Federal Reserve Statistical Release, H.10, Foreign Exchange Rates (Weekly); title with eagle logo links to Statistical Release home page
Release Date: March 29, 2010
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 H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY                               For immediate release                                                                                                                                                       
 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES                                            March 29, 2010                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
  (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted)                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
COUNTRY MONETARY UNIT Mar. 22 Mar. 23 Mar. 24 Mar. 25 Mar. 26
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.9154 0.9186 0.9090 0.9119 0.9042
BRAZIL REAL 1.8022 1.7815 1.7882 1.8050 1.8207
CANADA DOLLAR 1.0193 1.0176 1.0268 1.0188 1.0283
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8266 6.8263 6.8266 6.8270 6.8269
DENMARK KRONE 5.4983 5.4965 5.5726 5.5758 5.5540
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3531 1.3535 1.3347 1.3344 1.3398
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7609 7.7621 7.7609 7.7609 7.7620
INDIA RUPEE 45.5200 45.5000 45.4000 45.5000 45.1600
JAPAN YEN 90.0200 90.2400 91.8900 92.6900 92.5600
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.3200 3.3180 3.3150 3.3155 3.3050
MEXICO PESO 12.6135 12.5270 12.5370 12.4900 12.5407
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7054 0.7067 0.7023 0.7085 0.7036
NORWAY KRONE 5.9517 5.9315 6.0249 6.0594 6.0366
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.4025 1.3999 1.4055 1.4055 1.4033
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.3380 7.3290 7.3455 7.4445 7.4445
SOUTH KOREA WON 1135.5000 1136.8000 1137.0000 1142.3000 1138.0000
SRI LANKA RUPEE 114.1000 114.0000 114.0000 114.0800 114.0800
SWEDEN KRONA 7.2042 7.1703 7.2628 7.2201 7.2525
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.0580 1.0561 1.0692 1.0697 1.0662
TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.7900 31.8200 31.8100 31.8300 31.8700
THAILAND BAHT 32.3300 32.3100 32.3500 32.3800 32.3900
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5071 1.5067 1.4914 1.4884 1.4906
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
N = No data for this date                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

   Memo:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR Mar. 22 Mar. 23 Mar. 24 Mar. 25 Mar. 26
1)BROAD JAN97=100 102.8501 102.7299 103.4175 103.3689 103.4669
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 75.7360 75.7059 76.6732 76.6114 76.7063
3)OITP JAN97=100 132.3137 132.0591 132.1592 132.1408 132.2282
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   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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