Previously, country’s forex reserves jumped by $4.00 billion to hit an all-time high of $670.86 billion as of July 19.
According to the Weekly Statistical Supplement released by the RBI, Foreign currency assets (FCAs) fell by $1. 1 billion to $586.88 billion. Expressed in dollar terms, the FCAs include the effect of appreciation or depreciation of non-US units like the euro, pound and yen held in the foreign exchange reserves.
On the other hand, Gold reserves contracted by $2.2 billion to $57.69 billion. SDRs for the above mentioned week fell by $5 million to stand at $18.202 billion. Moreover, Reserve position in the IMF was up by $2 million to $4.61 billion.
Typically, the RBI, from time to time, intervenes in the market through liquidity management, including through the selling of dollars, with a view to preventing a steep depreciation in the rupee.
The RBI closely monitors the foreign exchange markets and intervenes only to maintain orderly market conditions by containing excessive volatility in the exchange rate, without reference to any pre-determined target level or band.