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Release Date: May 16, 2011
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 H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY                               For immediate release                                                                                                                                                       
 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES                                             May 16, 2011                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
  (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted)                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
COUNTRY MONETARY UNIT May. 9 May. 10 May. 11 May. 12 May. 13
*AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 1.0754 1.0803 1.0756 1.0652 1.0565
BRAZIL REAL 1.6210 1.6069 1.6190 1.6192 1.6382
CANADA DOLLAR 0.9660 0.9611 0.9581 0.9656 0.9708
CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.4937 6.4915 6.4915 6.4986 6.4977
DENMARK KRONE 5.2126 5.1922 5.2249 5.2400 5.2725
*EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.4301 1.4358 1.4269 1.4229 1.4141
HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7717 7.7725 7.7699 7.7719 7.7724
INDIA RUPEE 44.6800 44.7500 44.5900 44.9800 44.8600
JAPAN YEN 80.6600 80.7500 80.7800 80.7500 80.7600
MALAYSIA RINGGIT 2.9865 2.9870 2.9790 3.0120 3.0000
MEXICO PESO 11.6303 11.5920 11.6041 11.6698 11.7463
*NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7923 0.7930 0.7913 0.7967 0.7854
NORWAY KRONE 5.4937 5.4460 5.4745 5.5152 5.5584
SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.2335 1.2335 1.2321 1.2410 1.2458
SOUTH AFRICA RAND 6.7510 6.7809 6.8400 6.8910 7.0201
SOUTH KOREA WON 1081.0000 1082.2000 1076.0000 1088.0000 1086.8000
SRI LANKA RUPEE 109.7500 109.7000 109.6500 109.7000 109.7200
SWEDEN KRONA 6.2712 6.2357 6.2852 6.3036 6.3745
SWITZERLAND FRANC 0.8753 0.8805 0.8846 0.8842 0.8907
TAIWAN DOLLAR 28.6100 28.5900 28.5000 28.5800 28.6400
THAILAND BAHT 30.1900 30.1600 30.1200 30.2700 30.2300
*UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.6338 1.6331 1.6412 1.6290 1.6179
VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 4.2893 1.2893
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
N = No data for this date                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

   Memo:
UNITED STATES DOLLAR May. 9 May. 10 May. 11 May. 12 May. 13
1)BROAD JAN97=100 95.3860 95.2026 95.2752 95.6451 95.5037
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 69.7913 69.6003 69.7069 70.0010 70.3690
3)OITP JAN97=100 123.1463 122.9968 123.0082 123.4500 122.5480
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   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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