H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY For immediate release FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES May 26, 2010 *Dollar indexes reflect new currency weights (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT May. 17 May. 18 May. 19 May. 20 May. 21 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.8735 0.8727 0.8380 0.8250 0.8302 BRAZIL REAL 1.8204 1.7980 1.8498 1.8885 1.8499 CANADA DOLLAR 1.0400 1.0329 1.0510 1.0656 1.0564 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8274 6.8273 6.8269 6.8277 6.8262 DENMARK KRONE 6.0486 6.0204 6.0411 6.0161 5.9195 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.2299 1.2358 1.2317 1.2370 1.2575 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.8018 7.7969 7.7998 7.8021 7.8030 INDIA RUPEE 45.5100 45.5100 46.2700 46.8000 46.9000 JAPAN YEN 92.0800 92.5200 91.1600 90.0700 90.2100 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.2250 3.2110 3.2500 3.2730 3.3150 MEXICO PESO 12.7223 12.5970 12.9305 13.1207 12.9701 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.6940 0.6979 0.6707 0.6699 0.6803 NORWAY KRONE 6.2783 6.2837 6.4329 6.5339 6.4497 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.3932 1.3883 1.3997 1.4100 1.4080 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.5941 7.5901 7.8570 7.9799 7.8535 SOUTH KOREA WON 1152.7500 1146.0000 1163.9000 1193.5000 1193.0000 SRI LANKA RUPEE 113.7000 113.7000 113.6500 113.7500 113.7800 SWEDEN KRONA 7.8035 7.7450 7.8712 7.9583 7.7984 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.1392 1.1342 1.1564 1.1500 1.1485 TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.8500 31.8300 32.0400 32.1000 32.1500 THAILAND BAHT 32.3400 32.3000 32.3500 32.3500 32.3600 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4388 1.4439 1.4349 1.4344 1.4466 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 105.0309 104.6725 105.5293 105.9795 105.3168 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 79.2147 78.9321 79.4450 79.5275 78.7605 3)OITP JAN97=100 131.8983 131.4673 132.7544 133.7283 133.3232 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