G.5(405)                                                       November 2, 2009



 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN OCTOBER 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        October     September     August       October

 *AUSTRALIA        DOLLAR          0.9067       0.8622       0.8353       0.6870
  BRAZIL           REAL            1.7378       1.8187       1.8453       2.1810
  CANADA           DOLLAR          1.0547       1.0816       1.0872       1.1847
  CHINA, P.R.      YUAN            6.8267       6.8277       6.8323       6.8358
  DENMARK          KRONE           5.0220       5.1065       5.2174       5.6253
 *EMU MEMBERS      EURO            1.4821       1.4575       1.4266       1.3266
  HONG KONG        DOLLAR          7.7497       7.7503       7.7506       7.7588
  INDIA            RUPEE          46.6524      48.2924      48.2426      48.6155
  JAPAN            YEN            90.3671      91.2748      94.8971      99.9659
  MALAYSIA         RINGGIT         3.4016       3.4899       3.5156       3.5222
  MEXICO           PESO           13.2275      13.4060      13.0063      12.6593
 *NEW ZEALAND      DOLLAR          0.7386       0.7046       0.6766       0.6077
  NORWAY           KRONE           5.6428       5.9006       6.0705       6.4973
  SINGAPORE        DOLLAR          1.3974       1.4220       1.4420       1.4784
  SOUTH AFRICA     RAND            7.4871       7.5025       7.9406       9.7800
  SOUTH KOREA      WON          1173.7405    1211.8643    1238.9952    1329.1877
  SRI LANKA        RUPEE         114.7838     114.7667     114.7148     108.1661
  SWEDEN           KRONA           6.9550       6.9941       7.1562       7.4435
  SWITZERLAND      FRANC           1.0213       1.0391       1.0683       1.1429
  TAIWAN           DOLLAR         32.2910      32.5333      32.8564      32.7025
  THAILAND         BAHT           33.3900      33.7876      34.0076      34.4209
 *UNITED KINGDOM   POUND           1.6212       1.6323       1.6532       1.6862
  VENEZUELA        BOLIVAR         2.1446       2.1446       2.1446       2.1446

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES    DOLLAR
1)BROAD            JAN97=100     101.7772     103.1265     103.2974     106.9513
2)MAJOR CURRENCY   MAR73=100      73.5597      74.6307      75.1824      80.4186
3)OITP             JAN97=100     133.3543     134.9519     134.4218     135.0857


 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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