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Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Aug 31, 2007
Foreign Exchange Reserves

 

 

Variation over

Item

As on Aug. 24, 2007

Week

End-March
2007

End-December 2006

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

9,41,888

228,849

1,335

2,404

73,666

29,670

1,57,906

51,598

1,71,370

63,523

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

9,12,157

221,505

1,346

2,402 *

75,560

29,581

1,59,419

51,318

1,75,719

63,505

(b) Gold

27,850

6,887

–1,723

103

–974

370

–2,646

330

(c) SDRs

9

2

1

5

1

3

1

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

1,872

455

–11

2

–172

–14

–544

–91

–1,706

–313

* : 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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