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Release Date: May 9, 2011
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 H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY                               For immediate release                                                                                                                                                       
 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES                                             May 9, 2011                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
  (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted)                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
COUNTRY MONETARY UNIT May. 2 May. 3 May. 4 May. 5 May. 6
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 1.0970 1.0921 1.0765 1.0642 1.0763
BRAZIL REAL 1.5745 1.5835 1.6030 1.6172 1.6037
CANADA DOLLAR 0.9492 0.9489 0.9579 0.9667 0.9616
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.4920 6.4955 6.4925 6.4931 6.4925
DENMARK KRONE 5.0149 5.0127 5.0183 5.1125 5.1454
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.4870 1.4875 1.4859 1.4583 1.4495
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7652 7.7671 7.7700 7.7717 7.7697
INDIA RUPEE 44.2700 44.4700 44.3500 44.7600 44.7200
JAPAN YEN 81.2300 81.0200 80.6900 80.1200 80.5100
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.9610 2.9730 2.9740 2.9975 3.0010
MEXICO PESO 11.5050 11.5580 11.6295 11.6930 11.5831
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.8088 0.8051 0.7897 0.7867 0.7954
NORWAY KRONE 5.2247 5.2447 5.3154 5.4465 5.4640
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.2222 1.2250 1.2312 1.2382 1.2337
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.5730 6.6234 6.6525 6.7450 6.6501
SOUTH KOREA WON 1065.5000 1071.3000 1076.3000 1081.3000 1085.1000
SRI LANKA RUPEE 109.8500 109.7500 109.7300 109.6500 109.7500
SWEDEN KRONA 5.9968 6.0239 6.0808 6.1901 6.2262
SWITZERLAND FRANC 0.8640 0.8609 0.8582 0.8698 0.8732
TAIWAN DOLLAR 28.6700 28.5600 28.5600 28.6200 28.6000
THAILAND BAHT 29.8100 29.9600 30.0300 30.1600 30.1500
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6690 1.6536 1.6524 1.6427 1.6417
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
N = No data for this date                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

   Memo:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR May. 2 May. 3 May. 4 May. 5 May. 6
1)BROAD JAN97=100 94.0527 94.1690 94.4123 95.0357 95.0099
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 68.2406 68.2599 68.4627 69.1696 69.2777
3)OITP JAN97=100 122.3155 122.5683 122.8438 123.2582 123.0283
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   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 currencie                                                                                                                                          
   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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