Pakistan Foreign Exchange Reserves register increase

Pakistan Foreign Exchange Reserves register increase

According to the data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), the foreign exchange reserves link increased by $6.9 million.

During the last week, the country’s foreign exchange reserves increased by $6.9 million. On the other hand, the central bank reserves were decreased by $12.3 million.

As per the details, the country’s foreign exchange reserves stood at 20.51 billion dollars last week.

The central bank’s reserves fell by $12.3 million to a record $13.4 billion and the reserves of commercial banks increased by $19.2 million to $7.119 billion.

In December 2020, the foreign exchange reserves rose 1.43%, held by the central bank, on a weekly basis.

The foreign currency reserves on December 4 held by the SBP were recorded at $13,298.5 million, up to $188 million compared with $13,110.9 million in the last week.

According to the details provided by the central bank, SBP received $359 million from multilateral/ bilateral sources during the week ended December 4, 2020, including $307 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).