The finance ministry says Asad Umar didn’t tweet anything about exchange rates

It has touched Rs140 again

The greenback was trading at Rs139.5 in the opening hours of trade on Monday

The GDP will slow down and job market will remain tight, predicts the research firm

It has risen by 90 paisa

The dollar is trading at 138.3

The central bank’s reserves have jumped to $8.8b

KARACHI: The foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) rose 0.45% on a weekly basis, according to data released by the central bank on Thursday. The SBP’s press release states, “On August 18, the foreign currency reserves held by the central bank were recorded at $14,375.1 million, up $64.6 million or…

KARACHI: The total liquid foreign reserves held by the country stood at US$ 22,434.9 million on January 27 2017, said a State Bank of Pakistan statement here on Thursday. It said that the break-up of the foreign reserves position is as under: i) Foreign reserves held by the SBP: US$ 17,593.8 million ii) Net foreign…

Foreign Exchange reserves and stock market of Pakistan made new records during 2016. However, the debts surged to all time highs in the outgoing year. The economists said the federal government put the national economy into reverse gear. Watch Shakeel Ahmed’s report.

KARACHI: The total liquid foreign exchange reserves of the country stood at $ 23.615 billion, said the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday. According to SBP’s weekly statement here on Thursday, the foreign reserves held by the central bank on November 25, were $18,574.8 million and the net foreign reserves with commercial banks amounted…

ISLAMABAD: The total liquid foreign reserves held by the country stood at US$24,095.8 million on November 11, 2016. Giving break-up of the foreign reserves position, a statement of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said that foreign reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan stood at US$ 19,027.1  million while Net foreign reserves held…

ISLAMABAD: The foreign exchange reserves of Pakistan Sunday reached the record high at $23.58 billion, consequent to the prudent economic policies of the government. Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar congratulated Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as well as the whole nation on this remarkable achievement. -APP

ISLAMABAD: The total liquid foreign reserves held by the country stood at US$ 23,038.7 million on August 26,2016, according to the central bank. Giving the break-up of the foreign reserves position, a statement of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) issued on Thursday said that the foreign reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan…

KARACHI: The total liquid foreign reserves held by the country stood at US$22,595.1 million on August 05, 2016. The break-up of the foreign reserves position is as under:- Foreign reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan:    US$  17,664.2  million Net foreign reserves held by commercial banks        :    US$    4,930.9  million Total liquid foreign reserves                                       …

KARACHI: The total liquid foreign exchange reserves held by the country stood at US$ 23,091.4 million on July 15, says a statement of the State Bank of Pakistan here on Thursday. It said that the break-up of the foreign reserves position is as under: – Foreign reserves held by the SBP: US$ 18,077.4  million –…

ISLAMABAD: The total liquid foreign reserves held by the country stood at US$21,765.8 million as on June 24 2016, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported. According to break up figures, these include US$16,819.6 million foreign reserves held by the SBP and US$4,946.2 million net foreign reserves held by commercial banks. During the week ending 24…

ISLAMABAD: The total liquid foreign reserves held by the country stood at US$21,770.5 million on June 17, 2016. Giving the break-up of the foreign reserves position a statement of the Central Bank issued here Thursday said that Foreign reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan stood at US$ 16,815.5 million while Net foreign reserves…

KARACHI: Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves rose by $110 million to $19.819 billion during the week ending November 27, the State Bank of Pakistan said Thursday. In a statement, the central bank said that total reserves held by the SBP were recorded at $14.787 billion while those held by commercial banks stood at $5.032 billion. “During…

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan said Tuesday it has received over $330 million under the Coalition Support Fund (CSF). A spokesman of the central bank said that the bank has received a total of $336.84 million under the CSF, which is essentially the amount reimbursed to Pakistan from time to time for expenses already…