"foreign-currency-assets"

In the week ended April 16, 2021, the increase in reserves was mainly due to a rise in foreign currency assets (FCAs), a major component of the overall reserves

The reserves, which have been steadily increasing over the last few months, had touched an all-time high at $590.185 billion for the week ended January 29 this year

In the previous week ended January 1, the reserves had increased by $4.483 billion to $585.324 billion

In the previous week to December 18, the reserves had surged by $2.563 billion to a lifetime high of $581.131 billion

In the previous week ended October 9, 2020, the reserves had increased by $5.867 billion to reach $551.505 billion