H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY For immediate release FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES February 23, 2009 (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT Feb. 16 Feb. 17 Feb. 18 Feb. 19 Feb. 20 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6386 0.6385 0.6450 0.6419 BRAZIL REAL 2.3192 2.3572 2.3554 2.3898 CANADA DOLLAR 1.2606 1.2592 1.2590 1.2543 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8355 6.8378 6.8348 6.8367 DENMARK KRONE 5.9277 5.9371 5.8760 5.8731 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.2571 1.2547 1.2675 1.2690 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7545 7.7551 7.7546 7.7543 INDIA RUPEE 49.6000 49.8400 49.7300 49.7100 JAPAN YEN 92.1700 93.8100 94.0900 93.8700 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.6380 3.6570 3.6580 3.6740 MEXICO PESO 14.6205 14.6530 14.5886 14.8360 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5110 0.5107 0.5123 0.5074 NORWAY KRONE 7.0329 7.0319 6.8926 6.8542 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.5283 1.5316 1.5264 1.5356 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 10.2500 10.1850 10.0675 10.1700 SOUTH KOREA WON 1454.8000 1459.0000 1480.7000 1519.5000 SRI LANKA RUPEE 114.1500 114.0000 114.1000 114.1000 SWEDEN KRONA 8.8196 8.7568 8.7270 8.8018 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.1744 1.1813 1.1742 1.1681 TAIWAN DOLLAR 34.5800 34.6300 34.5800 34.8000 THAILAND BAHT 35.2600 35.3600 35.5400 35.6900 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4224 1.4235 1.4307 1.4333 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 112.5621 112.8914 112.6717 112.9734 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 84.0278 84.3232 83.9936 83.8242 3)OITP JAN97=100 143.1992 143.5333 143.5372 144.6008 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