Federal Reserve Statistical Release, H.10, Foreign Exchange Rates (Weekly); title with eagle logo links to Statistical Release home page
Release Date: September 14, 2009
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 H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY                               For immediate release                                                                                                                                                       
 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES                                            September 14, 2009                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted)                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
COUNTRY MONETARY UNIT Sep. 7 Sep. 8 Sep. 9 Sep. 10 Sep. 11
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR   0.8636 0.8639 0.8596 0.8649
BRAZIL REAL   1.8245 1.8295 1.8206 1.8129
CANADA DOLLAR   1.0762 1.0783 1.0811 1.0742
CHINA, P.R. YUAN   6.8270 6.8286 6.8291 6.8280
DENMARK KRONE   5.1331 5.1078 5.1096 5.1031
*EMU MEMBERS EURO   1.4497 1.4573 1.4568 1.4586
HONG KONG DOLLAR   7.7498 7.7504 7.7505 7.7500
INDIA RUPEE   48.4000 48.3300 48.4500 48.3900
JAPAN YEN   92.2100 91.8500 91.8600 90.3000
MALAYSIA RINGGIT   3.5000 3.4940 3.4920 3.4900
MEXICO PESO   13.2880 13.4360 13.4000 13.3290
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR   0.6967 0.6971 0.6983 0.7079
NORWAY KRONE   5.9166 5.8860 5.9578 5.9150
SINGAPORE DOLLAR   1.4259 1.4237 1.4265 1.4217
SOUTH AFRICA RAND   7.5425 7.4900 7.5725 7.4475
SOUTH KOREA WON   1228.2000 1220.5000 1223.0000 1221.0000
SRI LANKA RUPEE   114.8000 114.7500 114.7500 114.8000
SWEDEN KRONA   7.0361 7.0019 7.0359 6.9990
SWITZERLAND FRANC   1.0463 1.0403 1.0396 1.0373
TAIWAN DOLLAR   32.6500 32.6600 32.6800 32.5400
THAILAND BAHT   34.0200 34.0000 33.9900 33.9000
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND   1.6512 1.6557 1.6649 1.6695
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR   2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 N.A.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
N = No data for this date                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

   Memo:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR Sep. 7 Sep. 8 Sep. 9 Sep. 10 Sep. 11
1)BROAD JAN97=100   103.4160 103.3637 103.3788 103.2393
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100   74.9056 74.7214 74.7703 74.5977
3)OITP JAN97=100   135.2146 135.4058 135.3581 135.3028
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   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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