H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY For immediate release FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES August 31, 2009 (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT Aug. 24 Aug. 25 Aug. 26 Aug. 27 Aug. 28 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.8407 0.8412 0.8273 0.8355 0.8425 BRAZIL REAL 1.8333 1.8300 1.8672 1.8810 1.8730 CANADA DOLLAR 1.0740 1.0727 1.0988 1.0961 1.0875 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8308 6.8318 6.8309 6.8316 6.8300 DENMARK KRONE 5.1969 5.1859 5.2292 5.2147 5.1835 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.4320 1.4350 1.4230 1.4272 1.4358 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7501 7.7504 7.7508 7.7511 7.7507 INDIA RUPEE 48.5000 48.7550 48.9000 48.8100 48.5200 JAPAN YEN 94.4700 94.2800 94.2500 93.5700 93.5500 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.5080 3.5170 3.5230 3.5320 3.5200 MEXICO PESO 12.8470 12.8722 13.1590 13.2370 13.2670 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6884 0.6890 0.6798 0.6825 0.6869 NORWAY KRONE 5.9890 6.0022 6.0784 6.0724 5.9981 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.4412 1.4408 1.4459 1.4448 1.4381 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.7805 7.7696 7.8795 7.8685 7.7665 SOUTH KOREA WON 1240.5000 1247.8000 1248.8000 1247.3000 1244.8000 SRI LANKA RUPEE 114.7300 114.6900 114.7500 114.7100 114.6500 SWEDEN KRONA 7.0353 7.0303 7.1331 7.1411 7.0634 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.0606 1.0575 1.0697 1.0667 1.0560 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.7900 32.9160 32.9700 32.9000 32.8800 THAILAND BAHT 34.0000 34.0100 34.0000 34.0000 33.9900 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6417 1.6430 1.6235 1.6212 1.6331 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 N.A. 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 102.8331 102.8086 103.7579 103.6785 103.3380 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 74.7327 74.6091 75.5395 75.2942 74.8476 3)OITP JAN97=100 134.0124 134.1667 134.9809 135.2071 135.1153 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