G.5(405) August 3, 2009 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN JULY 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 July June May July *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.8049 0.8025 0.7648 0.9620 BRAZIL REAL 1.9328 1.9586 2.0689 1.5900 CANADA DOLLAR 1.1229 1.1264 1.1528 1.0130 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8317 6.8334 6.8235 6.8355 DENMARK KRONE 5.2837 5.3123 5.4585 4.7335 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.4092 1.4014 1.3646 1.5759 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7500 7.7505 7.7510 7.8001 INDIA RUPEE 48.3624 47.6736 48.5100 42.7027 JAPAN YEN 94.3670 96.6145 96.6445 106.8518 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.5443 3.5156 3.5218 3.2476 MEXICO PESO 13.3623 13.3414 13.1895 10.2094 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6444 0.6386 0.6014 0.7546 NORWAY KRONE 6.3566 6.3915 6.4504 5.1058 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.4493 1.4522 1.4611 1.3591 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.9446 8.0332 8.3741 7.6114 SOUTH KOREA WON 1259.6739 1259.2932 1254.3450 1015.0545 SRI LANKA RUPEE 114.8002 114.8105 116.6720 107.6086 SWEDEN KRONA 7.6843 7.7670 7.7602 6.0015 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.0780 1.0809 1.1076 1.0283 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.8745 32.7700 32.8695 30.4141 THAILAND BAHT 34.0313 34.1036 34.6240 33.4705 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6378 1.6369 1.5418 1.9888 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 104.6329 105.0727 106.4881 95.4015 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 76.4459 77.0209 78.8899 70.9117 3)OITP JAN97=100 135.6517 135.7804 136.1971 121.8949 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