SBP's weekly statement issued here on Thursday said, the foreign reserves held by State Bank on Aug 22, amounted to dollars 8.55404 billion and the net foreign reserves held by other banks were dollars 5.02702 billion.
Over last week, SBP's liquid foreign exchange reserves decreased by $ 349 million to $ 8.554 billion compared to $ 8.903 billion of the previous week.
During the week, SBP made payments of $ 165 million on account of external debt and other official payments which include $ 147 million payment to International Monetary Fund (IMF) under SBA.
There was no major inflow during the week.