G.5(405) October 1, 2008 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN SEPTEMBER 2008 TOGETHER WITH COMPARABLE FIGURES FOR OTHER MONTHS. AVERAGES ARE BASED ON DAILY NOON BUYING RATES FOR CABLE TRANSFERS IN NEW YORK CITY CERTIFIED FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSES BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK. (Currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted) MONETARY 2008 2008 2008 2007 COUNTRY UNIT September August July September *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.8168 0.8815 0.9620 0.8461 BRAZIL REAL 1.8031 1.6127 1.5900 1.9023 CANADA DOLLAR 1.0582 1.0535 1.0130 1.0267 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8307 6.8462 6.8355 7.5210 DENMARK KRONE 5.2020 4.9894 4.7335 5.3563 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.4342 1.4955 1.5759 1.3910 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7854 7.8076 7.8001 7.7824 INDIA RUPEE 45.5300 42.9057 42.7027 40.1735 JAPAN YEN 106.5748 109.3624 106.8518 115.0435 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.4405 3.3300 3.2476 3.4691 MEXICO PESO 10.6633 10.1154 10.2094 11.0319 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6739 0.7091 0.7546 0.7188 NORWAY KRONE 5.6958 5.3331 5.1058 5.6256 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.4297 1.4052 1.3591 1.5110 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 8.0753 7.6651 7.6114 7.1007 SOUTH KOREA WON 1134.8667 1046.1143 1015.0545 928.5950 SRI LANKA RUPEE 107.8233 107.7181 107.6086 113.3415 SWEDEN KRONA 6.6816 6.2845 6.0015 6.6713 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.1102 1.0841 1.0283 1.1852 TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.9924 31.2205 30.4141 33.0100 THAILAND BAHT 34.2381 33.8195 33.4705 32.0565 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.7973 1.8865 1.9888 2.0184 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 100.3027 97.9342 95.4015 101.9254 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 75.5106 74.0869 70.9117 75.9109 3)OITP JAN97=100 126.5348 122.9402 121.8949 129.9442 This release is available online at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/G5. 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 to the trade weights and the dollar indexes took effect with the January 2007 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. * 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. For information about your subscription to this release or about receiving it in document form, please call publication services at Federal Reserve Board at (202) 452-3244. The euro is reported in place of the individual eure-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 = 5.94573 FINNISH MARKKAS = 6.55957 FRENCH FRANCS = 1.95583 GERMAN MARKS = .787564 IRISH POUNDS = 1936.27 ITALIAN LIRE = 40.3399 LUXEMBOURG FRANCS = 2.20371 NETHERLANDS GUILDERS = 200.482 PORTUGUESE ESCUDOS = 166.386 SPANISH PESETAS = 340.750 GREEK DRACHMAS = 239.640 SLOVENIAN TOLAR