G.5(405)                                                       December 1, 2009



 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN NOVEMBER 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       November      October     September    November

 *AUSTRALIA        DOLLAR          0.9197       0.9067       0.8622       0.6591
  BRAZIL           REAL            1.7268       1.7378       1.8187       2.2704
  CANADA           DOLLAR          1.0593       1.0547       1.0816       1.2171
  CHINA, P.R.      YUAN            6.8271       6.8267       6.8277       6.8281
  DENMARK          KRONE           4.9914       5.0220       5.1065       5.8448
 *EMU MEMBERS      EURO            1.4908       1.4821       1.4575       1.2744
  HONG KONG        DOLLAR          7.7497       7.7497       7.7503       7.7507
  INDIA            RUPEE          46.5305      46.6524      48.2924      48.8517
  JAPAN            YEN            89.2674      90.3671      91.2748      96.9656
  MALAYSIA         RINGGIT         3.3886       3.4016       3.4899       3.5843
  MEXICO           PESO           13.1115      13.2275      13.4060      13.1186
 *NEW ZEALAND      DOLLAR          0.7301       0.7386       0.7046       0.5664
  NORWAY           KRONE           5.6430       5.6428       5.9006       6.9290
  SINGAPORE        DOLLAR          1.3888       1.3974       1.4220       1.5076
  SOUTH AFRICA     RAND            7.5096       7.4871       7.5025      10.1112
  SOUTH KOREA      WON          1162.8368    1173.7405    1211.8643    1398.7044
  SRI LANKA        RUPEE         114.4853     114.7838     114.7667     109.9594
  SWEDEN           KRONA           6.9267       6.9550       6.9941       7.9612
  SWITZERLAND      FRANC           1.0131       1.0213       1.0391       1.1910
  TAIWAN           DOLLAR         32.3189      32.2910      32.5333      33.1028
  THAILAND         BAHT           33.2621      33.3900      33.7876      35.0350
 *UNITED KINGDOM   POUND           1.6599       1.6212       1.6323       1.5327
  VENEZUELA        BOLIVAR         2.1430       2.1446       2.1446       2.1446

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES    DOLLAR
1)BROAD            JAN97=100     101.2874     101.7775     103.1271     109.6314
2)MAJOR CURRENCY   MAR73=100      73.1487      73.5597      74.6307      82.7427
3)OITP             JAN97=100     132.8138     133.3550     134.9537     137.9467


 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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