H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY For immediate release FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES April 27, 2009 (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT Apr. 20 Apr. 21 Apr. 22 Apr. 23 Apr. 24 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7204 0.7095 0.7095 0.7105 0.7220 BRAZIL REAL 2.1856 2.2390 2.2390 2.2185 2.1960 CANADA DOLLAR 1.2146 1.2373 1.2373 1.2291 1.2095 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8325 6.8254 6.8254 6.8265 6.8250 DENMARK KRONE 5.7164 5.7386 5.7386 5.7087 5.6106 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3030 1.2978 1.2978 1.3048 1.3277 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7501 7.7505 7.7505 7.7500 7.7495 INDIA RUPEE 49.8000 50.4500 50.4500 49.8800 49.6900 JAPAN YEN 99.2100 98.6000 98.6000 97.8800 97.0800 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.6140 3.6420 3.6420 3.6200 3.5830 MEXICO PESO 13.1350 13.1220 13.1220 13.3270 13.2445 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5674 0.5628 0.5628 0.5579 0.5722 NORWAY KRONE 6.6945 6.7770 6.7770 6.6456 6.5504 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.4998 1.5046 1.5046 1.5015 1.4873 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 8.9615 8.9580 8.9580 8.9930 8.8150 SOUTH KOREA WON 1327.0000 1349.0000 1349.0000 1343.0000 1338.2000 SRI LANKA RUPEE 115.8500 119.0500 119.0500 119.8500 120.1000 SWEDEN KRONA 8.4525 8.5214 8.5214 8.3676 8.0830 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.1674 1.1654 1.1654 1.1581 1.1368 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.8100 33.8500 33.8500 33.8100 33.6900 THAILAND BAHT 35.4500 35.5300 35.5300 35.4700 35.3400 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4778 1.4688 1.4688 1.4635 1.4697 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 109.5989 110.1351 110.1462 110.0304 109.3532 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 82.5590 83.1402 83.1402 82.6767 81.6068 3)OITP JAN97=100 138.1703 138.5492 138.5771 138.7796 138.2292 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