H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY For immediate release FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES April 20, 2009 (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT Apr. 13 Apr. 14 Apr. 15 Apr. 16 Apr. 17 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7288 0.7286 0.7228 0.7201 0.7204 BRAZIL REAL 2.1745 2.1778 2.1955 2.1756 2.1856 CANADA DOLLAR 1.2210 1.2093 1.2040 1.2062 1.2146 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8347 6.8320 6.8321 6.8316 6.8325 DENMARK KRONE 5.5783 5.6096 5.6508 5.6424 5.7164 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3354 1.3277 1.3182 1.3197 1.3030 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7505 7.7501 7.7501 7.7501 7.7501 INDIA RUPEE 49.7700 49.6200 49.5500 49.6300 49.8000 JAPAN YEN 100.1200 99.0800 99.3700 99.2900 99.2100 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.6270 3.5850 3.6050 3.5970 3.6140 MEXICO PESO 13.0880 13.0835 13.1685 13.0470 13.1350 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5886 0.5857 0.5759 0.5709 0.5674 NORWAY KRONE 6.5787 6.6040 6.7311 6.6698 6.6945 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.5148 1.4967 1.5025 1.4967 1.4998 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 9.0200 9.0475 9.1522 8.9350 8.9615 SOUTH KOREA WON 1328.9000 1319.5000 1333.0000 1331.0000 1327.0000 SRI LANKA RUPEE 115.7000 115.7000 115.6500 115.7000 115.8500 SWEDEN KRONA 8.1683 8.1536 8.3090 8.3080 8.4525 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.1356 1.1387 1.1453 1.1471 1.1674 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.6800 33.6100 33.7800 33.8000 33.8100 THAILAND BAHT 35.6600 35.4000 35.4000 35.3300 35.4500 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4831 1.4907 1.4990 1.4909 1.4778 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 109.1740 108.8682 109.1263 109.0093 109.5535 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 81.9675 81.6942 81.8478 81.9006 82.5590 3)OITP JAN97=100 138.0917 137.7788 138.1735 137.7876 138.0557 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