H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY For immediate release FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES January 21, 2009 (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT Jan. 12 Jan. 13 Jan. 14 Jan. 15 Jan. 16 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6814 0.6675 0.6640 0.6558 0.6660 BRAZIL REAL 2.3194 2.2945 2.3537 2.3698 2.3380 CANADA DOLLAR 1.2075 1.2255 1.2373 1.2623 1.2540 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8362 6.8341 6.8347 6.8363 6.8369 DENMARK KRONE 5.5826 5.6461 5.6551 5.6891 5.6275 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3347 1.3198 1.3174 1.3094 1.3244 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7546 7.7546 7.7571 7.7618 7.7597 INDIA RUPEE 48.7800 48.8900 48.7500 48.8700 48.6200 JAPAN YEN 88.9200 89.6500 89.2800 89.5900 90.2900 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.5700 3.5760 3.5700 3.5920 3.5750 MEXICO PESO 13.7725 13.8360 14.0805 14.1600 13.9250 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5787 0.5523 0.5429 0.5305 0.5415 NORWAY KRONE 7.0107 7.1410 7.2087 7.1847 6.9514 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.4880 1.4872 1.4925 1.4972 1.4902 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 10.1000 10.0050 10.1500 10.1260 10.0450 SOUTH KOREA WON 1349.0000 1353.0000 1353.0000 1391.5000 1351.5000 SRI LANKA RUPEE 113.7500 113.7000 113.7000 113.8000 113.8000 SWEDEN KRONA 8.0622 8.2419 8.3951 8.3587 8.2010 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.1139 1.1212 1.1179 1.1232 1.1177 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.2500 33.2300 33.2000 33.3600 33.3400 THAILAND BAHT 34.9000 34.8700 34.8700 34.8300 34.8100 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4827 1.4528 1.4617 1.4602 1.4737 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 108.2570 109.0128 109.4255 110.1871 109.4565 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 79.9996 81.0389 81.2588 82.0239 81.5131 3)OITP JAN97=100 139.1289 139.2664 139.9437 140.5737 139.5847 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 of the currency weights and dollar indexes took effect with the January 2, 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 L.P. * 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. The euro is reported in place of the individual euro-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