H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY For immediate release FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES January 26, 2009 (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT Jan. 19 Jan. 20 Jan. 21 Jan. 22 Jan. 23 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6574 0.6495 0.6544 0.6522 BRAZIL REAL 2.3617 2.3525 2.3515 2.3467 CANADA DOLLAR 1.2604 1.2749 1.2624 1.2478 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8403 6.8392 6.8370 6.8392 DENMARK KRONE 5.7545 5.7905 5.7527 5.8007 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.2946 1.2870 1.2955 1.2849 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7583 7.7597 7.7587 7.7566 INDIA RUPEE 49.0100 49.0000 49.0700 49.0000 JAPAN YEN 90.1900 87.8000 88.6400 88.7200 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.6080 3.6140 3.6070 3.6230 MEXICO PESO 13.9155 13.9275 13.9675 14.0700 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5273 0.5215 0.5265 0.5270 NORWAY KRONE 7.1228 6.9840 6.9680 6.9955 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.5078 1.5062 1.4972 1.5054 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 10.1690 10.1680 10.1155 10.2700 SOUTH KOREA WON 1351.5000 1368.0000 1374.0000 1390.8000 SRI LANKA RUPEE 113.8200 113.8000 113.7200 113.9000 SWEDEN KRONA 8.3929 8.3394 8.2329 8.2494 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.1432 1.1473 1.1538 1.1629 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.6300 33.5800 33.5300 33.6800 THAILAND BAHT 34.9500 34.8900 34.8400 34.8600 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4023 1.3728 1.3840 1.3658 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 110.4713 110.6706 110.4290 110.6747 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 82.7505 82.9821 82.6029 82.6777 3)OITP JAN97=100 140.0565 140.1694 140.1996 140.6975 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