Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Feb 10, 2012
Foreign Exchange Reserves

Item

As on Feb. 3, 2012

Variation over

Week

End-March 2011

End-December
2011

Year

`
Bn.

US$
Mn.

`
Bn.

US$
Mn.

`
Bn.

US$
Mn.

`
Bn.

US$
Mn.

`
Bn.

US$
Mn.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Total Reserves

14,401.4

293,753.1

–288.6

–177.0

791.3

–11,065.0

–1,403.3

–2,935.6

729.3

–5,661.0

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,720.7

259,817.4

–194.2

–302.2*

471.9

–14,512.4

–1,285.8

–3,115.9

394.5

–10,257.4

(b) Gold $

1,327.8

26,727.6

–90.3

107.3

302.1

3,755.2

–90.3

107.3

320.4

4,804.1

(c) SDRs @

219.1

4,474.3

–2.5

11.1

15.1

–94.7

–16.8

45.3

–16.2

–680.7

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

133.8

2,733.8

–1.6

6.8

2.2

–213.1

–10.4

27.7

30.6

473.0

+ Excludes `18.6 billion/US$ 380 million invested in foreign currency denominated bonds issued by IIFC (UK).
* 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.
@ Includes SDR 3,082.5 million (equivalent to US$ 4,883 million) allocated under general allocation and SDR 214.6 million
(equivalent to US$ 340 million) allocated under special allocation by IMF done on August 28, 2009 and September 9, 2009,
respectively.
$ Includes `314.6 billion (US$ 6,699 million) reflecting the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from IMF on November 3, 2009.


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