KARACHI: Pakistan’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves amounted to $19.6 billion on Oct 6, down $91.2 million or 0.46 per cent from a week ago, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Thursday.

Reserves of the SBP decreased $69m to $13.7bn due to payments on account of external debt servicing. Net foreign exchange reserves held by commercial banks amounted to $5.8bn on Oct 6, down 0.37pc from the preceding week.

Published in Dawn, October 13th, 2017

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