Islamabad: The Pakistani rupee plunged by Rs1.56 against the US dollar in the inter-bank market on Tuesday.
Continuing its losing run in the third consecutive session as well, the local currency depreciated by 0.70% to close at Rs221.42 against the greenback in the inter-bank market.
Interbank closing #ExchangeRate for todayhttps://t.co/4e2n3i6IVW pic.twitter.com/ZAb2bzXMWB
— SBP (@StateBank_Pak) September 6, 2022
The USD started to bounce back despite the IMF disbursing a $1.16 billion loan to Pakistan under its Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program.
On Wednesday last week, the State Bank announced that it received $1.16 billion (the equivalent of SDR 894 million) after the IMF Executive Board completed the combined seventh and eighth reviews under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for Pakistan.
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“This will help improve SBP’s foreign exchange reserves and facilitate the realization of other planned inflows from multilateral and bilateral sources,” the central bank added.
So far after receiving the funds, however, the local currency has continued getting battered against the mighty dollar and has fallen from 218.75 to 221.42.
