G.5(405) September 1, 2009 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN AUGUST 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 August July June August *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.8353 0.8049 0.8025 0.8815 BRAZIL REAL 1.8453 1.9328 1.9586 1.6127 CANADA DOLLAR 1.0872 1.1229 1.1264 1.0535 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8323 6.8317 6.8334 6.8462 DENMARK KRONE 5.2174 5.2837 5.3123 4.9894 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.4266 1.4092 1.4014 1.4955 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7506 7.7500 7.7505 7.8076 INDIA RUPEE 48.2426 48.3624 47.6736 42.9057 JAPAN YEN 94.8971 94.3670 96.6145 109.3624 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.5156 3.5443 3.5156 3.3300 MEXICO PESO 13.0063 13.3623 13.3414 10.1154 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6766 0.6444 0.6386 0.7091 NORWAY KRONE 6.0705 6.3566 6.3915 5.3331 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.4420 1.4493 1.4522 1.4052 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.9406 7.9446 8.0332 7.6651 SOUTH KOREA WON 1238.9952 1259.6739 1259.2932 1046.1143 SRI LANKA RUPEE 114.7148 114.8002 114.8105 107.7181 SWEDEN KRONA 7.1562 7.6843 7.7670 6.2845 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.0683 1.0780 1.0809 1.0841 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.8564 32.8745 32.7700 31.2205 THAILAND BAHT 34.0076 34.0313 34.1036 33.8195 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6532 1.6378 1.6369 1.8865 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 103.2978 104.6324 105.0727 97.9342 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 75.1824 76.4459 77.0209 74.0869 3)OITP JAN97=100 134.4228 135.6503 135.7804 122.9402 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