H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY For immediate release FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES October 25, 2010 (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT Oct. 18 Oct. 19 Oct. 20 Oct. 21 Oct. 22 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.9917 0.9758 0.9865 0.9783 0.9813 BRAZIL REAL 1.6632 1.6914 1.6775 1.6968 1.7057 CANADA DOLLAR 1.0145 1.0298 1.0222 1.0264 1.0271 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.6440 6.6444 6.6526 6.6499 6.6585 DENMARK KRONE 5.3353 5.3935 5.3466 5.3561 5.3542 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3978 1.3827 1.3950 1.3925 1.3929 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7569 7.7595 7.7642 7.7640 7.7617 INDIA RUPEE 44.2600 44.3000 44.3575 44.3050 44.5900 JAPAN YEN 81.1600 81.6000 81.1800 81.3300 81.3700 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.0955 3.1070 3.1178 3.1065 3.1145 MEXICO PESO 12.4205 12.4625 12.4163 12.3852 12.3473 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7571 0.7493 0.7543 0.7468 0.7467 NORWAY KRONE 5.8244 5.8981 5.8322 5.8471 5.8120 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.2985 1.3075 1.3024 1.3020 1.2973 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.8660 6.9370 6.9428 6.9562 6.9362 SOUTH KOREA WON 1115.0000 1126.7000 1126.9500 1129.6000 1123.3500 SRI LANKA RUPEE 111.6700 111.8000 111.7500 111.7300 111.6500 SWEDEN KRONA 6.6383 6.7490 6.6480 6.6727 6.6312 SWITZERLAND FRANC 0.9558 0.9702 0.9625 0.9678 0.9797 TAIWAN DOLLAR 30.7500 30.8900 30.8800 30.7820 30.8130 THAILAND BAHT 29.8500 29.9600 29.8800 29.8600 29.9300 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5907 1.5739 1.5841 1.5701 1.5681 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 4.2893 4.2893 4.2947 4.2947 4.2947 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 98.4940 99.2134 98.8114 98.9606 98.9842 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 71.9413 72.7760 72.2152 72.4631 72.4975 3)OITP JAN97=100 127.5055 127.9194 127.8458 127.8062 127.8080 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