Currency: Rupee weakens against dollar

The rupee weakened against the dollar at 105.3/105.5 in the inter-bank market on Monday


Our Correspondent November 30, 2015
Currency: Rupee weakens against dollar

KARACHI: The rupee weakened against the dollar at 105.3/105.5 in the inter-bank market on Monday compared to Friday’s close of 105/105.2. The currency market has remained stable for the past few weeks after recording a one-rupee fall against the dollar. In the long run, the rupee has stood firm after experiencing extensive volatility, when it weakened from around Rs98 to a dollar to above Rs103 in the wake of political impasse over alleged election rigging. Earlier, the rupee remained glued to the Rs98 level for months, recovering from the historic low of Rs110. It came under pressure following heavy debt repayments to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other creditors, which ate into the central bank’s foreign currency reserves. In 2013-14, the reserves, however, swelled more than 50%, thanks to IMF and other assistance and growing remittances sent home by overseas Pakistanis.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 1st,  2015.

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