The country's reserve position with the IMF also increased by $6 million to $4.634 billion during the reporting week
After rising for the past few weeks, the country's foreign exchange reserves declined by $2.939 billion to $535.252 billion for the week ended August 14, RBI data showed
In the previous week ended July 31, the reserves had increased by $11.938 billion to reach $534.568 billion
The currency swap arrangement will remain available till November 2022, the Indian mission said in a press release
Gold reserves were up by $712 million to $34.729 billion, as per the central bank data
India's foreign exchange reserves fell by $2.078 billion during the week ended June 19
The expansion of base money through household gold will have a negative wealth effect on households, besides attracting a hidden tax or seigniorage
According to BofA, the 'conservative' level of forex reserves for the RBI works out to be $550 billion.
In the previous week, the foreign exchange reserves had increased by $ 1.701 billion to $ 473 billion
In the sixth bi-monthly monetary policy of 2019-20 announced on Thursday, RBI had said foreign exchange reserves touched a lifetime high of USD 471.4 billion on February 4, 2020.
Large inflows can increase policy challenges
In the reporting week, the reserves rose despite a decline in foreign currency assets (FCA), which is a major component of the overall reserves.
During the week, gold reserves increased by $260 million to $27.392 billion
Since the beginning of the current financial year, the forex kitty has gained by $38.8 billion as of December 3, the largest in recent year, the governor added
In the previous week, the reserves had increased by $1.832 billion to $442.583 billion
The overall kitty had expanded by $1.04 billion to $440.751 billion in the previous reporting week
The overall reserves had declined by $649 million to $428.960 billion in the previous reporting week
The flurry of state-run bank mergers will see an era come to an end
Reserves have rebounded from an October 2018 low thanks to capital controls and rising foreign investments in Chinese stocks and bonds
In the previous week, the reserves had marginally slipped by $ 70.8 million to $ 430.501 billion but still remained above the $ 430 billion-mark