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BR RESEARCH: PKR stability holding – for now

There is calm in the currency market. It is slowly appreciating. BR Research spoke to four treasury houses, and...

Updated 21 Nov, 2025 07:37am

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Rupee sees slight improvement against US dollar

Currency settles at 281.01 against greenback

Updated 27 Oct, 2025 09:36pm

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Currency stability: tight leash, loose logic?

After a calm of about two years, authorities in the twin cities are once again trying to bring stability to the...

Published 30 Jul, 2025 03:16am

BR Research

FE-25 financing indicating imminent currency adjustment?

The currency market looks confused. Over the past twelve months, export financing – both pre- and post-shipment –...

Published 05 Jul, 2024 08:33am

Markets

Rupee slips lower against US dollar

Currency settles at 278.39 against greenback in inter-bank market

Updated 06 Jun, 2024 10:51pm

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Currencies tread cautiously after US inflation report, focus on ECB

SINGAPORE: The currency market started the week cautiously, with the dollar slightly lower on Monday after data last...

Published 03 Jun, 2024 10:00am

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Illegal currency business thriving in the garb of real estate deals

LAHORE: Illegal foreign currency business is thriving under the garb of real estate deals, said sources from the...

Published 31 Jan, 2024 05:22am

BR Research

PKR to appreciate?

The currency market has been moving smoothly for the past month because the PKR is stable in both the interbank and...

Updated 09 Jan, 2024 11:33am

BR Research

Currency diary

On the face of it, the currency market is moving smoothly. There is no stress in the market. The currency is...

Published 06 Dec, 2023 09:02am

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Eccentric currency market reforms

September 2023 holds some significant importance for Pakistan, marked by a series of notable events. In the first...

Updated 15 Sep, 2023 07:21am

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Army and the rupee

An old Indian friend, editor of an international newspaper in the Gulf, asked last week if it was alright to run a...

Updated 14 Sep, 2023 06:28am

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5th successive decline: rupee settles at 287.15 against US dollar

Currency depreciates 0.20% in inter-bank market

Updated 23 May, 2023 07:26pm

Markets

Rupee remains under stress against US dollar

Currency settles at 225.64 in inter-bank market

Updated 23 Dec, 2022 07:51pm

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SBP, FIA team up to take action against illegal forex operators

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) have decided to take joint action...

Published 09 Nov, 2022 03:41am

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ECs can sell 20pc inward remittances to customers: SBP

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has allowed Exchange Companies to sell 20 percent of their inward workers’...

Updated 04 Nov, 2022 09:42am

BR Research

Central banking of convenience

SBP started the flexible exchange regime in 2019. At the time, the PKR/USD level was 160. The currency oscillated...

Published 12 Oct, 2022 09:03am

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'Serious violations': SBP suspends authorisation of two currency exchange companies for 3 months

Central bank advises both firms to strengthen internal control functions, submit report of corrective measures

Published 13 Sep, 2022 05:46pm

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Govt to introduce measures to stabilise currency market: Miftah

Finance minister says speculation will end as govt moves to curb volatility

Updated 13 Sep, 2022 04:52pm

BR Research

Currency – snowballing?

A negative feedback loop reigns over the currency market, creating a snowball effect. This is why investor ...

Published 20 Jul, 2022 08:55am

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Tarin ‘worried’ over rupee’s fall despite IMF nod

Former finance minister Shaukat Tarin on Friday expressed his concern over decline in the rupee's value against the...

Published 15 Jul, 2022 05:43pm

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Delay in IMF deal increases pressure on PKR: Mian Zahid

KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan and President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum ...

Published 10 Jun, 2022 07:38am

BR Research

Currency downfall – is government losing credibility?

The anxiety in the currency market is growing again. PKR/USD after peaking at 202 in the last week, started coming...

Published 08 Jun, 2022 10:50am

Business & Finance

Secondary market yields fall: SBP again conducts long-duration OMO

KARACHI: After a gap of 3-months, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) again conducted a 63-day OMO (Open Market Operations)...

Updated 28 May, 2022 02:51pm

Markets

Dollar slides to one-month low as Lagarde comments boost euro

NEW YORK: The U.S. dollar index hit a nearly one-month low on Tuesday after European Central Bank President...

Published 25 May, 2022 12:06am

BR Research

Currency movement: First line of defence

With the political match lingering on by extending the vote of no-confidence to 28th March, the economic decision...

Published 16 Mar, 2022 08:19am

BR Research

Money games!

There is clear change of heart in the money market. SBP increased the policy rate by 25 bps on 20th September, but...

Published 13 Oct, 2021 07:25am

BR Research

Import surge: Is reduced smuggling at play?

August imports at $6.5 billion have created quite a stir among keen observers of the economy and in the currency...

Published 07 Sep, 2021 07:25am

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Refinitiv examines changes to key daily FX fixing window

Refinitiv is considering a series of changes to its daily foreign exchange (FX) fixing, including lengthening the...

Published 07 Sep, 2021 06:25am

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Wanted: creative measures to curb imports

Trade deficit in August 2021 stood at $4.06 billion which is the highest ever number - previous high was $3.77...

Published 03 Sep, 2021 07:30am

Business & Finance

FX volatility tumbles in Europe

LONDON: Currency market volatility on Tuesday fell to its lowest since before the Covid-19 pandemic roiled markets ...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am