G.5(405)                                                            May 3, 2010



 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN APRIL 2010 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       2010         2010         2010         2009
   COUNTRY           UNIT         April        March      February       April

 *AUSTRALIA        DOLLAR          0.9262       0.9123       0.8857       0.7158
  BRAZIL           REAL            1.7568       1.7855       1.8420       2.2027
  CANADA           DOLLAR          1.0052       1.0229       1.0572       1.2242
  CHINA, P.R.      YUAN            6.8256       6.8262       6.8285       6.8306
  DENMARK          KRONE           5.5472       5.4837       5.4414       5.6437
 *EMU MEMBERS      EURO            1.3417       1.3570       1.3680       1.3199
  HONG KONG        DOLLAR          7.7627       7.7612       7.7670       7.7501
  INDIA            RUPEE          44.4440      45.4509      46.2732      49.9655
  JAPAN            YEN            93.4527      90.7161      90.1395      98.9200
  MALAYSIA         RINGGIT         3.2044       3.3205       3.4139       3.6053
  MEXICO           PESO           12.2396      12.5673      12.9396      13.4035
 *NEW ZEALAND      DOLLAR          0.7122       0.7036       0.6973       0.5729
  NORWAY           KRONE           5.9169       5.9204       5.9182       6.6557
  SINGAPORE        DOLLAR          1.3817       1.3994       1.4122       1.5028
  SOUTH AFRICA     RAND            7.3444       7.4057       7.6680       8.9644
  SOUTH KOREA      WON          1115.4591    1136.0822    1155.6553    1332.1250
  SRI LANKA        RUPEE         113.8286     114.1039     114.5079     117.3068
  SWEDEN           KRONA           7.2026       7.1630       7.2683       8.2297
  SWITZERLAND      FRANC           1.0690       1.0666       1.0722       1.1481
  TAIWAN           DOLLAR         31.4767      31.8291      32.0621      33.6009
  THAILAND         BAHT           32.2686      32.4913      33.1221      35.4036
 *UNITED KINGDOM   POUND           1.5332       1.5058       1.5618       1.4712
  VENEZUELA        BOLIVAR         4.2893       4.2893       4.2893       2.1446

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES    DOLLAR
1)BROAD            JAN97=100     102.3998     102.8720     103.7289     109.6697
2)MAJOR CURRENCY   MAR73=100      76.0284      75.8640      76.1771      82.2812
3)OITP             JAN97=100     130.6742     132.1517     133.7989     138.7375


 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 May 2009 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
                =  .585274  CYPRUS POUND
                =  5.94573  FINNISH MARKKAS
                =  6.55957  FRENCH FRANCS
                =  1.95583  GERMAN MARKS
                =  340.750  GREEK DRACHMAS
                =  .787564  IRISH POUNDS
                =  1936.27  ITALIAN LIRE
                =  40.3399  LUXEMBOURG FRANCS
                =  .429300  MALTESE LIRA
                =  2.20371  NETHERLANDS GUILDERS
                =  200.482  PORTUGUESE ESCUDOS
                =  166.386  SPANISH PESETAS
                =  30.1260  SLOVAKIAN KORUNA
                =  239.640  SLOVENIAN TOLAR

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