In the previous reporting week, the kitty had swollen by $9.112 billion to $615.971 billion, making the quantum of increase one of the highest in a week
Gold reserves rose by $446 million in the previous week, whereas Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) increased by $135 million
In October 2021, the country's forex kitty reached an all-time high of $645 billion. The reserves took a hit as the central bank deployed the kitty to defend the rupee
In the current financial year, the central bank has net bought $1.7 trillion as of October
The reserves rose by $2.5 billion in the reporting week, after rising $5.1 billion in the week before
RBI has bolstered its forex reserves to deal with potential eventualities, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Thursday, adding that India's current account deficit is "eminently manageable"
India's improved forex reserve adequacy helped maintain investor confidence and improved policymakers' room for manoeuvre, said a report prepared by Bank for International Settlements (BIS). India maintained forex reserve upwards of USD 550 billion during most of 2022. BIS is an international financial institution which is owned by member central banks with primary goal to foster international monetary and financial cooperation. "Several members noted that the development of deeper and more liquid FX markets in the past facilitated efficient price discovery during 2022 and reduced the need for FX interventions or capital flow measures (CFMs) (including China, Indonesia and Malaysia)," the report said. In addition, minimum hedging requirements on corporates' net liability exposure in the past helped build firms' resilience and also mitigated the need for (or intensity of) an ex-post policy response in 2022, the report titled 'Inflation, external financial conditions and macro-financ
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The reserves took a hit as the central bank deployed the kitty to defend the rupee amid pressures caused majorly by global developments since last year
The RBI has been persistently selling dollars in order to protect the rupee from depreciating further
They fell by $7.27 billion from the prior week, the sharpest decline since the week ended Feb 10
India's forex kitty jumped USD 5.929 billion to USD 595.067 billion for the week ended June 2, the Reserve Bank said on Friday. The reserves had dropped for two consecutive weeks and declined by USD 4.34 billion to USD 589.14 billion in the previous reporting week. It can be noted that in October 2021, the country's forex kitty had reached an all-time high of USD 645 billion. The reserves have been declining as the central bank deploys the kitty to defend the rupee amid pressures caused majorly by global developments. For the week ended June 2, the foreign currency assets, a major component of the reserves, increased by USD 5.27 billion to USD 526.201 billion, according to the Weekly Statistical Supplement released by the RBI on Friday. Expressed in dollar terms, the foreign currency assets include the effect of appreciation or depreciation of non-US units like the euro, pound and yen held in the foreign exchange reserves. Gold reserves jumped by USD 655 million to USD 45.557 bill
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That is an increase of $3.55 billion from the previous week
In April, the overall reserves rose by $10.31 billion, RBI data showed
Reserves had gone up by a total of nearly $8 billion in the prior two weeks
The rupee closed at 82.09 on Friday in the week ending April 21, halting a four-week rising streak
The rupee closed at 82.09 on Friday in the week ending April 21, halting a four-week rising streak
An aggressive push by Chinese President Xi Jinping and the slow but steady rise in yuan use for transactions has contributed to the international chatter around reducing global use of dollar
A comfortable level of foreign exchange reserves will further bolster macroeconomic stability, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said while announcing the bank's monetary policy decision on Thursday.