Pakistan’s forex reserves increase to $17.655 billion

Pakistan’s forex reserves increase to $17.655 billion

KARACHI: The liquid foreign exchange reserves of the country have increased by $1.607 billion, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Thursday.

The foreign exchange reserves increased to $17.655 billion by week ended on December 13, 2019 as compared with $16.048 billion a week ago.

The foreign exchange reserves of the central bank increased $1.659 billion to $10.892 billion by week ended December 13, 2019 as compared with $9.233 billion a week ago.

The reserves held by the commercial banks declined nominally to $6.762 billion by December 13, 2019 as compared with $6.814 billion a week ago.