Karachi: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) issued a report on Thursday that stated that the foreign exchange reserves of Pakistan increased by nearly $2 billion as of June 24.
According to the weekly report on Pakistan’s forex reserves by the SBP, the net reserves held by the central bank increased from $8.2 billion on June 17 to $10.3 billion on June 24.
During the same week, however, the net reserves held by commercial banks declined by $86 million and reached $5.886 billion compared to June 17’s $5.972 billion.
Cumulatively, the total forex reserves held by Pakistan were recorded at $16.19 billion as of June 24, compared to $14.21 billion on June 17.
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After a long period of decrease due to scheduled servicing of the country’s external debt and funding of the current account deficit, a jump in the foreign exchange reserves was finally observed.
Read: Pakistan’s Current Account Deficit records at $1.43B in May 2022
It is also pertinent to mention that Pakistan received $2.3 billion in loans from a Chinese consortium of Banks on June 24, which proved to be a great help to the depleting forex reserves.
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At the same time, the government is also hoping to get the deal done with the IMF. If the deal is sealed with the Fund, then Pakistan would receive some $2 billion from the IMF under the 7th and 8th review of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program next month.
