H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY For immediate release FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES May 26, 2009 (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT May. 18 May. 19 May. 20 May. 21 May. 22 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7596 0.7741 0.7770 0.7743 0.7853 BRAZIL REAL 2.0798 2.0489 2.0205 2.0332 2.0274 CANADA DOLLAR 1.1656 1.1567 1.1434 1.1412 1.1234 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8265 6.8245 6.8248 6.8245 6.8227 DENMARK KRONE 5.5132 5.4724 5.4092 5.3937 5.3164 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3503 1.3608 1.3765 1.3804 1.4005 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7523 7.7517 7.7520 7.7520 7.7516 INDIA RUPEE 47.5800 47.6500 47.3000 47.3000 46.9500 JAPAN YEN 96.0500 96.1000 95.1600 94.9700 94.4500 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.5520 3.5280 3.5350 3.5270 3.4880 MEXICO PESO 13.1200 12.9530 12.8845 13.0875 13.1675 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5910 0.6024 0.6095 0.6059 0.6215 NORWAY KRONE 6.4899 6.4588 6.4046 6.4210 6.3325 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.4653 1.4616 1.4569 1.4580 1.4406 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 8.6130 8.4375 8.3350 8.3600 8.3050 SOUTH KOREA WON 1260.5000 1244.5000 1246.0000 1245.0000 1242.0000 SRI LANKA RUPEE 115.0000 114.9800 114.9800 114.9900 114.7500 SWEDEN KRONA 7.7879 7.6954 7.5764 7.5800 7.4613 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.1181 1.1121 1.1022 1.1010 1.0847 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.9800 32.8500 32.8000 32.7100 32.5500 THAILAND BAHT 34.5400 34.4000 34.4100 34.3900 34.3200 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5309 1.5501 1.5670 1.5763 1.5892 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 106.8647 106.2094 105.4957 105.5247 104.7766 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 79.4474 78.8959 78.0344 77.8468 76.8606 3)OITP JAN97=100 136.2026 135.4755 135.1260 135.5190 135.3046 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