SBP-held foreign exchange reserves fall $110mn, now stand at $8.04bn Updated 10 Aug, 2023 08:31pm Reserves held by central bank decrease for third straight week
Pakistan’s remittances clock in at just over $2bn in July Updated 10 Aug, 2023 06:48pm Inflow 7.3% lower on monthly basis
IMF programme targets Published 08 Aug, 2023 06:37am A typical IMF (International Monetary Fund) programme, including a Stand-by Facility, has a set of quantitative...
SBP-held foreign exchange reserves fall $32mn, now stand at $8.15bn Published 03 Aug, 2023 07:35pm Reserves decrease on account of debt repayments
IMF’s SBF Published 01 Aug, 2023 06:19am The IMF Stand-By Facility (SBF) of $3 billion has been in operation for two weeks now. Already, there is a big...
SBP-held foreign exchange reserves fall $541mn, stand at $8.19bn Updated 27 Jul, 2023 10:49pm Reserves fall on weekly basis due to due to external debt repayments, says central bank
Managing the BoP Updated 25 Jul, 2023 06:52am The balance of payments (BoP) figures for the full-year, 2022-23, have just been released by the SBP. They reflect...
A mood of despondency has set in Published 25 Jul, 2023 06:20am The incumbent government has borrowed $10.844 billion from multiple financing sources including $2.206 billion from...
As expected, SBP-held foreign exchange reserves increase $4.2bn, now stand at $8.73bn Updated 20 Jul, 2023 09:35pm Total liquid foreign reserves now stand at $14.07 billion
Our prudent management resulted in CA surplus: Dar Published 19 Jul, 2023 03:21am ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has stated that last fiscal year -2022-23 has been closed with a current...
SBP-held foreign exchange reserves rise $61mn, stand at $4.52bn Published 13 Jul, 2023 07:21pm Receipts from IMF, Saudi Arabia, UAE to be reflected in next week’s data
SBP-held foreign exchange reserves rise $533mn, stand at $4.07bn Published 03 Jul, 2023 09:06pm Increase comes on back of realisation of $300 million proceeds of government of Pakistan’s commercial loan
SBP-held foreign exchange reserves fall $482mn, stand at $3.54bn Published 22 Jun, 2023 08:16pm Receipts of $300mn from China to be reflected in next week’s data, says central bank
Pakistan receives $1bn from China: SBP Updated 16 Jun, 2023 11:25pm Inflow is the same amount paid back to China earlier
After six weeks: SBP-held foreign exchange reserves rise $107mn, now stand at $4.02bn Published 15 Jun, 2023 06:18pm Central bank gives no reason behind increase
Alarming: SBP-held foreign exchange reserves fall another $179mn, now stand at $3.91bn Updated 08 Jun, 2023 11:50pm Fall comes due to external debt repayments
Dar’s optimism Published 28 May, 2023 03:34am Finance minister Ishaq Dar deserves praise for showing a great deal of optimism amid the current economic slump and...
Govt in a state of denial Published 28 Apr, 2023 06:08am Prime minister Shehbaz Sharif and finance minister Ishaq Dar have been telling the nation — day in, day out —...
C/A surplus: little to celebrate? Updated 28 Apr, 2023 12:35am EDITORIAL: The country registered a current account surplus of 654 million dollars for March 2023 — the first...
Options to address rising inflation Published 26 Apr, 2023 06:15am The SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) is trying to check inflation through just one instrument, the interest rate, based...
Public debt increases to Rs52.721trn by Dec 2022 Published 01 Apr, 2023 06:21am ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s public debt has increased to Rs 52.721 trillion by December 2022 from Rs 49.194 trillion end...
Prosperity: criticality of private sector Published 19 Mar, 2023 03:33am “The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones.” - John Maynard Keynes Innovation is...
Past the point of no return! Updated 02 Mar, 2023 06:51am For weeks noted economists and economic researchers have cited numerous indicators, like low foreign exchange...
Minor relief: SBP-held foreign exchange reserves rise $276mn, now stand at $3.19bn Published 16 Feb, 2023 07:51pm Total liquid foreign reserves held by the country clock in at $8.7 billion
Foreign exchange reserves: Tola underscores need for ‘charter of economy’ Published 14 Feb, 2023 05:58am LAHORE: Minister of State and Chairman, Reforms and Resource Mobilization Committee Ashfaq Tola has said that the...
Forex reserves fall below $3bn on debt repayments Updated 10 Feb, 2023 08:54am KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves further shrunk by $202 million during the last ...
SBP’s foreign exchange reserves up Published 20 Jan, 2023 06:10am KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) foreign exchange reserves rose by $258 million during the last week....
Pakistan to take fiscal measures set by IMF to meet budgetary targets: Dar Updated 11 Jan, 2023 07:23pm Measures include reviewing subsidies in the farming and export sectors and shedding energy sector debt
Pakistan repays over $1bn external debt Updated 08 Jan, 2023 11:26am KARACHI: The country has successfully repaid over one-billion-dollar external debt to international financial...
A bumper wheat crop in sight Published 30 Dec, 2022 05:50am It is heartening to note that the country is expecting a bumper harvest of wheat. According to Federal Minister for...