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`THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE AVERAGE RATES OF EXCHANGE IN 2008 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)`

|COUNTRY         | MONETARY UNIT | 2008    | 2007    | 2006    | 2005   
|--------------- | ------------- | ------- | ------- | ------- | -------
|*AUSTRALIA      | DOLLAR        | 0.8537  | 0.8391  | 0.7535  | 0.7627 
|BRAZIL          | REAL          | 1.8327  | 1.9461  | 2.1738  | 2.4352 
|CANADA          | DOLLAR        | 1.0660  | 1.0734  | 1.1340  | 1.2115 
|CHINA,P.R.      | YUAN          | 6.9477  | 7.6058  | 7.9723  | 8.1936 
|DENMARK         | KRONE         | 5.0885  | 5.4413  | 5.9422  | 5.9953 
|*EMU MEMBERS    | EURO          | 1.4726  | 1.3711  | 1.2563  | 1.2449 
|HONG KONG       | DOLLAR        | 7.7862  | 7.8016  | 7.7681  | 7.7775 
|INDIA           | RUPEE         | 43.39   | 41.18   | 45.19   | 44.00  
|JAPAN           | YEN           | 103.39  | 117.76  | 116.31  | 110.11 
|MALAYSIA        | RINGGIT       | 3.3292  | 3.4354  | 3.6661  | 3.7869 
|MEXICO          | PESO          | 11.143  | 10.928  | 10.906  | 10.894 
|*NEW ZEALAND    | DOLLAR        | 0.7151  | 0.7365  | 0.6492  | 0.7049 
|NORWAY          | KRONE         | 5.6365  | 5.8557  | 6.4095  | 6.4412 
|SINGAPORE       | DOLLAR        | 1.4140  | 1.5065  | 1.5882  | 1.6639 
|SOUTH AFRICA    | RAND          | 8.2480  | 7.0477  | 6.7668  | 6.3606 
|SOUTH KOREA     | WON           | 1098.71 | 928.97  | 954.32  | 1023.75
|SRI LANKA       | RUPEE         | 108.298 | 110.620 | 103.940 | 100.383
|SWEDEN          | KRONA         | 6.5846  | 6.7550  | 7.3718  | 7.4710 
|SWITZERLAND     | FRANC         | 1.0816  | 1.1999  | 1.2532  | 1.2459 
|TAIWAN          | DOLLAR        | 31.521  | 32.855  | 32.506  | 32.131 
|THAILAND        | BAHT          | 32.962  | 32.203  | 37.876  | 40.252 
|*UNITED KINGDOM | POUND         | 1.8545  | 2.0020  | 1.8434  | 1.8204 
|VENEZUELA       | BOLIVAR       | 2.14    | 2.14    | 2.14    | 2.11   

`N = No data for this date`

|UNITED STATES    | DOLLAR    | 2008   | 2007   | 2006   | 2005  
|---------------- | --------- | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------
|1)BROAD          | JAN97=100 | 99.83  | 103.40 | 108.52 | 110.71
|2)MAJOR CURRENCY | MAR73=100 | 74.34  | 77.84  | 82.46  | 83.71 
|3)OITP           | JAN97=100 | 127.23 | 130.28 | 135.38 | 138.89

`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.                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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                 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`

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