RBI Data: Continuation of decline in foreign exchange reserves continues, forex reserve remains at $601.45 billion

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In recent times, selling by foreign investors has been seen in the stock market. The effect of this was that there has been a decline in the Foreign Exchange Reserves in the week ending August 4. Foreign exchange reserves have decreased by $ 2.41 billion to $ 601.45 billion. Earlier in the week also, there was a decline in the figures of foreign exchange reserves.

According to the data released by the Reserve Bank of India on the data of foreign exchange reserves, India’s forex reserves fell by $ 2.41 billion to $ 601.45 billion on the week ending August 4, 2023. Foreign currency assets have decreased by $ 1.93 billion during this period and have come down to $ 533.40 billion. RBI’s gold reserve has also decreased and it has reduced by $ 224 million to the value of $ 44.68 billion. The reserves with the IMF decreased by $86 million and stood at $5.09 billion.

For the last two weeks, foreign investors have been selling in the Indian stock market, due to which the demand for the dollar has increased. This is the reason why the dollar reserve of RBI has decreased. The demand for dollars from the importers has also increased due to which the reserve has decreased. On Friday, August 11, 2023, the rupee declined by 14 paise and closed at Rs 82.84 against the dollar. In recent times, the rupee has weakened against the dollar.
It is a matter of relief that the foreign exchange reserves are still above the figure of 600 billion dollars. Although well below its high. In October 2021, India’s foreign exchange reserves had reached $ 645 billion.

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