H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY                               For immediate release
 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES                                            August 23, 2010


(Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted)


                 MONETARY
   COUNTRY         UNIT       Aug. 16      Aug. 17      Aug. 18      Aug. 19      Aug. 20

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR         0.8976       0.9067       0.8995       0.8928       0.8881
  BRAZIL         REAL           1.7580       1.7513       1.7513       1.7626       1.7615
  CANADA         DOLLAR         1.0429       1.0311       1.0286       1.0397       1.0499
  CHINA, P.R.    YUAN           6.8038       6.7920       6.7911       6.7897       6.7900
  DENMARK        KRONE          5.8011       5.7785       5.7860       5.8043       5.8730
 *EMU MEMBERS    EURO           1.2838       1.2890       1.2872       1.2837       1.2687
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR         7.7723       7.7699       7.7691       7.7697       7.7759
  INDIA          RUPEE         46.6800      46.6000      46.5400      46.3500      45.7000
  JAPAN          YEN           85.3300      85.5100      85.3100      85.2700      85.6300
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT        3.1800       3.1548       3.1430       3.1298       3.1408
  MEXICO         PESO          12.6533      12.5833      12.5975      12.7310      12.7705
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR         0.7086       0.7144       0.7159       0.7071       0.7025
  NORWAY         KRONE          6.1458       6.1300       6.1528       6.1745       6.2542
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR         1.3612       1.3528       1.3489       1.3545       1.3583
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND           7.2650       7.2540       7.2539       7.2870       7.3325
  SOUTH KOREA    WON         1186.9000    1176.0000    1174.0000    1172.1500    1183.2000
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE        112.4000     112.3500     112.4000     112.3500     112.2500
  SWEDEN         KRONA          7.3583       7.3120       7.3380       7.3777       7.4316
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC          1.0378       1.0434       1.0404       1.0310       1.0372
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR        31.9200      31.8600      31.8500      31.8900      31.9200
  THAILAND       BAHT          31.7900      31.7200      31.5900      31.5400      31.5200
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND          1.5679       1.5586       1.5619       1.5612       1.5515
  VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR        4.2893       4.2893       4.2893       4.2983       4.2893

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES   DOLLAR
1)BROAD          JAN97=100    102.7500     102.3543     102.2884     102.6301     103.1506
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100     76.1176      75.7931      75.7468      76.0666      76.7514
3)OITP           JAN97=100    131.2454     130.7913     130.7030     131.0307     131.2089


 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

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