Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Jan 30, 2009
Foreign Exchange Reserves
   

Variation over

Item

As on Jan.
23, 2009

Week

End-March

2008

End-December 2008

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

12,17,420

247,621

–12,179

–4,557

–20,545

–62,102

–22,741

–8,347

81,451

–40,695

 

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

11,72,224

238,305

–12,143

–4,542*

–23,799

–60,925

–22,566

–8,298

70,819

–41,240

 

(b)

Gold

41,110

8,485

986

–1,554

8,291

157

 

(c)

SDRs

15

3

2

–59

–15

2

–21

–6

 

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

4,071

828

–38

–15

2,327

392

–177

–49

2,362

394

* : 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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