Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Sep 05, 2008
Foreign Exchange Reserves

 

 

Variation over

Item

As on Aug.
29, 2008

Week

End-March

2008

End-December 2007

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

12,93,157

295,309

4,394

–1,977

55,192

–14,415

2,08,137

19,993

3,55,795

66,462

 

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

12,52,904

286,117

7,685

–932*

56,881

–13,113

2,02,419

19,564

3,45,603

64,608

 

(b) Gold

38,064

8,692

–3,302

–1,043

–2,060

–1,347

5,245

364

9,878

1,811

 

(c) SDRs

16

4

–58

–15

3

1

7

2

 

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,173

496

11

–2

429

60

470

64

307

41

* : 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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