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India"s foreign exchange reserves fell by $1.032 billion for the week ended November 20 to $285.344 billion. - Ashok K Lahiri: Limits of mercantilism">Ashok K Lahiri: Limits of mercantilism - Forex reserves up at $286.376 billion - Forex reserves up by $1.023 bn to $285.414 bn - Forex reserves down $1.13 bn - Forex reserves up $684 mn to $285 bn - Capital inflows lessen external sector blues They stood at $286.376 billion in the previous week. The foreign currency assets (FCAs) during the week declined to $261.878 billion as compared to $262.905 billion a week-ago, the RBI said in its weekly report today. FCAs, expressed in US dollar terms, include the effect of appreciation or depreciation of non-US currencies such as Euro, Sterling, Yen held in reserves, the RBI said. Gold reserves, during the period under review, stood unchanged at $17.5 billion, while the special drawing rights (SDRs) fell marginally to $5.266 billion, it said. India"s reserve position in the International Monetary Fund stood at $700 million during the week, the central bank said.


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