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. 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