Indian foreign exchange reserves fall

30 May, 2004

India's foreign exchange reserves fell to $118.572 billion in the week ended May 21 from $118.628 billion in the previous week, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in its weekly statistical supplement on Saturday.
The RBI said the foreign currency assets expressed in US dollar terms included the effect of appreciation/depreciation of other currencies held in its reserves such as the euro, pound sterling and yen.
The RBI said the it has also included in the foreign exchange reserves, India's Reserve Tranche Position (RTP) in the International Monetary Fund.

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