H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY For immediate release FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES March 8, 2010 (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT Mar. 1 Mar. 2 Mar. 3 Mar. 4 Mar. 5 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.9001 0.9043 0.9077 0.8997 0.9065 BRAZIL REAL 1.7971 1.7822 1.7763 1.7895 1.7781 CANADA DOLLAR 1.0421 1.0325 1.0286 1.0307 1.0284 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8263 6.8265 6.8258 6.8258 6.8260 DENMARK KRONE 5.5057 5.4868 5.4198 5.4840 5.4673 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3516 1.3564 1.3731 1.3571 1.3608 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7647 7.7623 7.7621 7.7632 7.7634 INDIA RUPEE 46.0100 46.0100 45.5500 45.8200 45.4900 JAPAN YEN 89.2800 88.9500 88.4300 89.0200 90.3200 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.3865 3.3775 3.3665 3.3685 3.3580 MEXICO PESO 12.7411 12.7176 12.6865 12.7175 12.6585 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6991 0.6962 0.6949 0.6875 0.6952 NORWAY KRONE 5.9508 5.9450 5.8582 5.9384 5.8990 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.4059 1.4035 1.3981 1.4001 1.3991 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.6210 7.5980 7.5050 7.4800 7.4202 SOUTH KOREA WON 1153.0000 1147.0000 1141.0000 1145.5000 1139.5000 SRI LANKA RUPEE 114.5500 114.5500 114.2500 114.1500 114.1800 SWEDEN KRONA 7.2029 7.1830 7.1208 7.1651 7.1213 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.0827 1.0790 1.0652 1.0780 1.0751 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.0400 32.0100 31.9500 31.9400 31.9100 THAILAND BAHT 32.8400 32.7100 32.6500 32.6100 32.6300 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4974 1.4940 1.5124 1.5031 1.5115 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 103.5174 103.1839 102.6628 103.0986 102.9763 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 76.2964 75.9290 75.3043 75.8481 75.8498 3)OITP JAN97=100 133.0538 132.8339 132.5782 132.7551 132.4403 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