G.5(405) July 1, 2009 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN JUNE 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 June May April June *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.8025 0.7648 0.7158 0.9511 BRAZIL REAL 1.9586 2.0689 2.2027 1.6179 CANADA DOLLAR 1.1264 1.1528 1.2242 1.0166 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8334 6.8235 6.8306 6.8993 DENMARK KRONE 5.3123 5.4585 5.6437 4.7926 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.4014 1.3646 1.3199 1.5562 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7505 7.7510 7.7501 7.8073 INDIA RUPEE 47.6736 48.5100 49.9655 42.7633 JAPAN YEN 96.6145 96.6445 98.9200 106.9152 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.5156 3.5218 3.6053 3.2568 MEXICO PESO 13.3414 13.1895 13.4035 10.3269 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6386 0.6014 0.5729 0.7616 NORWAY KRONE 6.3915 6.4504 6.6557 5.1351 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.4522 1.4611 1.5028 1.3679 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 8.0332 8.3741 8.9644 7.9367 SOUTH KOREA WON 1259.2932 1254.3450 1332.1250 1031.4857 SRI LANKA RUPEE 114.8105 116.6720 117.3068 107.7633 SWEDEN KRONA 7.7670 7.7602 8.2297 6.0249 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.0809 1.1076 1.1481 1.0371 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.7700 32.8695 33.6009 30.3705 THAILAND BAHT 34.1036 34.6240 35.4036 33.1752 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6369 1.5418 1.4712 1.9664 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 105.0557 106.4881 109.6697 96.0884 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 76.9885 78.8899 82.2812 71.4202 3)OITP JAN97=100 135.7929 136.1971 138.7375 122.7758 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