Foreign exchange: SBP's reserves continue to fall  

The decrease in SBP's reserves is due to external debt servicing and other official payments


Our Correspondent December 22, 2016
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KARACHI: Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) decreased 0.72% on a weekly basis on December 16, according to data released by the central bank on Thursday.

The SBP's liquid foreign exchange reserves dropped $132.8 million to $18,190.4 million compared to $18,323.2 million in the previous week.

Total liquid foreign reserves held by the country, including net reserves held by banks other than the SBP, stood at $23,132.0 million. Net reserves held by banks amounted to $4,941.6 million.

The decrease in SBP's reserves is due to external debt servicing and other official payments.

More than a month ago, the central bank had made payments of $60 million. Over three months ago, the SBP-held reserves had gone up 7.8% on a weekly basis after the bank received $1,340 million from multilateral, bilateral and other official sources.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 23rd, 2016.

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