KARACHI: The liquid foreign exchange reserves of the country increased by $401 million to $20.836 billion by week ended March 26, 2021, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Thursday.
The foreign exchange reserves of the country were at $20.435 billion by week ended March 19, 2021.
The official reserves of the SBP also increased by $378 million to $13.673 billion by week ended March 26, 2021 as compared with $13.295 billion a week ago.
During the week the SBP received $498.7 million from IMF under EFF program; after accounting for external debt repayments, the official reserves of the central bank increased by $378 million.
The foreign exchange reserves held by the commercial banks increased by $23 million to $7.163 billion by week ended March 26, 2021 as compared with $7.14 billion a week ago.
