G.5(405) May 1, 2009 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN APRIL 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 2009 2009 2008 COUNTRY UNIT April March February April *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7166 0.6666 0.6504 0.9309 BRAZIL REAL 2.2021 2.3161 2.3230 1.6863 CANADA DOLLAR 1.2234 1.2645 1.2452 1.0137 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8304 6.8360 6.8363 6.9997 DENMARK KRONE 5.6417 5.7137 5.8226 4.7354 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3203 1.3050 1.2797 1.5754 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7502 7.7530 7.7534 7.7910 INDIA RUPEE 49.9777 51.1291 49.2484 39.9668 JAPAN YEN 98.9827 97.8550 92.9158 102.6777 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.6045 3.6726 3.6345 3.1604 MEXICO PESO 13.3944 14.6466 14.6066 10.5146 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5736 0.5336 0.5160 0.7897 NORWAY KRONE 6.6522 6.7855 6.8710 5.0541 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.5024 1.5296 1.5178 1.3643 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 8.9629 9.9536 9.9773 7.7585 SOUTH KOREA WON 1332.1477 1449.6159 1439.5842 986.8636 SRI LANKA RUPEE 117.2205 114.2836 114.1026 107.7791 SWEDEN KRONA 8.2243 8.5727 8.5455 5.9470 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.1480 1.1555 1.1639 1.0138 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.6377 34.3041 34.2389 30.3555 THAILAND BAHT 35.3982 35.7368 35.3089 31.5582 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4732 1.4170 1.4422 1.9816 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 109.7228 112.4505 111.8151 95.4757 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 82.2734 83.8370 83.1065 70.4683 3)OITP JAN97=100 138.7376 143.2446 142.8744 122.9073 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