Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Aug 18, 2006
Foreign Exchange Reserves
       

Variation over

Item

As on Aug. 11, 2006

Week

End-March 2006

End-December 2005

Year

   

Rs. Crore

US$ Mn.

Rs. Crore

US$ Mn.

Rs. Crore

US$ Mn.

Rs. Crore

US$ Mn.

Rs. Crore

US$ Mn.

1

 

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

                       

Total Reserves

7,68,009

1,65,094

–3,583

–701

91,622

13,472

1,49,626

27,888

1,38,580

20,719

                       

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

7,33,941

1,57,769

–3,557

–696*

86,614

12,661

1,43,444

26,751

1,29,976

19,245

                       

(b)

Gold

30,496

6,557

4,822

802

6,726

1,283

11,380

2,162

                       

(c)

SDRs

6

1

–27

–6

–6

–2

–14

–4

–13

–3

                       

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,566

767

1

1

192

11

–530

–142

–2,763

–685

                       

* : Foreign currency assets expressed in US dollar terms include the effect of appreciation/depreciation of non-US
currencies (such as Euro, Sterling, Yen) held in reserves. For details, please refer to the
Current Statistics section of the RBI Bulletin.
** : Reserve Position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), i.e., Reserve Tranche Position (RTP) which was
shown as a memo item from May 23, 2003 to March 26, 2004 has been included in the reserves
from the week ended April 2, 2004 in keeping with the international best practice.

 


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