Federal Reserve Statistical Release, H.10, Foreign Exchange Rates (Weekly); title with eagle logo links to Statistical Release home page
Release Date: April 12, 2010
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 H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY                               For immediate release                                                                                                                                                       
 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES                                            April 12, 2010                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
  (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted)                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
COUNTRY MONETARY UNIT Apr. 5 Apr. 6 Apr. 7 Apr. 8 Apr. 9
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.9210 0.9254 0.9287 0.9283 0.9326
BRAZIL REAL 1.7585 1.7593 1.7635 1.7780 1.7709
CANADA DOLLAR 1.0025 1.0001 1.0028 1.0019 1.0055
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8256 6.8250 6.8254 6.8240 6.8229
DENMARK KRONE 5.5187 5.5640 5.5699 5.5694 5.5251
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3486 1.3378 1.3364 1.3360 1.3468
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7659 7.7652 7.7614 7.7580 7.7565
INDIA RUPEE 44.3900 44.4100 44.4400 44.4100 44.1000
JAPAN YEN 94.2800 93.8100 93.5900 93.1600 93.2800
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.2200 3.2115 3.2070 3.1970 3.1850
MEXICO PESO 12.2725 12.2444 12.2290 12.2355 12.1880
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7048 0.7010 0.7079 0.7068 0.7160
NORWAY KRONE 5.9393 5.9827 5.9648 5.9520 5.9138
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.3971 1.3966 1.3946 1.3941 1.3890
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.2375 7.2650 7.2705 7.2675 7.2530
SOUTH KOREA WON 1122.8000 1123.9000 1120.0000 1123.0000 1117.0000
SRI LANKA RUPEE 113.7500 113.8000 113.7500 113.8500 113.8500
SWEDEN KRONA 7.1714 7.2249 7.2320 7.2370 7.2110
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.0619 1.0704 1.0716 1.0723 1.0672
TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.7000 31.6700 31.5800 31.6000 31.5300
THAILAND BAHT 32.3800 32.3700 32.3600 32.2700 32.2000
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5284 1.5230 1.5246 1.5272 1.5371
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
N = No data for this date                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

   Memo:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR Apr. 5 Apr. 6 Apr. 7 Apr. 8 Apr. 9
1)BROAD JAN97=100 102.4484 102.5158 102.5184 102.4852 102.2364
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 75.9522 76.0908 76.1413 76.0588 75.8744
3)OITP JAN97=100 130.9251 130.8612 130.7827 130.8381 130.5199
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   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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