During the period under review, reserves held by the SBP posted a declining trend due to external debt servicing and other official payments, while banks' reserves surged slightly. The SBP's liquid forex reserves declined by $112.4 million to $12.233 billion at the end of last week. Similarly, reserves held by banks moved up by $28.3 million to $6.096 billion as on March 2, 2018 compared to $6.067 billion on February 23, 2018.
During the period under review, reserves held by the SBP posted a declining trend due to external debt servicing and other official payments, while banks' reserves surged slightly. The SBP's liquid forex reserves declined by $112.4 million to $12.233 billion at the end of last week. Similarly, reserves held by banks moved up by $28.3 million to $6.096 billion as on March 2, 2018 compared to $6.067 billion on February 23, 2018.