KARACHI: The liquid foreign exchange reserves of the country eased by $135 million to $18.912 billion by week ended July 23, 2020, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Thursday.
The foreign exchange reserves were at $19.047 billion by week ended July 17, 2020.
The foreign exchange reserves held by the central bank also fell by $146 million to $11.975 billion by week ended July 23, 2020 as compared with $12.122 billion a week ago.
The SBP attributed the decline in reserves to government payment for external sector.
The reserves held by commercial banks witnessed meager increase of $12 million to $6.937 billion by week ended July 23 as against $6.925 billion a week ago.
