H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY For immediate release FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES December 20, 2010 (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT Dec. 13 Dec. 14 Dec. 15 Dec. 16 Dec. 17 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.9942 0.9998 0.9917 0.9866 0.9854 BRAZIL REAL 1.7054 1.6945 1.6979 1.7048 1.7134 CANADA DOLLAR 1.0046 1.0039 1.0033 1.0056 1.0125 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.6652 6.6563 6.6541 6.6635 6.6545 DENMARK KRONE 5.5670 5.5640 5.5989 5.6399 5.6623 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3389 1.3395 1.3306 1.3206 1.3155 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7780 7.7727 7.7757 7.7771 7.7768 INDIA RUPEE 45.1800 45.0100 45.3800 45.5400 45.1600 JAPAN YEN 83.5700 83.5200 84.0400 84.2300 84.1500 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.1380 3.1270 3.1360 3.1350 3.1320 MEXICO PESO 12.3855 12.3633 12.3965 12.4496 12.4286 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7552 0.7534 0.7441 0.7368 0.7360 NORWAY KRONE 5.9232 5.8890 5.9385 5.9665 5.9998 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.3043 1.3012 1.3126 1.3163 1.3164 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.8420 6.8251 6.8260 6.8380 6.8625 SOUTH KOREA WON 1144.9000 1139.0000 1154.9500 1155.0000 1155.0500 SRI LANKA RUPEE 110.8400 110.7100 110.8500 111.0000 111.0500 SWEDEN KRONA 6.8393 6.8010 6.8143 6.8305 6.8440 SWITZERLAND FRANC 0.9668 0.9610 0.9619 0.9660 0.9707 TAIWAN DOLLAR 30.0100 29.8900 29.8700 29.8500 29.9000 THAILAND BAHT 30.0300 29.9900 30.0500 30.1300 30.1300 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5882 1.5795 1.5613 1.5612 1.5480 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 99.6548 99.5177 99.8586 100.1546 100.3142 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 73.3041 73.2705 73.6067 73.9132 74.2290 3)OITP JAN97=100 128.1491 127.8614 128.1586 128.3929 128.2723 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