H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY For immediate release FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES August 30, 2010 (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT Aug. 23 Aug. 24 Aug. 25 Aug. 26 Aug. 27 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.8930 0.8862 0.8807 0.8881 0.8979 BRAZIL REAL 1.7640 1.7622 1.7680 1.7590 1.7493 CANADA DOLLAR 1.0512 1.0563 1.0640 1.0545 1.0547 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.7995 6.7966 6.7995 6.7998 6.7977 DENMARK KRONE 5.8830 5.8754 5.8849 5.8547 5.8339 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.2663 1.2675 1.2652 1.2717 1.2765 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7747 7.7769 7.7770 7.7780 7.7788 INDIA RUPEE 46.5000 46.8600 46.8700 46.7800 46.8000 JAPAN YEN 85.1600 84.1600 84.5600 84.6100 85.1000 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.1308 3.1418 3.1458 3.1388 3.1383 MEXICO PESO 12.8751 12.9184 13.0291 12.9753 13.0008 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7080 0.7069 0.6980 0.7043 0.7106 NORWAY KRONE 6.2421 6.2868 6.3464 6.2925 6.2452 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.3570 1.3591 1.3607 1.3550 1.3528 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.3406 7.3492 7.3494 7.3120 7.3070 SOUTH KOREA WON 1181.6000 1191.0000 1196.1500 1190.1000 1195.1000 SRI LANKA RUPEE 112.4000 112.4000 112.5300 112.5500 112.6000 SWEDEN KRONA 7.4046 7.4490 7.4650 7.4013 7.3454 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.0391 1.0307 1.0273 1.0253 1.0268 TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.9000 31.9800 32.0200 32.0000 31.9800 THAILAND BAHT 31.4500 31.5100 31.4700 31.3400 31.2200 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5532 1.5471 1.5460 1.5574 1.5528 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 103.2463 103.3529 103.6583 103.2645 103.2564 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 76.7422 76.7044 76.9984 76.5717 76.5349 3)OITP JAN97=100 131.4610 131.7873 132.0670 131.7839 131.8238 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