Federal Reserve Statistical Release, H.10, Foreign Exchange Rates (Weekly); title with eagle logo links to Statistical Release home page
Release Date: April 19, 2010
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 H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY                               For immediate release                                                                                                                                                       
 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES                                            April 19, 2010                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
  (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted)                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
COUNTRY MONETARY UNIT Apr. 12 Apr. 13 Apr. 14 Apr. 15 Apr. 16
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.9297 0.9274 0.9359 0.9322 0.9252
BRAZIL REAL 1.7575 1.7583 1.7445 1.7428 1.7610
CANADA DOLLAR 1.0015 1.0029 0.9960 1.0013 1.0145
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8252 6.8255 6.8258 6.8260 6.8253
DENMARK KRONE 5.4779 5.4757 5.4448 5.4965 5.5184
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3587 1.3592 1.3666 1.3540 1.3487
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7580 7.7607 7.7605 7.7608 7.7621
INDIA RUPEE 44.4100 44.4675 44.2000 44.3200 44.3000
JAPAN YEN 93.2100 92.7800 93.0100 93.0400 92.0300
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.2100 3.2210 3.1990 3.1950 3.1900
MEXICO PESO 12.1685 12.1876 12.1901 12.1980 12.2698
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7134 0.7132 0.7148 0.7107 0.7079
NORWAY KRONE 5.8851 5.8777 5.8451 5.8708 5.9032
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.3902 1.3922 1.3732 1.3744 1.3746
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.2623 7.2744 7.3001 7.3406 7.4043
SOUTH KOREA WON 1114.0000 1123.7000 1111.5000 1107.0000 1110.0000
SRI LANKA RUPEE 113.7500 113.7100 113.7500 113.8000 113.9500
SWEDEN KRONA 7.1872 7.1656 7.1175 7.1539 7.1909
SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.0598 1.0573 1.0512 1.0595 1.0624
TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.5200 31.5570 31.3800 31.3500 31.3500
THAILAND BAHT 32.3600 32.3300 32.2200 32.2200 32.2200
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5368 1.5416 1.5484 1.5465 1.5395
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
N = No data for this date                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

   Memo:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR Apr. 12 Apr. 13 Apr. 14 Apr. 15 Apr. 16
1)BROAD JAN97=100 101.9937 102.0212 101.6648 101.9436 102.2461
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 75.5211 75.4565 75.1156 75.5314 75.8543
3)OITP JAN97=100 130.5031 130.6824 130.3574 130.3586 130.5786
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   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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