Tag: Foreign Exchange Reserves

KARACHI: The liquid foreign exchange reserves of the country fell by $55 million to $19.904 billion by week ended September 18, 2020, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Thursday.

The foreign exchange reserves of the country were at $19.959 billion by week ended September 11, 2020.

The foreign exchange reserves held by the central bank declined by $118 million to $12.702 billion by week ended September 18, 2020 as compared with $12.82 billion a week ago.

The SBP attributed to decline in reserves to external debt repayment of the country.

However, the reserves held by commercial banks increased by $63 to $7.202 billion by week ended September 18, 2020 as compared with $7.139 billion a week ago.

KARACHI: The liquid foreign exchange reserves of the country were remained flat at $19.959 billion by week ended on September 11, 2020, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Thursday.

The foreign exchange reserves of the country were at $19.961 billion by week ended September 04, 2020.

The official foreign exchange reserves of the SBP increased by $12 million to $12.82 billion by week ended September 11, 2020 as compared with $12.808 billion by week ended September 04, 2020.

The foreign exchange reserves held by commercial banks fell by $14 million to $7.139 billion by week ended September 11, 2020 as compared with $7.153 billion by week ended September 04, 2020.

KARACHI: The country’s foreign exchange reserves increased by $118 million to $19.961 billion by week ended September 4, 2020, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Thursday.

The foreign exchange reserves of the country were at $19.843 billion by week ended August 28, 2020.

The official reserves of the SBP increased by $95 million to $12.808 billion by week ended September 04, 2020 as against $12.713 billion a week ago.

The SBP attributed the increase in reserves to proceeds of $121 million from Asian Development Bank (ADB).

The foreign exchange reserves held by commercial banks also increased by $23 million to $7.153 billion as against $7.130 billion a week ago.

KARACHI: The liquid foreign exchange of the country has increased by $121 million to $19.843 billion by week ended August 28, 2020, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Thursday.

The foreign exchange reserves were at $19.722 billion by week ended August 21.2020.

The official foreign exchange reserves of the SBP increased by $72 million to $12.713 billion by week ended August 28, 2020 as compared with $12.641 billion a week ago.

Similarly, the foreign exchange reserves held by commercial banks also increased by $49 million to $7.13 billion by week ended August 28, 2020 as compared with $7.081 billion a week ago.

KARACHI: The liquid foreign exchange reserves of the country increased by $137 million to $19.655 billion by week ended August 13, 2020, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Thursday.

The foreign exchange reserves of the country were at $19.518 billion by week ended August 07, 2020.

The foreign exchange reserves held by the central bank also increased by $139 million to $12.608 billion by week ended August 13, 2020 as compared with $12.469 billion a week ago.

The SBP attributed the increase in reserves to proceeds of $249.4 million from Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Meanwhile, during the week, SBP also made government external debt repayments of $151.0 million.

The foreign exchange reserves held by commercial banks slightly down by $2 million to $7.047 billion by week ended August 13, 2020 as compared with $7.049 billion a week ago.

KARACHI: The liquid foreign exchange reserves of the country have declined by $45 million to $19.518 billion by week ended August 07, 2020, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Thursday.

The foreign exchange reserves of the country were at $19.563 billion by week ended July 30, 2020.

The official reserves of the SBP slipped by $73 million to $12.469 billion by week ended August 07, 2020 as compared with $12.542 billion a week ago.

The central bank attributed the decline in foreign exchange reserves to scheduled payment of external debt.

However, the foreign exchange reserves held by commercial banks increased by $28 million to $7.049 billion by week ended August 07, 2020 as compared with $7.021 billion a week ago.

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.

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.

KARACHI: Pakistan’s liquid foreign exchange reserves have increased by $95 million to $19.047 billion by week ended July 17, 2020, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Thursday.

The foreign exchange reserves of the country were at $18.952 billion by week ended July 10, 2020.

The official reserves held by the central bank increased by $66 million to $12.121 billion by week ended July 17, 2020 as compared with $12.055 billion a week ago.

Similarly, the foreign exchange reserves held by commercial banks improved by $29 million to $6.926 billion from $6.897 billion a week ago.

KARACHI: The liquid foreign exchange reserves of the country increased by $163 million to $18.953 billion by week ended July 10, 2020, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Thursday.

The foreign exchange reserves of the country were at $18.79 billion by week ended July 03, 2020.

The official reserves of the SBP increased by $13 million to $12.055 billion by week ended July 10, 2020 as against $12.042 billion a week ago.

The reserves held by commercial banks witnessed growth of $150 million to $6.898 billion by week ended July 10, 2020 as against $6.748 billion a week ago.