Federal Reserve Statistical Release, H.10, Foreign Exchange Rates (Weekly); title with eagle logo links to Statistical Release home page
Release Date: February 16, 2010
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 H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY                               For immediate release                                                                                                                                                       
 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES                                            February 16, 2010                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted)                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
COUNTRY MONETARY UNIT Feb. 8 Feb. 9 Feb. 10 Feb. 11 Feb. 12
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.8693 0.8772 0.8740 0.8886 0.8839
BRAZIL REAL 1.8648 1.8450 1.8575 1.8551 1.8624
CANADA DOLLAR 1.0692 1.0690 1.0667 1.0522 1.0529
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8265 6.8267 6.8280 6.8328 6.8326
DENMARK KRONE 5.4328 5.3970 5.4237 5.4579 5.4634
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3699 1.3795 1.3722 1.3640 1.3625
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7701 7.7702 7.7716 7.7683 7.7699
INDIA RUPEE 46.7900 46.4900 46.3600 46.3900 46.4400
JAPAN YEN 89.3200 89.4500 89.8800 89.8200 90.0000
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.4400 3.4305 3.4315 3.4290 3.4190
MEXICO PESO 13.1436 13.0680 13.0520 13.0415 12.9820
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6878 0.6940 0.6922 0.7000 0.6950
NORWAY KRONE 5.9418 5.9068 5.9124 5.9192 5.9135
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.4214 1.4165 1.4178 1.4129 1.4115
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.7375 7.6800 7.7400 7.6425 7.7025
SOUTH KOREA WON 1170.0000 1158.0000 1161.0000 1156.2000 1151.0000
SRI LANKA RUPEE 114.6500 114.7000 114.6500 114.7000 114.6500
SWEDEN KRONA 7.4020 7.3280 7.3148 7.2718 7.2563
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.0696 1.0641 1.0682 1.0747 1.0767
TAIWAN DOLLAR 32.1400 32.0500 32.0800 32.0500 32.0800
THAILAND BAHT 33.1700 33.1500 33.1600 33.1600 33.1700
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5650 1.5679 1.5606 1.5674 1.5669
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
N = No data for this date                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

   Memo:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR Feb. 8 Feb. 9 Feb. 10 Feb. 11 Feb. 12
1)BROAD JAN97=100 104.1748 103.8495 104.0006 103.8269 103.8263
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 76.3238 76.0935 76.2949 76.0731 76.1580
3)OITP JAN97=100 134.6852 134.2508 134.2893 134.2283 134.0800
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   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 May 2009 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                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                  =  .585274  CYPRUS POUND                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                  =  5.94573  FINNISH MARKKAS                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                  =  6.55957  FRENCH FRANCS                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                  =  1.95583  GERMAN MARKS                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                  =  340.750  GREEK DRACHMAS                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                  =  .787564  IRISH POUNDS                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                  =  1936.27  ITALIAN LIRE                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                  =  40.3399  LUXEMBOURG FRANCS                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                  =  .429300  MALTESE LIRA                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                  =  2.20371  NETHERLANDS GUILDERS                                                                                                                                                                                              
                  =  200.482  PORTUGUESE ESCUDOS                                                                                                                                                                                                

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