SBP reserves fall

Published January 30, 2015

KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves stood at $15.064 billion during the week ending January 23 compared to $15.020bn the previous week, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Thursday.

During the week, the SBP reserves fell by $82m to reach $10.249bn from $10.331bn. The other banks’ holdings were $4.815bn as compared to $4.689bn.

The SBP made payments of $143m on account of external debt servicing and other official payments.

Published in Dawn, January 30th, 2015

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