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The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), said yesterday that, its foreign exchange reserves had decreased by 179 million U.S. dollars.
During the week ending on Jun 2, the total foreign exchange reserves of the Pakistani central bank fell to around 3.9 billion dollars, the SBP said in a statement.
The decrease was “due to external debt repayments,” the statement added.
Net foreign reserves held by commercial banks came at 5.4 billion dollars, the central bank said.
Total liquid foreign reserves held by the country, stood at about 9.3 billion dollars, according to the SBP
Source: Nam News Network