Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Feb 13, 2009
Foreign Exchange Reserves

Item

As on Feb. 6, 2009

Variation over

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

12,25,976

251,532

7,284

2,921

-11,989

-58,191

-14,185

-4,436

75,973

-39,276

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

11,78,370

241,816

7,310

2,922*

-17,653

-57,414

-16,420

-4,787

66,290

-39,367

(b) Gold

43,549

8,884

3,425

-1,155

2,439

399

7,313

-315

(c) SDRs

15

3

-59

-15

2

-22

-6

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

4,042

829

-26

-1

2,298

393

-206

-48

2,392

412

* : 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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