H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY For immediate release FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES December 21, 2009 (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT Dec. 14 Dec. 15 Dec. 16 Dec. 17 Dec. 18 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.9156 0.9066 0.9014 0.8855 0.8866 BRAZIL REAL 1.7465 1.7510 1.7469 1.7905 1.7890 CANADA DOLLAR 1.0590 1.0622 1.0579 1.0713 1.0679 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8281 6.8270 6.8279 6.8286 6.8280 DENMARK KRONE 5.0816 5.1273 5.1050 5.1979 5.2103 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.4645 1.4514 1.4577 1.4317 1.4281 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7514 7.7534 7.7526 7.7559 7.7572 INDIA RUPEE 46.6500 46.7000 46.5700 46.8500 46.6900 JAPAN YEN 88.6500 89.9100 89.5200 90.3500 90.4700 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.4070 3.4120 3.4230 3.4350 3.4350 MEXICO PESO 12.7830 12.7121 12.7065 12.9601 12.8688 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7289 0.7218 0.7223 0.7099 0.7090 NORWAY KRONE 5.7827 5.8208 5.7491 5.8899 5.8522 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.3913 1.3943 1.3964 1.4040 1.4033 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.4235 7.4680 7.3950 7.5745 7.6000 SOUTH KOREA WON 1156.0000 1156.5000 1160.3000 1172.9000 1171.2000 SRI LANKA RUPEE 114.4000 114.3000 114.2000 114.2000 114.2500 SWEDEN KRONA 7.1005 7.1829 7.1623 7.3008 7.2923 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.0321 1.0421 1.0355 1.0491 1.0452 TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.2800 32.3100 32.3100 32.3200 32.3800 THAILAND BAHT 33.1200 33.1500 33.1700 33.2300 33.2300 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6285 1.6234 1.6369 1.6135 1.6083 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 101.4630 101.8267 101.6119 102.7024 102.6363 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 73.7235 74.2885 73.9638 75.0332 75.0539 3)OITP JAN97=100 132.2502 132.1971 132.2122 133.1495 132.9438 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