{"id":101454,"date":"2025-02-21T14:02:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T09:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=101454"},"modified":"2025-02-21T14:02:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T09:02:46","slug":"forex-reserves-rise-to-usd-15-94-bn-sbp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/forex-reserves-rise-to-usd-15-94-bn-sbp.html","title":{"rendered":"Forex reserves rise to USD 15.94 bn: SBP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Pakistan\u2019s total foreign exchange reserves reached USD 15.94 billion as of February 14, marking an increase from the previous week&#8217;s USD 15.86 billion, according to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SBP\u2019s own reserves grew by USD 35 million to USD 11.2 billion, while commercial banks held USD 4.74 billion in net foreign reserves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rise-projected-in-foreign-exchange-reserves.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SBP projects foreign exchange reserves to exceed USD 13 bn by June<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the current account surplus for the first seven months of FY 2024-25 stood at USD 682 million, a sharp turnaround from last year\u2019s USD 1.8 billion deficit, the SBP reported. However, in January 2025, the country recorded a USD 420 million deficit, with imports rising 11% to USD 5.45 billion, while exports declined 4% to USD 2.94 billion. The trade deficit widened 37% to USD 2.51 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the recent deficit, the overall improvement in the current account signals a more stable economic trajectory for Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Pakistan\u2019s total foreign exchange reserves reached USD 15.94 billion as of February 14, marking an increase from the previous week&#8217;s USD 15.86 billion, according to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). The SBP\u2019s own reserves grew by USD 35 million to USD 11.2 billion, while commercial banks held USD 4.74 billion in net foreign reserves. Read: SBP projects foreign exchange reserves to exceed USD 13 bn by June Meanwhile, the current account surplus for the first seven months of FY 2024-25 stood at USD 682 million, a sharp turnaround from last year\u2019s USD 1.8 billion deficit, the SBP reported. However, in January 2025, the country recorded a USD 420 million deficit, with imports rising 11% to USD 5.45 billion, while exports declined 4% to USD 2.94 billion. The trade deficit widened 37% to USD 2.51 billion. Despite the recent deficit, the overall improvement in the current account signals a more stable economic trajectory for Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":76277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[37671,7498,46247,7327,62677,59295,7077,7712,13263,62148,32,34475,6066,2631,38727],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-101454","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-current-account-surplus","9":"tag-economic-growth","10":"tag-economic-stability","11":"tag-exports","12":"tag-financial-news","13":"tag-fiscal-year-2024-25","14":"tag-foreign-exchange","15":"tag-forex-reserves","16":"tag-imports","17":"tag-monetary-policy","18":"tag-pakistan","19":"tag-pakistan-economy","20":"tag-sbp","21":"tag-state-bank-of-pakistan","22":"tag-trade-deficit","23":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Forex reserves rise to USD 15.94 bn: SBP - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The SBP\u2019s own reserves grew by USD 35 million to USD 11.2 billion, while commercial banks held USD 4.74 billion in net foreign reserve...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/forex-reserves-rise-to-usd-15-94-bn-sbp.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Forex reserves rise to USD 15.94 bn: SBP - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The SBP\u2019s own reserves grew by USD 35 million to USD 11.2 billion, while commercial banks held USD 4.74 billion in net foreign reserve...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/forex-reserves-rise-to-usd-15-94-bn-sbp.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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