H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY For immediate release FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES May 3, 2010 (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT Apr. 26 Apr. 27 Apr. 28 Apr. 29 Apr. 30 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.9273 0.9170 0.9220 0.9277 0.9306 BRAZIL REAL 1.7450 1.7652 1.7622 1.7305 1.7270 CANADA DOLLAR 1.0009 1.0169 1.0125 1.0052 1.0112 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8266 6.8256 6.8245 6.8259 6.8247 DENMARK KRONE 5.5792 5.6248 5.6659 5.6200 5.5952 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3336 1.3230 1.3130 1.3243 1.3302 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7629 7.7639 7.7675 7.7645 7.7637 INDIA RUPEE 44.3300 44.4100 44.5400 44.6100 44.2000 JAPAN YEN 94.0600 93.0100 94.0700 94.1600 94.2400 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.1810 3.1850 3.2150 3.1900 3.1840 MEXICO PESO 12.1556 12.2684 12.4135 12.2335 12.2281 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7238 0.7110 0.7167 0.7230 0.7320 NORWAY KRONE 5.8781 5.9305 5.9890 5.9175 5.9005 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.3679 1.3722 1.3763 1.3683 1.3701 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.3390 7.4400 7.4850 7.3600 7.3515 SOUTH KOREA WON 1104.0000 1110.0000 1118.0000 1114.8000 1108.0000 SRI LANKA RUPEE 113.9200 113.8000 113.8000 113.9000 113.9000 SWEDEN KRONA 7.1680 7.2664 7.3420 7.2528 7.2359 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.0753 1.0837 1.0910 1.0824 1.0767 TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.3100 31.3400 31.4600 31.3000 31.3100 THAILAND BAHT 32.2000 32.2200 32.3100 32.2400 32.3300 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5466 1.5285 1.5160 1.5303 1.5308 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 102.2808 102.8495 103.2668 102.6712 102.6155 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 76.1224 76.6986 77.0331 76.5299 76.5369 3)OITP JAN97=100 130.2148 130.6826 131.1739 130.5157 130.3637 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