H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY For immediate release FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES August 24, 2009 (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT Aug. 17 Aug. 18 Aug. 19 Aug. 20 Aug. 21 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.8234 0.8201 0.8293 0.8308 0.8349 BRAZIL REAL 1.8665 1.8683 1.8325 1.8453 1.8297 CANADA DOLLAR 1.1077 1.1097 1.0968 1.0902 1.0799 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8358 6.8337 6.8340 6.8317 6.8313 DENMARK KRONE 5.2831 5.2876 5.2173 5.2287 5.2023 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.4088 1.4075 1.4262 1.4235 1.4305 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7508 7.7514 7.7516 7.7511 7.7512 INDIA RUPEE 48.8200 48.7900 48.7000 48.5800 48.4300 JAPAN YEN 94.3300 94.7200 93.8700 94.1200 94.6000 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.5400 3.5370 3.5440 3.5250 3.5185 MEXICO PESO 12.9850 12.9598 12.8820 12.8675 12.8200 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6685 0.6713 0.6748 0.6756 0.6829 NORWAY KRONE 6.1835 6.1695 6.0481 6.0287 6.0054 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.4505 1.4510 1.4487 1.4451 1.4392 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 8.1456 8.0723 7.9875 7.9050 7.7872 SOUTH KOREA WON 1258.5000 1246.4000 1251.4000 1245.5000 1242.5000 SRI LANKA RUPEE 114.7300 114.5600 114.6000 114.6500 114.7300 SWEDEN KRONA 7.2829 7.2798 7.1776 7.1599 7.0257 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.0787 1.0795 1.0630 1.0659 1.0613 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.9800 32.9530 33.0200 32.8900 32.8400 THAILAND BAHT 34.0400 34.0400 34.0300 34.0100 33.9900 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6323 1.6418 1.6555 1.6494 1.6503 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 N.A. 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 104.0330 104.0439 103.3475 103.2696 102.9276 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 76.0325 76.1247 75.2463 75.2159 74.8824 3)OITP JAN97=100 134.8272 134.6952 134.4373 134.2898 133.9930 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