KARACHI: The total liquid foreign reserves of the country stand at dollars 13.92508 billion, said State Bank of Pakistan.
According to SBP's weekly statement here on Thursday, the foreign reserves held by the State Bank on August 15 amounted to dollars 8.90207 billion and the net foreign reserves held by other banks were dollars 5.02301 billion.
During the week ending August 15, the SBP's liquid foreign reserves decreased by $ 285 million to $ 8,903 million as compared to $ 9,188 million in the previous week.
The decrease in SBP reserves is mainly attributed to payments of $ 295 million on account of external debt servicing which includes $ 147 million paid to International Monetary Fund (IMF) under stand- by arrangement.
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