H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY                               For immediate release
 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES                                            October 18, 2010


(Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted)


                 MONETARY
   COUNTRY         UNIT       Oct. 11      Oct. 12      Oct. 13      Oct. 14      Oct. 15

 *AUSTRALIA      DOLLAR                      0.9848       0.9922       0.9943       0.9883
  BRAZIL         REAL                        1.6697       1.6574       1.6633       1.6576
  CANADA         DOLLAR                      1.0111       1.0028       1.0036       1.0108
  CHINA, P.R.    YUAN                        6.6733       6.6634       6.6505       6.6397
  DENMARK        KRONE                       5.3852       5.3399       5.2997       5.3268
 *EMU MEMBERS    EURO                        1.3846       1.3964       1.4066       1.3998
  HONG KONG      DOLLAR                      7.7586       7.7599       7.7578       7.7573
  INDIA          RUPEE                      44.5500      44.3500      44.0500      44.1500
  JAPAN          YEN                        81.7400      81.8100      81.4400      81.3200
  MALAYSIA       RINGGIT                     3.1070       3.0915       3.0820       3.0820
  MEXICO         PESO                       12.4285      12.3705      12.4156      12.4150
 *NEW ZEALAND    DOLLAR                      0.7536       0.7625       0.7584       0.7558
  NORWAY         KRONE                       5.8764       5.7990       5.7426       5.7939
  SINGAPORE      DOLLAR                      1.3060       1.3027       1.2972       1.2961
  SOUTH AFRICA   RAND                        6.8710       6.8100       6.7900       6.8125
  SOUTH KOREA    WON                      1130.1500    1119.0000    1110.4000    1109.6000
  SRI LANKA      RUPEE                     111.6000     111.7000     111.7000     111.7500
  SWEDEN         KRONA                       6.6960       6.6343       6.5580       6.6209
  SWITZERLAND    FRANC                       0.9593       0.9588       0.9530       0.9562
  TAIWAN         DOLLAR                     30.9800      30.8400      30.6600      30.6600
  THAILAND       BAHT                       29.9400      29.8300      29.7900      29.7900
 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND                       1.5799       1.5843       1.5992       1.6027
  VENEZUELA      BOLIVAR                     4.2893       4.2893       4.2893       4.2893

  MEMO:
  UNITED STATES   DOLLAR
1)BROAD          JAN97=100                  98.8968      98.4329      98.1511      98.3078
2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100                  72.2811      71.8430      71.5233      71.8063
3)OITP           JAN97=100                 127.9505     127.5166     127.3437     127.2627


 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

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