H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY For immediate release FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES August 16, 2010 (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT Aug. 9 Aug. 10 Aug. 11 Aug. 12 Aug. 13 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.9170 0.9086 0.9006 0.8964 0.8955 BRAZIL REAL 1.7540 1.7613 1.7670 1.7685 1.7718 CANADA DOLLAR 1.0266 1.0347 1.0455 1.0433 1.0400 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.7670 6.7720 6.7745 6.7843 6.7957 DENMARK KRONE 5.6273 5.6891 5.7748 5.7906 5.8357 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3241 1.3095 1.2899 1.2866 1.2767 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7613 7.7638 7.7662 7.7679 7.7723 INDIA RUPEE 46.0700 46.3000 46.6600 46.7000 46.6100 JAPAN YEN 85.8800 85.8800 85.3600 85.8300 86.2000 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.1400 3.1555 3.1700 3.1825 3.1660 MEXICO PESO 12.6305 12.6900 12.7314 12.7170 12.7225 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7298 0.7204 0.7175 0.7098 0.7080 NORWAY KRONE 5.9617 6.0528 6.1636 6.1580 6.2050 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.3477 1.3560 1.3645 1.3608 1.3625 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.1804 7.2130 7.2766 7.2770 7.3100 SOUTH KOREA WON 1160.0000 1168.6000 1182.0000 1185.9000 1183.7000 SRI LANKA RUPEE 112.2500 112.3500 112.3000 112.3000 112.3000 SWEDEN KRONA 7.0959 7.1944 7.3475 7.3736 7.4364 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.0457 1.0575 1.0584 1.0485 1.0526 TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.6500 31.7500 31.8000 31.9200 31.9000 THAILAND BAHT 31.9300 31.9500 31.9100 31.8900 31.8800 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5945 1.5776 1.5688 1.5573 1.5580 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 101.5572 102.1144 102.6968 102.8321 103.0058 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 74.8019 75.4178 76.0821 76.2156 76.4352 3)OITP JAN97=100 130.4319 130.8087 131.1712 131.2896 131.3632 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 2010 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