H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY For immediate release FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES October 19, 2009 (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT Oct. 12 Oct. 13 Oct. 14 Oct. 15 Oct. 16 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.9074 0.9133 0.9204 0.9158 BRAZIL REAL 1.7310 1.7055 1.7010 1.7070 CANADA DOLLAR 1.0297 1.0289 1.0304 1.0389 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8264 6.8261 6.8270 6.8266 DENMARK KRONE 5.0150 4.9958 4.9811 4.9972 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.4839 1.4899 1.4945 1.4889 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7500 7.7495 7.7500 7.7495 INDIA RUPEE 46.2800 46.0000 46.0400 46.2000 JAPAN YEN 89.7100 89.4400 90.3900 90.7300 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.3890 3.3680 3.3560 3.3700 MEXICO PESO 13.1610 13.0650 13.0930 13.0810 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7354 0.7376 0.7453 0.7396 NORWAY KRONE 5.6213 5.5627 5.5588 5.6342 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.3975 1.3914 1.3890 1.3919 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.3375 7.2575 7.2725 7.3500 SOUTH KOREA WON 1166.0000 1157.5000 1158.0000 1155.0000 SRI LANKA RUPEE 114.7800 114.7800 114.7800 114.7800 SWEDEN KRONA 6.9718 6.9198 6.9211 6.9708 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.0230 1.0172 1.0136 1.0188 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.2600 32.2200 32.2300 32.2500 THAILAND BAHT 33.2700 33.3500 33.4700 33.4000 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5896 1.5974 1.6249 1.6350 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 101.2889 100.9559 100.9325 101.1721 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 73.0250 72.7986 72.7572 73.0777 3)OITP JAN97=100 133.0380 132.5764 132.5893 132.6406 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