The country's foreign exchange reserves increased by $3.85 billion to $601.36 billion in the week ended May 27, according to RBI data. In the previous week, the reserves rose by $4.23 billion to $597.51 billion. During the reporting week, the rise in forex reserves was due to an increase in the Foreign Currency Assets (FCA) and the gold reserves, according to the Weekly Statistical Supplement released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday.
As the central bank continues to increase forex reserves by running down the forward book which totalled $42 billion as of end-July, signalling its strong resolve to build a bigger reserve cushion to aid its expansionary, unorthodox monetary policy, the reserves are set to top the $655-billion-mark by March, according to a report. The forex kitty declined by $2.10 billion to $619.36 billion for the week to August 13 due to a fall in the core currency assets and gold, showed the latest RBI data. The reserves had risen to a lifetime high of $621.46 billion in the previous reporting week ending August 6.
Foreign exchange reserves increased $1.43 billion to $199.18 billion during the week ended March 30, according to the weekly supplement released by the Reserve Bank of India .
India's foreign exchange reserves increased $1.307 billion to $262.45 billion for the week endeded October 26, according to data released by the RBI on Friday. Foreign currency assets moved up $1.305 billion to $254.629 billion. Gold reserves and SDRs were unchanged at $7.367 billion and $13 million, respectively.
Foreign exchange reserves increased $350 million to $141.59 billion for the week ended February 24, according to the weekly supplement released by the Reserve Bank of India on Friday.\n
Foreign exchange reserves increased $452 million to $140.429 billion for the week ended February 10, 2006, according to the weekly statistical supplement released by the Reserve Bank of India on Friday.
After rising continuously for the past three weeks, India's foreign exchange reserves fell by $1.1 billion for the week ended August 19, 2005.
The country's foreign exchange reserves increased by $8.895 billion to reach a record high of $642.453 billion in the week ended September 3, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed. In the previous week ended August 27, the reserves had surged $16.663 billion to $633.558 billion, mainly due to a rise in special drawing rights (SDR) holdings. International Monetary Fund (IMF) had made an allocation of SDR 12.57 billion to India. For the week ended September 3, the increase was on account of a rise in foreign currency assets (FCAs), a major component of the overall reserves, RBI's weekly data released on Friday showed.
Foreign exchange reserves increased $294 million to $143.353 billion for the week ended October 7, 2005, according to the weekly supplement released by the Reserve Bank of India on Saturday.
Foreign exchange reserves increased $273 million to $165.37 billion for the week ended August 18, according to the weekly supplement released by the RBI on Friday.
Foreign exchange reserves increased $678 million to $143.774 billion for the week ended October 28, 2005, according to the weekly supplement released by the RBI on Friday.
Foreign exchange reserves increased $42 million to $143.059 billion for the week ended September 30, 2005, according to the weekly statistical supplement released by the RBI on Saturday.
Foreign exchange reserves increased $82 million to $143.435 billion for the week ended October 14, 2005 when compared with $143.353 billion in the previous week.
Foreign exchange reserves rose to a record $167.092 billion as on October 27 from $166.153 billion in the previous week, according to the weekly supplement released by the Reserve Bank of India on Friday.
India's foreign exchange reserves kept on a steady trend up during the week ended July 11, moving up by $483 million to $83.257 billion, according to the weekly supplement released by the Reserve Bank of India on Saturday.\n\n\n\n
The country's forex reserves jumped by $4.53 billion to $658.8 billion during the week ended March 21, the RBI said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had increased by $305 million to $654.27 billion.
The forex reserves stood at $144.375 billion, a rise of $1.738 billion, during the week under review, according to Reserve Bank of India's weekly statistical supplement released in Mumbai on Saturday.
The country's foreign exchange reserves rose by $835 million to touch a record high of $612.73 billion in the week ended July 16, 2021, RBI data showed. In the previous week ended July 9, 2021, the reserves had surged by $1.883 billion to $611.895 billion. In the reporting week ended July 16, 2021, the increase in forex reserves was on account of the rise in foreign currency assets (FCA), Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) weekly data released on Friday showed.
The country's reserves surged by $1.432 billion to $316.311 billion in the week to November 28 due to rise in foreign currency assets, RBI data showed on Friday.
Indian foreign exchange reserves rose by $1.8 billion in the week ended June 20, 2008, to $312.48 billion. The increase in reserves was basically due to a hike in foreign currency assets, which grew by $1.78 billion to $302.74 billion, according to the Reserve Bank of India's weekly statistical supplement released.
India's foreign exchange reserves rose by $1.7 billion during the week ended September 2, 2005.
The country's forex reserves rose by $419.4 million to $315.551 billion in the week to November 14, driven by a rise in foreign currency assets.
India's gold holding in forex reserves rose to 560.3 tonnes by the end of March 2018.
The country's foreign exchange reserves surged by $5.271 billion to touch a record high of $598.165 billion in the week ended May 28, RBI data showed on Friday. In the previous week ended May 21, 2021, the reserves had increased by $2.865 billion to $592.894 billion. While announcing the second bi-monthly monetary policy review earlier on Friday, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said the country's forex reserves may have crossed $600 billion currently.
The increase has been mainly on account of higher FII inflows, deposits by non-residents and short-term credits.
India's foreign exchange reserves surged $5.04 billion in the week ending March 28, its biggest weekly rise in four months, as the central bank started to buy dollars regularly in an effort to build up its defences against any potential global turmoil.
China continues to attract good inflows of foreign direct investment, with $3 trillion of forex reserves.
India's gold reserves were also up by $297.7 million to $19.33 billion
What the reserves offer for now is improved import coverage of about 13 months, almost double the 2013 level of less than seven months. And, ammunition to arrest a rapid rupee slide, says Anup Roy.
For the second time within a month, India's foreign exchange reserves soared by over $ 1 billion to cross a record high level of $72 billion in the week
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday announced a fresh round of liquidity measures through open-market operations (OMOs) and a foreign exchange buy-sell swap, under which it will inject close to Rs 3 trillion into the banking system. The central bank said it would purchase Government of India securities worth Rs 2 trillion through OMOs, spread across four tranches of Rs 50,000 crore each to be conducted on December 29, January 5, January 12 and January 22.
Exports dipped 1.6 per cent to 8.95 trillion yuan.
After rising for five consecutive weeks, India's forex kitty dropped $571 million to $563.5 billion for the week ended December 16, according to RBI data released on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had swelled $2.91 billion to $564.06 billion, making it the fifth straight week of an increase in the kitty after a protracted decline. In October 2021, the country's foreign exchange kitty had reached an all-time high of $645 billion.
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In the previous week, total reserves increased by $950.9 million to $313.536 billion.
India's foreign exchange reserves declined $1.15 billion to $571.56 billion for the week ended July 22, according to RBI data. The reserves has been declining amid continuing volatility in the rupee which has also significantly depreciated against the US dollar. In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had declined by $7.54 billion to $572.71 billion.
India's foreign exchange reserves rose by $88 million to $141.54 billion for the week ended April 15, 2005.
The country's foreign exchange reserves rose by $563 million to reach $590.028 billion in the week ended May 14, RBI data showed on Friday. The reserves had touched a lifetime high of $590.185 billion in the week ended January 29, 2021. In the previous week ended May 7, 2021, the reserves had increased by $1.444 billion to $589.465 billion.
China's forex reserves witnessed an increase of $509.7, a 12.8 per cent rise from 2012, People's Bank of China said.
India's foreign exchange reserves rose by $2.03 billion at $142.6 4 billion, according to Reserve Bank of India's weekly statistical supplement released in Mumbai on Saturday.
India's forex reserves increased by $6.4 billion to $642.49 billion for the week ended March 15, the Reserve Bank said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had risen by $10.47 billion to $636.09 billion. In October 2021, the country's forex kitty had reached an all-time high of $645 billion.
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