Federal Reserve Statistical Release, H.10, Foreign Exchange Rates (Weekly); title with eagle logo links to Statistical Release home page
Release Date: April 6, 2009
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 H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY                               For immediate release                                                                                                                                                       
 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES                                            April 6, 2009                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted)                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
COUNTRY MONETARY UNIT Mar. 30 Mar. 31 Apr. 1 Apr. 2 Apr. 3
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.6788 0.6925 0.6941 0.7169 0.7103
BRAZIL REAL 2.3251 2.3007 2.2860 2.2400 2.2024
CANADA DOLLAR 1.2582 1.2606 1.2640 1.2380 1.2335
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8360 6.8329 6.8339 6.8340 6.8343
DENMARK KRONE 5.6659 5.6153 5.6322 5.5342 5.5386
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3146 1.3261 1.3223 1.3458 1.3447
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7497 7.7500 7.7501 7.7500 7.7500
INDIA RUPEE 51.1200 50.8700 50.4800 50.2200 49.9100
JAPAN YEN 97.4400 99.1500 98.9300 99.4800 99.9400
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.6500 3.6430 3.6450 3.5950 3.5775
MEXICO PESO 14.3820 14.2100 13.8882 13.8300 13.6310
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5619 0.5692 0.5635 0.5818 0.5800
NORWAY KRONE 6.8243 6.7437 6.7311 6.5398 6.5469
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.5226 1.5206 1.5215 1.4980 1.5065
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 9.7485 9.5170 9.3705 9.1000 9.0410
SOUTH KOREA WON 1391.9000 1372.3000 1378.2500 1329.5000 1335.5000
SRI LANKA RUPEE 115.1000 115.7000 115.8800 115.9000 115.9300
SWEDEN KRONA 8.3327 8.2522 8.2182 8.0222 7.9945
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.1532 1.1395 1.1465 1.1349 1.1321
TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.7600 33.8700 33.8200 33.0500 33.1600
THAILAND BAHT 35.5600 35.4400 35.4700 35.2600 35.2300
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4148 1.4300 1.4402 1.4700 1.4801
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
N = No data for this date                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

   Memo:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR Mar. 30 Mar. 31 Apr. 1 Apr. 2 Apr. 3
1)BROAD JAN97=100 111.6703 111.3814 111.1366 109.8563 109.6550
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 83.3292 83.2323 83.2994 82.0702 82.0261
3)OITP JAN97=100 142.1210 141.5505 140.8141 139.6507 139.2134
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   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 currencie                                                                                                                                          
   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                                                                                                                                                                                                   

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