The foreign exchange reserves held by the central bank fell by 0.2% on a week-on-week basis, according to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday. On December 9, the foreign currency reserves held by the SBP were recorded at $6,700 million, down $14.9 million as compared with $6,714.9 million on December 2. The central bank didn’t give any reason for the decrease in reserves and only said that the “SBP’s reserves did not record any major change during the week ended on December 9, 2022”. Overall, the liquid foreign currency reserves held by the country, including the net reserves held by banks other than the SBP, stood at $12,570.2 million. Net reserves held by banks amounted to $5,870.2 million.

Source: The Express Tribune December 16, 2022 04:11 UTC