India's forex reserves declined by $1.27 billion to $561.58 billion for the week ended January 6, the Reserve Bank said on Friday. The overall reserves had increased by $44 million to $562.85 billion in the previous reporting week after two consecutive weeks of the slide. In October 2021, the country's foreign exchange kitty reached an all-time high of $645 billion.
India's forex reserves increased by $952 million to stand at $162.912 billion during the week ended on June 30, as against $161.960 billion during the week ended June 23.
India's forex reserves increased by $4.23 billion to $597.51 billion for the week ended May 20 on the back of a high accretion of core currency assets, according to RBI data. The country's foreign exchange reserves had declined by $2.68 billion to $593.28 billion in the previous reporting week ended May 13. During the reporting week, the rise in the reserves was mainly on account of an increase in Foreign Currency Assets (FCA), a major component of the overall reserves, and gold reserves, as per weekly data released by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday.
After witnessing a downward trend for the past two weeks, India's foreign exchange reserves rose by $1.01 billion to cross the $119 billion mark during the week ended August 6.
India's forex kitty decreased by $462 million to $590.32 billion for the week ended November 10, the Reserve Bank said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had increased by $4.67 billion to $590.78 billion. In October 2021, the country's forex kitty had reached an all-time high of $645 billio
India's forex reserves fell for the fourth week in a row by $520 million to $139 billion for the week ended May 20, 2005.
India's foreign exchange reserves, now at $100.05 billion, is expected to reach $104 billion by March, but its high growth may slow down due to rising trade deficit, according to the Institute of Economic Growth.
Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Monday said with the country's foreign exchange reserves at $677 billion, it is comfortably placed to deal with any spillover effects and for financing of the current account deficit. Over the last three years, the country's foreign exchange reserves have surged by $270 billion. He said as per the latest data, the foreign exchange reserves are $622 billion.
The rupee appreciated 53 paise to close at 89.67 against the US dollar on Friday, supported by corporate dollar inflows and easing crude oil prices. Forex traders said a positive trend in domestic equities and Brent crude oil prices hovering near $59 per barrel supported the domestic unit at lower levels.
The country's foreign exchange reserves continued to surge ahead and for the third week in a row crossed the $1.5 billion mark.
India's forex reserves rose by $2.908 billion to $564.06 billion for the week ended on December 9, according to the Reserve Bank data released on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had soared by $11 billion to $561.16 billion. This is the fifth consecutive week of an increase in the reserves.
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.
The gold reserves were unchanged at $26.61 billion, the apex bank said.
The gold reserves remained unchanged at $28.041 billion, the apex bank said.
India's forex reserves decreased by $1.145 billion to $640.874 billion for the week ended on November 5 on a fall in currency and gold assets, the Reserve Bank said on Friday. The overall reserves had increased by $1.919 billion to $642.019 billion for the previous reporting week. Foreign currency assets, a major part of the overall reserves, decreased by $881 million to $577.581 billion for the reporting week, the RBI said in the weekly data.
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.
The country's foreign exchange reserves declined by $5.87 billion to $590.59 billion in the week ended on June 17, the RBI data showed. In the previous week ended on June 10, the reserves had dropped by $4.6 billion to $596.46 billion. In the reporting week, the forex reserves fell due to a dip in foreign current assets (FCAs), a major component of the overall reserves, and also in gold reserves, the data showed.
Foreign exchange reserves moved up $771 million to $89.327 billion in the week ended September 26, 2003 when compared with $88.556 billion in the previous week, according to the weekly supplement released by the RBI on Saturday.
India's foreign exchange reserves fell by a significant $3.4 billion to $276.238 billion for the week ended May 7, as against $279.633 billion in the previous week, RBI data showed.
India's forex reserves rose to $87.856 billion as on September 12, from $87.365 billion a week earlier, the RBI said in its weekly statistical supplement on Saturday.
Amid fast-depleting forex reserves, the Finance Ministry on Wednesday signalled that it was not in favour of selling the dollar to defend any particular level of the rupee. "Let it (rupee) reach whatever levels it has to reach. We can't fritter away reserves on defending some artificial, imaginary rate of exchange," a senior finance ministry official told Business Standard. Forex reserves declined to a near two-year low of $545.65 billion as on September 16, down $85.88 billion from the level that existed on February 25, a day after Russia invaded Ukraine.
The country's forex reserves inched higher to $292.24 billion as of January 24, from $292.08 billion in the earlier week.
The country's forex reserves increased by $305 million to $654.27 billion during the week ended March 14, the RBI said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves rose by $15.27 billion to $653.97 billion and registered the sharpest weekly rise in two years.
India's forex reserves decreased by $587 million to $635.08 billion for the week ended December 24, the RBI said on Friday. In the previous week ended December 17, the overall reserves had decreased by $160 million to $635.67 billion. The kitty had touched a lifetime high of $642.45 billion in the week ended September 3, 2021.
The country's foreign exchange reserves increased by $2.73 billion to $593.32 billion for the week ended June 24 on the back of a surge in the core currency assets, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had declined by $5.87 billion to $590.59 billion. In the week ended June 24, the forex reserves swelled due to an increase in Foreign Currency Assets (FCAs), a major component of the overall reserves, and also in gold reserves, RBI said.
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.
India's foreign exchange reserves declined by $ 310 million for the week ended on 11 November.
India's foreign exchange reserves declined for the second week in a row by $333 million for the week ended June 11.
India's forex reserves decreased by $6.844 billion to stand at $137 billion during the week ended December 30 against $144 billion during the preceding week.
India's forex reserves increased by a whopping 5.031 billion to stand at $185.078 billion during the week ended February 9, as against $180.047 billion during the week ended February 2.
India's forex reserves decreased by $666 million to stand at $176.585 billion during the week ended January 5 as against $177.251 billion during the week ended December 29.
India's forex reserves went up by $1.168 billion to stand at $168.284 billion during the week ended November 10 as against $167.116 billion during the week ended November 3.
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.
With yet another record inflows of over $1 billion during the week ending December 12, 2003, India's foreign exchange reserves neared the $100 billion mark.
India's forex reserves came down by $30 million to stand at $165.275 billion during the week ended October 13 as against $165.305 billion during the week ended October 6.
India's foreign exchange reserves declined by $676 million for the week-ended June 24, 2005 due to revaluation of international currencies including US dollar.
The comments assume importance as the traditional position of the central bank has been not to set a forex reserves target.
India's forex reserves increased by $157 million to stand at $163.033 billion during the week ended on June 16, as against $162.876 billion during the week ended June 9.
India's forex reserves increased by $2.96 billion to stand at $151.622 billion during the week ending March 31, 2006 against $148.662 billion during the week ending March 24.
India's forex reserves increased by $921 million to stand at $143.098 billion during the week ended December 2 against $142.18 billion during the preceding week.
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