Federal Reserve Statistical Release, H.10, Foreign Exchange Rates (Weekly); title with eagle logo links to Statistical Release home page
Release Date: March 1, 2010
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 H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY                               For immediate release                                                                                                                                                       
 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES                                            March 1, 2010                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
  (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted)                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
COUNTRY MONETARY UNIT Feb. 22 Feb. 23 Feb. 24 Feb. 25 Feb. 26
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.8994 0.8935 0.8941 0.8811 0.8961
BRAZIL REAL 1.8080 1.8225 1.8203 1.8400 1.8010
CANADA DOLLAR 1.0428 1.0517 1.0551 1.0675 1.0520
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8264 6.8267 6.8269 6.8267 6.8258
DENMARK KRONE 5.4774 5.4980 5.4824 5.5229 5.4482
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3590 1.3537 1.3576 1.3476 1.3660
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7629 7.7621 7.7657 7.7640 7.7619
INDIA RUPEE 46.1500 46.2500 46.2700 46.2900 46.0500
JAPAN YEN 91.1100 90.0400 90.0600 88.8500 88.8400
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.4000 3.4025 3.3980 3.4040 3.4010
MEXICO PESO 12.7987 12.8535 12.8500 12.8535 12.7575
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7010 0.6950 0.6935 0.6861 0.7000
NORWAY KRONE 5.9096 5.9334 5.9203 5.9843 5.8992
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.4085 1.4105 1.4085 1.4107 1.4049
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.7150 7.7461 7.7550 7.8500 7.6400
SOUTH KOREA WON 1149.2000 1155.0000 1156.0000 1166.2000 1159.0000
SRI LANKA RUPEE 114.3500 114.2500 114.2500 114.5000 114.6000
SWEDEN KRONA 7.2035 7.2477 7.2038 7.2505 7.1010
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.0773 1.0818 1.0779 1.0858 1.0711
TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.0200 32.0800 32.0600 32.0900 32.1200
THAILAND BAHT 33.1000 33.0600 33.0000 33.0700 33.0200
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5477 1.5464 1.5432 1.5201 1.5239
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
N = No data for this date                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

   Memo:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR Feb. 22 Feb. 23 Feb. 24 Feb. 25 Feb. 26
1)BROAD JAN97=100 103.5612 103.7809 103.7743 104.1602 103.4181
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 76.2064 76.3897 76.3855 76.8343 76.0100
3)OITP JAN97=100 133.3196 133.5653 133.5557 133.7704 133.2921
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   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 May 2009 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                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                  =  .585274  CYPRUS POUND                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                  =  5.94573  FINNISH MARKKAS                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                  =  6.55957  FRENCH FRANCS                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                  =  1.95583  GERMAN MARKS                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                  =  340.750  GREEK DRACHMAS                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                  =  .787564  IRISH POUNDS                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                  =  1936.27  ITALIAN LIRE                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                  =  40.3399  LUXEMBOURG FRANCS                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                  =  .429300  MALTESE LIRA                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                  =  2.20371  NETHERLANDS GUILDERS                                                                                                                                                                                              
                  =  200.482  PORTUGUESE ESCUDOS                                                                                                                                                                                                

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