G.5(405) December 1, 2008 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN NOVEMBER 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 November October September November *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6591 0.6870 0.8168 0.8961 BRAZIL REAL 2.2704 2.1810 1.8031 1.7669 CANADA DOLLAR 1.2171 1.1847 1.0582 0.9672 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8281 6.8358 6.8307 7.4210 DENMARK KRONE 5.8448 5.6253 5.2020 5.0766 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.2744 1.3266 1.4342 1.4683 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7507 7.7588 7.7854 7.7774 INDIA RUPEE 48.8517 48.6155 45.5300 39.3267 JAPAN YEN 96.9656 99.9659 106.5748 111.0729 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.5843 3.5222 3.4405 3.3588 MEXICO PESO 13.1186 12.6593 10.6633 10.8811 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5664 0.6077 0.6739 0.7631 NORWAY KRONE 6.9290 6.4973 5.6958 5.4156 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.5076 1.4784 1.4297 1.4466 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 10.1112 9.7800 8.0753 6.7049 SOUTH KOREA WON 1398.7044 1329.1877 1134.8667 918.8095 SRI LANKA RUPEE 109.9594 108.1661 107.8233 110.4181 SWEDEN KRONA 7.9612 7.4435 6.6816 6.3242 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.1910 1.1429 1.1102 1.1233 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.1028 32.7025 31.9924 32.3275 THAILAND BAHT 35.0350 34.4209 34.2381 31.3476 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5327 1.6862 1.7973 2.0701 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 109.5793 106.9513 100.3027 98.3723 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 82.7301 80.4186 75.5106 72.2024 3)OITP JAN97=100 137.8505 135.0857 126.5348 127.3968 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 July 2008 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