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) MONETARY COUNTRY 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 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 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 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 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 = 166.386 SPANISH PESETAS = 30.1260 SLOVAKIAN KORUNA = 239.640 SLOVENIAN TOLAR