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Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Aug 10, 2012
Foreign Exchange Reserves

Item

As on August 3,
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

16,208.7

289,152.1

191.4

502.2

1,147.4

–5,245.4

404.0

–7,536.6

2,013.2

–28,074.3

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

14,410.0

256,953.9

203.3

560.7*

1,104.9

–3,114.8

403.5

–5,979.4

1,672.5

–27,365.4

(b) Gold $

1,435.1

25,714.7

–15.5

–45.5

52.6

–1,308.4

17.0

–905.6

315.7

366.0

(c) SDRs @

243.9

4,349.8

2.4

–8.7

15.3

–119.5

8.0

–79.2

38.0

–245.6

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

119.7

2,133.7

1.2

–4.3

–25.4

–702.7

–24.5

–572.4

–13.0

–829.3

+ Excludes ` 44.3 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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