Foreign-exchange reserves are India's financial shock-absorber — the war-chest the Reserve Bank draws on to steady the rupee, keep paying for imports when foreign money turns tail, and reassure markets that the country can always meet its external bills. They are reported every Friday, which makes them one of the most closely-watched weekly numbers in the economy.
A sharp fall usually means the RBI has been selling dollars to defend the rupee; a sharp rise, that it has been buying them in. The mix matters too: gold has quietly grown from a rounding error in 2001 to a serious slice of the pile.
This tool tracks the reserves week by week since 2001 — the headline total and its four parts: foreign-currency assets, gold, Special Drawing Rights and the reserve position at the IMF. Switch between them, zoom into any stretch, and compare any two weeks. Every figure is the Reserve Bank's own weekly release.
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politypolicy.com · by Tushar Gupta
Forex Reserves
India’s foreign-exchange reserves, reported every Friday — the RBI’s war-chest for steadying the rupee and paying for imports.
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