Islamabad: The foreign exchange reserves held by the Pakistani State Bank (SBP) witnessed an increase of 27 million dollars in only one week, according to the data issued by the Central Bank on Thursday.
As of February 28, foreign currency reserves at SBP were recorded at $ 11.250 billion, an increase of $ 11.22 billion on February 21.
However, the total liquid foreign exchange reserves in the country, which include the reserves kept by commercial banks, reached 15.874 billion dollars, which reflects a decrease of $ 52 million compared to the previous week.
In addition, the net reserves kept by commercial banks reached $ 4.624 billion, which represents a decrease of $ 79 million during the same period.