G.5A(405) January 6, 2011 THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN 2010 TOGETHER WITH COMPARABLE FIGURES FOR OTHER YEARS. AVERAGES ARE BASED ON DAILY NOON BUYING RATES FOR CABLE TRANSFERS IN NEW YORK CITY CERTIFIED FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSES BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK. (Currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT 2010 2009 2008 2007 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.9200 0.7927 0.8537 0.8391 BRAZIL REAL 1.7601 1.9976 1.8326 1.9461 CANADA DOLLAR 1.0298 1.1412 1.0660 1.0734 CHINA,P.R. YUAN 6.7696 6.8307 6.9477 7.6058 DENMARK KRONE 5.6266 5.3574 5.0885 5.4413 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3261 1.3935 1.4726 1.3711 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7687 7.7514 7.7862 7.8016 INDIA RUPEE 45.65 48.33 43.39 41.18 JAPAN YEN 87.78 93.68 103.39 117.76 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.2175 3.5231 3.3292 3.4354 MEXICO PESO 12.623 13.498 11.143 10.928 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.7216 0.6358 0.7151 0.7365 NORWAY KRONE 6.0451 6.2908 5.6365 5.8557 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.3629 1.4543 1.4140 1.5065 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 7.3161 8.4117 8.2480 7.0477 SOUTH KOREA WON 1155.74 1274.63 1098.71 928.97 SRI LANKA RUPEE 112.990 114.909 108.298 110.620 SWEDEN KRONA 7.2053 7.6539 6.5846 6.7550 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.0432 1.0860 1.0816 1.1999 TAIWAN DOLLAR 31.498 33.020 31.521 32.855 THAILAND BAHT 31.700 34.310 32.962 32.203 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.5452 1.5661 1.8545 2.0020 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 4.24 2.14 2.14 2.14 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 101.97 105.62 99.89 103.58 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 75.36 77.66 74.40 77.94 3)OITP JAN97=100 130.61 135.91 126.83 130.28 This release is available online at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g5a. 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 major currencies index and the other important trading partners (OITP) index are derived from the broad index weights. The source for exchange rates not listed in the table above but used in the calculation of the broad and OITP indexes is Bloomberg. * 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. For information about your subscription to this release or about receiving it in document form, please call publication services at Federal Reserve Board at (202) 452-3244. The euro is reported in place of the individual euro-area currencies. These currency rates can be derived from the euro rate by using the fixed conversion rates (in currencies per euro) given below: 1 EURO = 13.7603 AUSTRIAN SCHILLINGS = 40.3399 BELGIAN FRANCS = 5.94573 FINNISH MARKKAS = 6.55957 FRENCH FRANCS = 1.95583 GERMAN MARKS = .787564 IRISH POUNDS = 1936.27 ITALIAN LIRE = 40.3399 LUXEMBOURG FRANCS = 2.20371 NETHERLANDS GUILDERS = 200.482 PORTUGUESE ESCUDOS = 166.386 SPANISH PESETAS = 340.750 GREEK DRACHMAS = 239.640 SLOVENIAN TOLAR