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The country's foreign exchange reserves declined by USD 2.234 billion to stand at USD 550.871 billion for the week ended September 9, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the reserves had dropped by USD 7.941 billion to USD 553.105 billion. The fall in the reserves during the reporting week was on account of a dip in the foreign currency assets (FCAs), a major component of the overall reserves, according to the Weekly Statistical Supplement released by the RBI. The FCAs decreased by USD 2.519 billion to USD 489.598 billion in the reporting week. Expressed in dollar terms, the foreign currency assets include the effect of appreciation or depreciation of non-US units like the euro, pound and yen held in the foreign exchange reserves. The value of the gold reserves increased by USD 340 million to USD 38.644 billion, the data showed. The Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) dropped by USD 63 million to USD 17.719 billion. The country's reserve pos
The rupee dropped by 18 paise to an over 16-month low of 75.78 on Friday amid consistent foreign fund outflows and growing concerns about inflation. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened lower at 75.65 a dollar and later tanked to the day's low of 75.85 in line with a lacklustre trend in equity markets. The local unit pared some of the losses in the closing session to end at 75.78 (provisional), its lowest closing level since June 22, 2020. The rupee also declined for a third straight week with a weekly loss of 66 paise or 0.88 per cent against the dollar. The US consumer inflation data for November would be released later on Friday with experts expecting the consumer price index (CPI) to rise further. The retail inflation had risen to 6.2 per cent in October which was the sharpest increase in 31 years. Any hike in inflation would be seen as a case for tightening of monetary policy by the US Federal Reserve, which could lead to outflows of funds from emerging