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Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Jul 27, 2012
Foreign Exchange Reserves

Item

As on July 20, 2012

Variation over

 Week

End-March 2012

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

15,876.6

287,338.7

–100.7

589.0

815.3

–7,058.8

71.9

–9,350.0

1,808.5

–29,463.0

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

14,068.9

255,102.2

–98.6

565.5*

763.8

–4,966.5

62.4

–7,831.1

1,441.7

–29,423.4

(b) Gold $

1,450.6

25,760.2

68.1

–1,262.9

32.5

–860.1

347.4

1,091.8

(c) SDRs @

239.6

4,345.0

–1.4

15.8

11.0

–124.3

3.7

–84.0

34.3

–280.4

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

117.5

2,131.3

–0.7

7.7

–27.6

–705.1

–26.7

–574.8

–14.9

–851.0

+ Excludes ` 43.6 billion/US$ 790 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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