Reserves fall to $18.51bn

Published August 28, 2015

KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves stood at $18.508 billion during the week ending August 21 compared to $18.655bn the previous week, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Thursday.

The SBP reserves decreased by $157 million to $13.458bn from $13.615bn, and the other banks’ holdings were $5.05bn as compared to $5.04bn.

During the week, the SBP made payments of $94m on account of external debt servicing.

Published in Dawn, August 28th, 2015

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