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Release Date: February 2, 2009
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G.5(405)                                                       February 2, 2009



 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN JANUARY 2009 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       2009         2008         2008         2008
   COUNTRY           UNIT        January     December     November      January

 *AUSTRALIA        DOLLAR          0.6754       0.6719       0.6591       0.8823
  BRAZIL           REAL            2.3079       2.3954       2.2704       1.7710
  CANADA           DOLLAR          1.2248       1.2337       1.2171       1.0099
  CHINA, P.R.      YUAN            6.8360       6.8539       6.8281       7.2405
  DENMARK          KRONE           5.6284       5.5239       5.8448       5.0575
 *EMU MEMBERS      EURO            1.3244       1.3511       1.2744       1.4728
  HONG KONG        DOLLAR          7.7563       7.7504       7.7507       7.8044
  INDIA            RUPEE          48.6995      48.5132      48.8517      39.2676
  JAPAN            YEN            90.1205      91.2750      96.9656     107.8181
  MALAYSIA         RINGGIT         3.5705       3.5483       3.5843       3.2653
  MEXICO           PESO           13.8839      13.4167      13.1186      10.9057
 *NEW ZEALAND      DOLLAR          0.5510       0.5597       0.5664       0.7740
  NORWAY           KRONE           6.9566       7.0159       6.9290       5.3993
  SINGAPORE        DOLLAR          1.4913       1.4769       1.5076       1.4299
  SOUTH AFRICA     RAND            9.9076       9.9227      10.1112       6.9962
  SOUTH KOREA      WON          1354.3975    1361.5727    1398.7044     942.0571
  SRI LANKA        RUPEE         113.7685     111.4464     109.9594     108.1557
  SWEDEN           KRONA           8.1044       8.0124       7.9612       6.3978
  SWITZERLAND      FRANC           1.1267       1.1404       1.1910       1.1006
  TAIWAN           DOLLAR         33.3695      33.1555      33.1028      32.3586
  THAILAND         BAHT           34.8710      35.0086      35.0350      30.3048
 *UNITED KINGDOM   POUND           1.4462       1.4854       1.5327       1.9702
  VENEZUELA        BOLIVAR         2.1446       2.1446       2.1446       2.1446

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES    DOLLAR
1)BROAD            JAN97=100     109.0996     108.4748     109.6314      98.4782
2)MAJOR CURRENCY   MAR73=100      81.0122      80.6853      82.7427      73.0565
3)OITP             JAN97=100     139.5384     138.5069     137.9467     126.0788


 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.

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 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
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