H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY For immediate release FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES August 17, 2009 (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT Aug. 10 Aug. 11 Aug. 12 Aug. 13 Aug. 14 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.8377 0.8296 0.8333 0.8396 0.8323 BRAZIL REAL 1.8435 1.8530 1.8318 1.8340 1.8440 CANADA DOLLAR 1.0848 1.0987 1.0875 1.0881 1.0973 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8341 6.8349 6.8349 6.8336 6.8341 DENMARK KRONE 5.2637 5.2642 5.2353 5.2119 5.2339 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.4143 1.4141 1.4215 1.4283 1.4216 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7500 7.7500 7.7508 7.7507 7.7506 INDIA RUPEE 47.7000 47.8800 48.2200 48.1100 48.1800 JAPAN YEN 97.2300 95.9400 96.1600 95.4600 94.6400 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.5020 3.5080 3.5280 3.5120 3.5150 MEXICO PESO 12.9192 12.9925 12.9668 12.8705 12.8799 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6756 0.6686 0.6725 0.6777 0.6776 NORWAY KRONE 6.1920 6.2431 6.1007 6.0387 6.0768 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.4422 1.4478 1.4430 1.4425 1.4448 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 8.0725 8.1525 8.0700 8.0567 8.0621 SOUTH KOREA WON 1227.6000 1242.7000 1242.0000 1237.2000 1239.5000 SRI LANKA RUPEE 114.8200 114.8100 114.8100 114.6900 114.8800 SWEDEN KRONA 7.2580 7.3336 7.1957 7.1441 7.1899 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.0855 1.0825 1.0765 1.0715 1.0719 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.7800 32.9100 32.8300 32.8760 32.9000 THAILAND BAHT 34.0100 34.0300 34.0700 34.0300 34.0200 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6487 1.6501 1.6538 1.6580 1.6529 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 N.A. 2.1446 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 103.5602 103.8232 103.5043 103.1847 103.3977 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 75.7546 75.8990 75.4863 75.2227 75.4764 3)OITP JAN97=100 134.0970 134.5209 134.4208 134.0591 134.1640 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