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Fuelled by rising forex belongings, foreign exchange reserves race previous $600 bn

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The nation’s international change reserves crossed the $600 billion mark for the primary time after rising by $6.842 billion within the week ended June 4, RBI knowledge confirmed on Friday.
The reserves surged to a report $605.008 billion within the reporting week, helped by an increase in international forex belongings (FCA), a significant part of the general reserves, as per weekly knowledge by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
In the earlier week ended May 28, 2021, the reserves had swelled by $5.271 billion to $598.165 billion.
In the reporting week, FCA jumped by $7.362 billion to $560.890 billion, the information confirmed.
Gold reserves declined by $502 million to $37.604 billion. The particular drawing rights (SDRs) with the IMF dipped $1 million to $1.513 billion.