Federal Reserve Statistical Release, H.10, Foreign Exchange Rates (Weekly); title with eagle logo links to Statistical Release home page
Release Date: December 7, 2009
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 H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY                               For immediate release                                                                                                                                                       
 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES                                            December 7, 2009                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted)                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
COUNTRY MONETARY UNIT Nov. 30 Dec. 1 Dec. 2 Dec. 3 Dec. 4
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.9143 0.9249 0.9262 0.9265 0.9149
BRAZIL REAL 1.7505 1.7253 1.7195 1.7050 1.7234
CANADA DOLLAR 1.0570 1.0430 1.0465 1.0539 1.0515
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8265 6.8270 6.8260 6.8269 6.8261
DENMARK KRONE 4.9631 4.9285 4.9414 4.9337 4.9992
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.4994 1.5100 1.5059 1.5081 1.4885
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7500 7.7495 7.7495 7.7500 7.7495
INDIA RUPEE 46.4400 46.2100 46.2400 46.0000 46.1000
JAPAN YEN 86.1200 86.6200 87.1300 88.2000 89.8700
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.3950 3.3765 3.3747 3.3680 3.3780
MEXICO PESO 12.9160 12.8537 12.7740 12.6335 12.6318
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7151 0.7285 0.7237 0.7233 0.7169
NORWAY KRONE 5.6928 5.6159 5.6076 5.6122 5.6780
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.3845 1.3796 1.3796 1.3806 1.3865
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.3770 7.3055 7.3050 7.3330 7.4325
SOUTH KOREA WON 1164.4000 1154.0000 1149.0000 1150.0000 1151.0000
SRI LANKA RUPEE 114.3700 114.3700 114.1000 114.2000 114.3000
SWEDEN KRONA 6.9919 6.9053 6.8723 6.8419 6.9687
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.0050 0.9984 1.0006 0.9995 1.0136
TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.2000 32.1300 32.1200 32.1000 32.1600
THAILAND BAHT 33.2200 33.1700 33.1400 33.1000 33.1200
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6409 1.6626 1.6641 1.6578 1.6515
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
N = No data for this date                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

   Memo:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR Nov. 30 Dec. 1 Dec. 2 Dec. 3 Dec. 4
1)BROAD JAN97=100 100.7656 100.2354 100.3101 100.3619 100.8529
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 72.5699 72.0308 72.2389 72.5280 73.1596
3)OITP JAN97=100 132.4901 132.0753 131.8964 131.5148 131.6677
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   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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