KARACHI: Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves have declined by $215 million to $16.705 billion by week ended June 05, 2020, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Thursday.
The foreign exchange reserves of the country were at $16.92 billion by week ended May 29, 2020.
The foreign exchange reserves held by the SBP fell by $266 million to $10.096 billion by week ended June 05, 2020 as compared with $10.362 billion a week ago.
The central bank attributed the decline to the government external debt repayments of $301 million during the week.
The foreign exchange reserves held by commercial banks however increased by $51 million to $6.609 billion by week ended June 05, 2020 as compared with $6.558 billion a week ago.
