KARACHI: Reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) decreased by $219 million to $9.024 billion during the week ending on Apr 19.

The SBP attributed this decline to external debt servicing and other official payments.

Holdings of the commercial banks stood at $6.97bn while total liquid reserves of the country amounted to $15.994bn during the period under review.

Published in Dawn, April 26th, 2019