[lbo-talk] India's forex reserves cross $80-bn mark

Ulhas Joglekar uvj at vsnl.com
Sun Jun 1 07:03:16 PDT 2003


HindustanTimes.com

Saturday, May 31, 2003

India's forex reserves jump $80-bn mark

Reuters Mumbai, May 31

India's foreign exchange reserves rose to $80.816 billion in the week ended May 23 from $79.225 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.

Foreign currency assets rose to $77,426 million in the week under review as against $75,830 million in the previous week.

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