H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY For immediate release FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES March 9, 2009 (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT Mar. 2 Mar. 3 Mar. 4 Mar. 5 Mar. 6 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6301 0.6388 0.6499 0.6408 0.6408 BRAZIL REAL 2.4365 2.4420 2.3738 2.3860 2.3735 CANADA DOLLAR 1.2891 1.2937 1.2768 1.2875 1.2865 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8438 6.8413 6.8432 6.8406 6.8395 DENMARK KRONE 5.9229 5.9369 5.9082 5.9305 5.8787 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.2580 1.2549 1.2607 1.2565 1.2674 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7573 7.7585 7.7593 7.7574 7.7549 INDIA RUPEE 51.8000 51.9600 51.5300 51.6000 51.6800 JAPAN YEN 97.1700 98.1600 99.3400 98.3200 97.8800 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.7260 3.7070 3.7110 3.7250 3.7150 MEXICO PESO 15.4060 15.3410 15.1750 15.3153 15.2540 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.4926 0.4952 0.5060 0.5015 0.5041 NORWAY KRONE 7.1486 7.2778 7.0479 7.0921 7.0612 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.5565 1.5526 1.5452 1.5532 1.5450 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 10.5000 10.5250 10.3600 10.6425 10.4100 SOUTH KOREA WON 1570.1000 1551.2000 1550.9500 1567.1000 1549.6000 SRI LANKA RUPEE 114.2300 114.1700 114.1700 114.1500 114.2000 SWEDEN KRONA 9.1955 9.2730 9.0759 9.2863 9.2012 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.1723 1.1755 1.1762 1.1727 1.1525 TAIWAN DOLLAR 35.2100 35.0800 35.0500 34.9300 34.6600 THAILAND BAHT 36.2500 36.0500 36.0500 36.1300 36.0400 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.3989 1.4034 1.4142 1.4124 1.4110 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 115.0365 115.1172 114.5813 114.9158 114.4913 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 85.6431 85.9394 85.5119 85.7406 85.3456 3)OITP JAN97=100 146.7444 146.4427 145.8076 146.2690 145.8631 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