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) MONETARY COUNTRY 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 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 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 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 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 = 166.386 SPANISH PESETAS = 30.1260 SLOVAKIAN KORUNA = 239.640 SLOVENIAN TOLAR