KARACHI: The liquid foreign exchange reserves of the country increased by $651 million by week ended July 30, 2020 owing to foreign inflows, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Thursday.
The total foreign exchange reserves of the country increased by $651 million to $19.563 billion by week ended July 30, 2020 as compared with $18.912 billion a week ago.
The official foreign exchange reserves of the SBP increased by $566 million to $12.542 billion by week ended July 20, 2020 as compared with $11.976 billion a week ago.
The SBP attributed the increase to the inflows from multilateral and bilateral agencies including US$ 505.5 million received from World Bank.
The foreign exchange reserves held by commercial banks registered $85 million increase to $7.021 billion by week ended July 30, 2020 as compared with $6.936 billion a week ago.
