H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY For immediate release FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES October 12, 2010 (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT Oct. 4 Oct. 5 Oct. 6 Oct. 7 Oct. 8 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.9666 0.9699 0.9781 0.9815 0.9866 BRAZIL REAL 1.6887 1.6733 1.6721 1.6798 1.6748 CANADA DOLLAR 1.0235 1.0169 1.0073 1.0167 1.0138 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.6912 6.6906 6.6893 6.6903 6.6710 DENMARK KRONE 5.4449 5.3867 5.3516 5.3542 5.3552 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3688 1.3834 1.3924 1.3921 1.3923 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7579 7.7558 7.7552 7.7527 7.7567 INDIA RUPEE 44.5500 44.4600 44.2500 44.2100 44.3900 JAPAN YEN 83.3300 83.1700 82.8000 82.3500 81.8600 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.0900 3.0950 3.0930 3.0890 3.1130 MEXICO PESO 12.6081 12.5141 12.4800 12.5452 12.4671 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7413 0.7486 0.7546 0.7496 0.7545 NORWAY KRONE 5.8743 5.8178 5.7744 5.8135 5.8199 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.3143 1.3098 1.3072 1.3075 1.3055 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.0210 6.8857 6.8450 6.8900 6.8415 SOUTH KOREA WON 1122.2500 1129.8500 1117.4000 1114.0000 1120.7000 SRI LANKA RUPEE 111.7000 111.5800 111.7000 111.6800 111.6500 SWEDEN KRONA 6.7725 6.7018 6.6991 6.6572 6.6730 SWITZERLAND FRANC 0.9723 0.9663 0.9604 0.9667 0.9609 TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.2400 31.0600 30.8600 30.7400 30.8400 THAILAND BAHT 30.1100 30.0900 29.9000 29.9300 29.9500 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5849 1.5915 1.5903 1.5930 1.5951 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 99.7215 99.2734 98.8203 98.9458 98.7770 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 73.1552 72.6446 72.1846 72.3151 72.1476 3)OITP JAN97=100 128.5636 128.2896 127.9196 128.0168 127.8727 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 2010 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