Rupee weakens against dollar
SBP has maintained that the slide in the rupee’s value is due to supply and demand dynamics of foreign exchange
SBP has maintained that the slide in the rupee’s value is due to supply and demand dynamics of foreign exchange. PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI:
The rupee weakened against the dollar to Rs124.1/124.3 in the inter-bank market on Monday compared with Friday’s close of Rs124.05/124.25. 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, October 2nd, 2018.
The rupee weakened against the dollar to Rs124.1/124.3 in the inter-bank market on Monday compared with Friday’s close of Rs124.05/124.25. 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, October 2nd, 2018.