Currency: Rupee stable against dollar
Prior to this, it had lost 22% of value since December 2017
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KARACHI:
The rupee remained stable against the dollar at Rs124.1/124.3 in the inter-bank market on Wednesday compared with Tuesday’s close of Rs124.1/124.3. Following reports that China had agreed to immediately lend $2 billion to Pakistan, the rupee had appreciated against the US dollar.
Prior to this, it had lost 22% of value since December 2017 after the central bank reportedly abstained from intervening in response to the pressure due to a widening current account deficit.
The State Bank of Pakistan has maintained that the slide in the rupee’s value is due to supply and demand dynamics of foreign exchange in the inter-bank market.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 20th, 2018.
The rupee remained stable against the dollar at Rs124.1/124.3 in the inter-bank market on Wednesday compared with Tuesday’s close of Rs124.1/124.3. Following reports that China had agreed to immediately lend $2 billion to Pakistan, the rupee had appreciated against the US dollar.
Prior to this, it had lost 22% of value since December 2017 after the central bank reportedly abstained from intervening in response to the pressure due to a widening current account deficit.
The State Bank of Pakistan has maintained that the slide in the rupee’s value is due to supply and demand dynamics of foreign exchange in the inter-bank market.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 20th, 2018.