KARACHI, Pakistan: Pakistan’s foreign reserves fell by US$ 531.2 million to stand at US$ 13.53 billion in the week ended on July 21, 2023.
Sharing the data on Friday, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said that the total liquid foreign reserves held by the Country stood at US$ 13.53 billion as of July 21, 2023.
Total liquid foreign #reserves held by the country stood at US$ 13.53 billion as of July 21, 2023.
For details https://t.co/WpSgomnKT3#SBPReserves pic.twitter.com/nkvGGqeHhe— SBP (@StateBank_Pak) July 28, 2023
The data showed that the State Band had foreign reserves of US$ 8.18 billion, down by US$ 541.1 million while US$ 5.34 billion were with the Commercial Banks as of July 21, registering an increase of US$ 9.9 million.
Earlier in the previous week ended on July 14, the Country’s foreign reserves had mounted to US$ 14.07 billion after an increase of US$ 4.2 billion inflows from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The IMF had has transferred US$ 1.2 billion to Pakistan as part of the US$ 3 billion Stand-By Arrangement for nine months whereas Saudi Arabia and the UAE had also deposited US$ 2 billion and US$ 1 billion respectively to the State Bank’s account.
