Federal Reserve Statistical Release, H.10, Foreign Exchange Rates (Weekly); title with eagle logo links to Statistical Release home page
Release Date: January 25, 2010
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 H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY                               For immediate release                                                                                                                                                       
 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES                                            January 25, 2010                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted)                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
COUNTRY MONETARY UNIT Jan. 18 Jan. 19 Jan. 20 Jan. 21 Jan. 22
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR   0.9232 0.9085 0.9053 0.9050
BRAZIL REAL   1.7767 1.7920 1.8021 1.8210
CANADA DOLLAR   1.0325 1.0477 1.0483 1.0561
CHINA, P.R. YUAN   6.8268 6.8258 6.8268 6.8270
DENMARK KRONE   5.2154 5.2812 5.2762 5.2611
*EMU MEMBERS EURO   1.4269 1.4094 1.4106 1.4154
HONG KONG DOLLAR   7.7626 7.7684 7.7703 7.7713
INDIA RUPEE   45.8400 46.1000 46.1000 46.2100
JAPAN YEN   91.1300 91.2300 90.2500 90.0700
MALAYSIA RINGGIT   3.3380 3.3620 3.3680 3.3955
MEXICO PESO   12.6500 12.7700 12.7825 12.9295
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR   0.7381 0.7195 0.7142 0.7130
NORWAY KRONE   5.7059 5.7772 5.7878 5.7904
SINGAPORE DOLLAR   1.3908 1.4006 1.4010 1.4020
SOUTH AFRICA RAND   7.4000 7.5551 7.5700 7.6100
SOUTH KOREA WON   1129.3000 1133.5000 1141.0000 1153.0000
SRI LANKA RUPEE   114.2000 114.3500 114.3500 114.3000
SWEDEN KRONA   7.0926 7.1896 7.2175 7.2227
SWITZERLAND FRANC   1.0340 1.0453 1.0426 1.0400
TAIWAN DOLLAR   31.8300 31.9700 31.9200 31.9800
THAILAND BAHT   32.8900 32.9600 32.9600 33.0200
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND   1.6370 1.6287 1.6214 1.6120
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR   4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.3000
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
N = No data for this date                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

   Memo:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR Jan. 18 Jan. 19 Jan. 20 Jan. 21 Jan. 22
1)BROAD JAN97=100   101.7526 102.4938 102.4580 102.7481
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100   74.1458 74.9285 74.8128 74.9007
3)OITP JAN97=100   132.2561 132.7960 132.9056 133.4983
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   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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