ISLAMABAD: The total liquid foreign reserves held by the country stood at $7,994.2 million on Feb 14,2014.
Giving the break-up of the foreign reserves position a statement of the Central Bank on Thursday said that Foreign reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan stood at $3,196.7 million while Net foreign reserves held by banks (other than SBP) were $4,797.5 million on February 14,2014.
The SBP statement said that during the week ending Feb 14,2014, SBP's Liquid FX Reserves increased by $356 million to $3,197 million compared to $2,841 million in the previous week.
The Central Bank attributed the increase in its reserves to US$406 million official inflows during the week; which include US$353 million received under Coalition Support Fund, US$53 million from multilateral and bilateral sources.
During the week ending Feb 14,2014, on account of external debt servicing and other official payments, SBP has made payments of US$150 million from its reserves; which include US$147 million paid to IMF under SBA.
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