H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY For immediate release FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES December 27, 2010 (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT Dec. 20 Dec. 21 Dec. 22 Dec. 23 Dec. 24 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.9933 0.9972 1.0003 1.0051 BRAZIL REAL 1.7081 1.6970 1.6958 1.6938 CANADA DOLLAR 1.0176 1.0173 1.0143 1.0095 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.6745 6.6580 6.6450 6.6450 DENMARK KRONE 5.6759 5.6733 5.6921 5.6889 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3124 1.3131 1.3089 1.3101 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7756 7.7735 7.7789 7.7778 INDIA RUPEE 45.4000 45.1900 45.0500 45.0600 JAPAN YEN 83.7200 83.7600 83.5600 82.9700 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.1435 3.1330 3.1300 3.1150 MEXICO PESO 12.4115 12.3710 12.3311 12.3353 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7423 0.7438 0.7424 0.7489 NORWAY KRONE 5.9847 5.9730 5.9988 5.9803 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.3165 1.3125 1.3068 1.3046 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.8425 6.8100 6.7900 6.7401 SOUTH KOREA WON 1154.1000 1155.1500 1153.9000 1151.9000 SRI LANKA RUPEE 111.1500 111.2000 111.1800 110.8900 SWEDEN KRONA 6.8473 6.8278 6.8648 6.8529 SWITZERLAND FRANC 0.9638 0.9585 0.9503 0.9620 TAIWAN DOLLAR 29.9200 29.8500 29.8200 29.8200 THAILAND BAHT 30.1500 30.1400 30.1400 30.1400 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5521 1.5462 1.5390 1.5400 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 100.4280 100.2929 100.1964 100.0433 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 74.2929 74.2771 74.2788 74.0710 3)OITP JAN97=100 128.4512 128.1407 127.8976 127.8561 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