Forex: Currency reserves increase to $11.623b
Reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) fell to $6.564 billion from $6.382 billion a week earlier.
KARACHI:
Foreign exchange reserves increased to $11.623 billion in the week ending May 24 from $11.433 billion in the previous week, the central bank said on Thursday. Reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) fell to $6.564 billion from $6.382 billion a week earlier, while those held by commercial banks fell to $5.059 billion from $5.050billion. Pakistan, on March 28, successfully paid its 11th installment worth $143.75million of Stand-By-Arrangement (SBA) to the IMF. The next IMF repayment of $391 million is due at the end of May. Meanwhile, exports and record remittances have supported Pakistan’s reserves. Remittances from Pakistanis abroad rose 6.37% to $11.57 billion in the first ten months, July to April, of the 2012-13 fiscal year, from $10.876 billion in the same period last year. Average monthly remittances from July-April 2012-13 come to $1.156 billion, up from $1.087 billion from the corresponding period last year.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 31st, 2013.
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