Federal Reserve Statistical Release, H.10, Foreign Exchange Rates (Weekly); title with eagle logo links to Statistical Release home page
Release Date: June 1, 2009
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 H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY                               For immediate release                                                                                                                                                       
 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES                                            June 1, 2009                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted)                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
COUNTRY MONETARY UNIT May. 25 May. 26 May. 27 May. 28 May. 29
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR   0.7842 0.7874 0.7861 0.7993
BRAZIL REAL   2.0221 2.0148 2.0074 1.9678
CANADA DOLLAR   1.1199 1.1120 1.1123 1.0957
CHINA, P.R. YUAN   6.8326 6.8272 6.8278 6.8278
DENMARK KRONE   5.3184 5.3449 5.3375 5.2708
*EMU MEMBERS EURO   1.3992 1.3924 1.3948 1.4126
HONG KONG DOLLAR   7.7521 7.7525 7.7526 7.7519
INDIA RUPEE   47.7000 47.6100 47.5000 47.1100
JAPAN YEN   94.8100 95.0100 96.7600 95.5500
MALAYSIA RINGGIT   3.5100 3.5020 3.5100 3.4850
MEXICO PESO   13.1335 13.1501 13.2300 13.1820
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR   0.6221 0.6230 0.6259 0.6370
NORWAY KRONE   6.3784 6.3990 6.4237 6.3139
SINGAPORE DOLLAR   1.4482 1.4505 1.4512 1.4453
SOUTH AFRICA RAND   8.2775 8.1175 8.0400 8.0275
SOUTH KOREA WON   1264.2500 1264.4000 1261.8000 1249.0000
SRI LANKA RUPEE   114.8000 114.8300 114.8300 114.8000
SWEDEN KRONA   7.5600 7.6510 7.7053 7.6222
SWITZERLAND FRANC   1.0833 1.0861 1.0838 1.0692
TAIWAN DOLLAR   32.6300 32.7200 32.6300 32.5700
THAILAND BAHT   34.4400 34.3600 34.3800 34.3100
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND   1.5938 1.6068 1.5956 1.6160
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR   2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
N = No data for this date                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

   Memo:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR May. 25 May. 26 May. 27 May. 28 May. 29
1)BROAD JAN97=100   104.9350 104.9146 105.1097 104.2317
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100   76.8606 76.8176 77.0800 76.0484
3)OITP JAN97=100   135.7035 135.7260 135.7713 135.3108
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   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 currencie                                                                                                                                          
   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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