G.5(405)                                                        October 1, 2009



 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN SEPTEMBER 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       September     August        July       September

 *AUSTRALIA        DOLLAR          0.8622       0.8353       0.8049       0.8168
  BRAZIL           REAL            1.8187       1.8453       1.9328       1.8031
  CANADA           DOLLAR          1.0816       1.0872       1.1229       1.0582
  CHINA, P.R.      YUAN            6.8277       6.8323       6.8317       6.8307
  DENMARK          KRONE           5.1065       5.2174       5.2837       5.2020
 *EMU MEMBERS      EURO            1.4575       1.4266       1.4092       1.4342
  HONG KONG        DOLLAR          7.7503       7.7506       7.7500       7.7854
  INDIA            RUPEE          48.2924      48.2426      48.3624      45.5300
  JAPAN            YEN            91.2748      94.8971      94.3670     106.5748
  MALAYSIA         RINGGIT         3.4899       3.5156       3.5443       3.4405
  MEXICO           PESO           13.4060      13.0063      13.3623      10.6633
 *NEW ZEALAND      DOLLAR          0.7046       0.6766       0.6444       0.6739
  NORWAY           KRONE           5.9006       6.0705       6.3566       5.6958
  SINGAPORE        DOLLAR          1.4220       1.4420       1.4493       1.4297
  SOUTH AFRICA     RAND            7.5025       7.9406       7.9446       8.0753
  SOUTH KOREA      WON          1211.8643    1238.9952    1259.6739    1134.8667
  SRI LANKA        RUPEE         114.7667     114.7148     114.8002     107.8233
  SWEDEN           KRONA           6.9941       7.1562       7.6843       6.6816
  SWITZERLAND      FRANC           1.0391       1.0683       1.0780       1.1102
  TAIWAN           DOLLAR         32.5333      32.8564      32.8745      31.9924
  THAILAND         BAHT           33.7876      34.0076      34.0313      34.2381
 *UNITED KINGDOM   POUND           1.6323       1.6532       1.6378       1.7973
  VENEZUELA        BOLIVAR         2.1446       2.1446       2.1446       2.1446

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES    DOLLAR
1)BROAD            JAN97=100     103.1265     103.2974     104.6324     100.3027
2)MAJOR CURRENCY   MAR73=100      74.6307      75.1824      76.4459      75.5106
3)OITP             JAN97=100     134.9519     134.4218     135.6503     126.5348


 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.

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 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

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