Inter-Bank Market: Rupee stable against dollar

Earlier this month a slump came when government decided to approach IMF

KARACHI: The rupee remained stable against the dollar at Rs132.3/Rs132.5 in the inter-bank market on Friday compared with Thursday’s close of Rs132.3/Rs132.5, according to the State Bank of Pakistan. The rise in the value came after Saudi Arabia agreed on a $6-billion assistance package for Pakistan. Earlier this month, a slump in the value of the rupee came after the government decided to knock at the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) door to avoid default on import payments and debt repayments. This was the fifth round of massive depreciation of the Pakistani currency since December 2017 to tame aggressive demand for dollars in a faltering economy. Cumulatively, the rupee has dropped 26.67% in the last 10 months.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 27^th, 2018.

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