India’s Foreign Exchange Reserves Week Ended Oct. 7

Following is a table showing India’s foreign exchange reserves for the week ended Oct. 7 from the Reserve Bank of India.

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                             Oct. 7 Sept. 30 Sept. 23 Sept. 16  Sept. 9  Sept. 2
                               2011     2011     2011     2011     2011     2011
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                           ---Level Change from Previous Week (US$ millions)----
Total Reserves                  749   -1,225   -4,056      266   -4,288    1,610
  Foreign Currency Assets*      763   -1,235   -3,969      202   -4,174   -1,320
  Gold                           --      348       --       --       --    2,970
  Special Drawing Rights         -9        7      -52        2      -69      -24
  Position in IMF                -5     -345      -35       62      -45      -16
                           ------------ Reserves Level (US$ billions) ----------
Total Reserves              312.231  311.482  312.707  316.763  316.497  320.785
  Foreign Currency Assets   276.462  275.699  276.934  280.903  280.701  284.875
  Gold                       28.667   28.667   28.319   28.319   28.319   28.319
  Special Drawing Rights      4.495    4.504    4.497    4.549    4.547    4.616
  Position in IMF             2.607    2.612    2.957    2.992    2.930    2.975
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                             Oct. 7 Sept. 30 Sept. 23 Sept. 16  Sept. 9  Sept. 2
                               2011     2011     2011     2011     2011     2011
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                           ---Level Change from Previous Week (INR billion)-----
Total Reserves                 96.2   -188.0    433.1    326.7    -58.5     77.3
  Foreign Currency Assets      95.4   -265.4    420.8    315.6    -56.8   -103.5
  Gold                           --     99.4       --       --       --    183.8
  Special Drawing Rights        0.5     -3.0      7.4      5.1     -1.0     -1.8
  Position in IMF               0.3    -19.1      4.9      6.1     -0.6     -1.2
                           ----------- Reserves Level (INR billion) ------------
Total Reserves             15,337.0 15,240.8 15,428.8 14,995.7 14,669.0 14,727.4
  Foreign Currency Assets  13,585.3 13,490.0 13,755.3 13,334.5 13,018.9 13,075.8
  Gold                      1,402.7  1,402.7  1,303.2  1,303.2  1,303.2  1,303.2
  Special Drawing Rights      220.9    220.4    223.4    216.0    210.9    211.9
  Position in IMF             128.1    127.8    146.9    142.0    135.9    136.6
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Note: * Foreign currency assets expressed in US dollar terms include the effect

of appreciation/depreciation of non-US currencies (such as Euro,

Pound, Yen) held in reserves.

Numbers may differ slightly from press release due to rounding.

SOURCE: Reserve Bank of India.

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