KARACHI: Reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan jumped by $1.518 billion to $8.154bn during the week ended on Jan 25.

After consistently dwindling, the recent increase came after inflows of $1bn each from Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates were deposited with the central bank.

Net holdings of the commercial banks clocked in at $6.648bn while total liquid reserves of the country amounted to $14.8bn during the period under review.

Published in Dawn, February 1st, 2019