14 May. 15 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7614 0.7635 0.7570 0.7573 0.7526 BRAZIL REAL 2.0528 2.0687 2.1010 2.0939 2.0815 CANADA DOLLAR 1.1591 1.1671 1.1686 1.1726 1.1756 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8230 6.8210 6.8220 6.8248 6.8225 DENMARK KRONE 5.4687 5.4618 5.4705 5.4725 5.4993 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3620 1.3638 1.3612 1.3608 1.3539 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7500 7.7500 7.7500 7.7501 7.7508 INDIA RUPEE 49.4400 49.2100 49.5800 49.6500 49.3800 JAPAN YEN 97.4500 96.5900 95.7500 95.6200 94.8900 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.5140 3.5100 3.5240 3.5410 3.5470 MEXICO PESO 13.1100 13.2325 13.3153 13.3010 13.2075 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6062 0.6040 0.5947 0.5944 0.5879 NORWAY KRONE 6.4163 6.4685 6.5121 6.4851 6.5160 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.4612 1.4593 1.4635 1.4647 1.4683 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 8.3900 8.4670 8.5050 8.5650 8.7331 SOUTH KOREA WON 1232.9000 1238.0000 1239.0000 1264.0000 1252.0000 SRI LANKA RUPEE 117.0500 117.3500 117.6000 117.4000 117.7000 SWEDEN KRONA 7.7638 7.8138 7.8751 7.8492 7.8593 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.1067 1.1052 1.1061 1.1060 1.1132 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.9300 32.8300 32.9100 32.9500 32.9200 THAILAND BAHT 34.5600 34.5300 34.4900 34.5300 34.5300 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5145 1.5240 1.5165 1.5195 1.5222 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 106.6690 106.7365 106.9146 107.0394 106.9911 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 79.3106 79.2759 79.3042 79.3570 79.4727 3)OITP JAN97=100 135.9386 136.1674 136.5703 136.7970 136.4792 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