Reserves jump to $9.37bn

Published March 14, 2014
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KARACHI: Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves increased to $9.37 billion, reported the State Bank on Thursday.

The SBP’s reserves improved to $4.62bn with an addition of $702 million during the week ended on March 7. The reserves of the central bank noted an increase of $1.8bn during last 30 days. On Feb 7, they were $2.84bn.

Reserves of the scheduled banks slightly slipped from $4.8bn to $4.7bn during the week.—Staff Reporter

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