G.5(405) June 1, 2009 REVISED: EXCHANGE RATE AVERAGES REVISED TO EXCLUDE MEMORIAL DAY, MAY 25, 2009, A U.S. FEDERAL HOLIDAY. THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN MAY 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 May April March May *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7648 0.7158 0.6666 0.9492 BRAZIL REAL 2.0689 2.2027 2.3161 1.6585 CANADA DOLLAR 1.1528 1.2242 1.2645 0.9993 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8235 6.8306 6.8360 6.9725 DENMARK KRONE 5.4585 5.6437 5.7137 4.7963 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3646 1.3199 1.3050 1.5554 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7510 7.7501 7.7530 7.7988 INDIA RUPEE 48.5100 49.9655 51.1291 42.0019 JAPAN YEN 96.6445 98.9200 97.8550 104.3595 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.5218 3.6053 3.6726 3.2127 MEXICO PESO 13.1895 13.4035 14.6466 10.4381 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6014 0.5729 0.5336 0.7777 NORWAY KRONE 6.4504 6.6557 6.7855 5.0571 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.4611 1.5028 1.5296 1.3659 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 8.3741 8.9644 9.9536 7.6076 SOUTH KOREA WON 1254.3450 1332.1250 1449.6159 1034.1333 SRI LANKA RUPEE 116.6720 117.3068 114.2836 107.7705 SWEDEN KRONA 7.7602 8.2297 8.5727 5.9887 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.1076 1.1481 1.1555 1.0448 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.8695 33.6009 34.3041 30.5890 THAILAND BAHT 34.6240 35.4036 35.7368 32.0262 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5418 1.4712 1.4170 1.9650 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 106.4881 109.6697 112.4505 95.8313 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 78.8899 82.2812 83.8370 70.7486 3)OITP JAN97=100 136.1971 138.7375 143.2446 123.3326 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