H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY For immediate release FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES October 26, 2009 (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT Oct. 19 Oct. 20 Oct. 21 Oct. 22 Oct. 23 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.9266 0.9209 0.9275 0.9223 0.9255 BRAZIL REAL 1.7085 1.7555 1.7335 1.7258 1.7143 CANADA DOLLAR 1.0307 1.0494 1.0413 1.0476 1.0507 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8266 6.8254 6.8272 6.8287 6.8280 DENMARK KRONE 4.9797 4.9936 4.9594 4.9609 4.9508 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.4947 1.4905 1.5009 1.5003 1.5029 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7502 7.7496 7.7496 7.7495 7.7495 INDIA RUPEE 46.0200 46.2400 46.3400 46.5900 46.4100 JAPAN YEN 90.7200 90.8300 91.0400 91.4200 91.8800 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.3730 3.3620 3.3750 3.3960 3.3800 MEXICO PESO 13.0832 12.9587 12.8990 12.9515 13.0132 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7530 0.7459 0.7564 0.7541 0.7567 NORWAY KRONE 5.5657 5.6110 5.5369 5.5426 5.5413 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.3891 1.3960 1.3910 1.3948 1.3929 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.3250 7.3900 7.3500 7.4235 7.4550 SOUTH KOREA WON 1166.0000 1182.0000 1179.9000 1188.0000 1189.0000 SRI LANKA RUPEE 114.7800 114.7800 114.8000 114.8000 114.7500 SWEDEN KRONA 6.9316 6.9653 6.8283 6.8500 6.7908 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.0130 1.0144 1.0064 1.0069 1.0070 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.3100 32.2700 32.3500 32.4000 32.3900 THAILAND BAHT 33.3400 33.3500 33.4100 33.4400 33.4200 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6400 1.6380 1.6610 1.6595 1.6351 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 100.9656 101.3473 100.9491 101.1974 101.3048 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 72.7373 73.2582 72.7856 73.0059 73.1675 3)OITP JAN97=100 132.7113 132.7742 132.5817 132.8342 132.8253 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