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Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Nov 21, 2008
Foreign Exchange Reserves

 

Variation over

Item

As on Nov. 14, 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

12,18,263

246,349

16,502

–5,015

–19,702

–63,374

1,33,243

–28,967

1,51,319

–24,799

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

11,74,777

237,521

16,469

–5,006*

–21,246

–61,709

1,24,292

–29,032

1,40,261

–25,380

(b) Gold

41,281

8,382

1,157

–1,657

8,462

54

10,569

571

(c) SDRs

13

3

–28

–6

–61

–15

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,192

443

61

–3

448

7

489

11

489

10

* : 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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