{"id":103389,"date":"2025-09-22T19:10:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T14:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=103389"},"modified":"2025-09-22T19:10:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T14:10:47","slug":"forex-reserves-to-hit-usd-15-5bn-by-dec-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/forex-reserves-to-hit-usd-15-5bn-by-dec-2025.html","title":{"rendered":"SBP projects forex reserves to hit USD 15.5bn by Dec 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: Pakistan\u2019s foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased by USD 21 million to USD 14.357 billion during the week ending September 12, the central bank reported on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The country\u2019s total liquid foreign reserves rose by USD 55 million to USD 19.736 billion, supported by a USD 34 million increase in the holdings of commercial banks, which stood at USD 5.379 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sbp-reserves-climb-for-5th-straight-week.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SBP reserves climb for 5th straight week<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking ahead, the SBP said it expects its forex reserves to reach USD 15.5 billion by the end of December 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On external obligations, the central bank disclosed that of the USD 10 billion net repayable amount due in FY26, USD 1.5 billion has already been cleared. It further confirmed that arrangements are in place to cover the USD 500 million Eurobond repayment due later this month, ensuring the transaction will not cause any significant depletion in reserves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SBP noted that steady reserve growth and timely debt servicing were helping maintain stability in Pakistan\u2019s external account, though continued inflows remain critical for meeting future obligations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: Pakistan\u2019s foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased by USD 21 million to USD 14.357 billion during the week ending September 12, the central bank reported on Thursday. The country\u2019s total liquid foreign reserves rose by USD 55 million to USD 19.736 billion, supported by a USD 34 million increase in the holdings of commercial banks, which stood at USD 5.379 billion. Read: SBP reserves climb for 5th straight week Looking ahead, the SBP said it expects its forex reserves to reach USD 15.5 billion by the end of December 2025. On external obligations, the central bank disclosed that of the USD 10 billion net repayable amount due in FY26, USD 1.5 billion has already been cleared. It further confirmed that arrangements are in place to cover the USD 500 million Eurobond repayment due later this month, ensuring the transaction will not cause any significant depletion in reserves. The SBP noted that steady reserve growth and timely debt servicing were helping maintain stability in Pakistan\u2019s external account, though continued inflows remain critical for meeting future obligations.<\/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":[15016],"tags":[68180,68175,68177,7077,68173,64064,68178,34475,68179,68174,45743,68176,51977,2631],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-103389","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"tag-commercial-bank-reserves","9":"tag-eurobond-repayment","10":"tag-external-debt-repayment","11":"tag-foreign-exchange","12":"tag-fy26-debt-obligations","13":"tag-imf-and-pakistan","14":"tag-liquid-foreign-reserves","15":"tag-pakistan-economy","16":"tag-pakistan-external-account","17":"tag-pakistan-financial-stability","18":"tag-pakistan-forex-reserves","19":"tag-sbp-projections","20":"tag-sbp-reserves","21":"tag-state-bank-of-pakistan","22":"cat-15016-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 to hit USD 15.5bn by Dec 2025 - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The SBP noted that steady reserve growth and timely debt servicing were helping maintain stability in Pakistan\u2019s external account....\" \/>\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-to-hit-usd-15-5bn-by-dec-2025.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Forex reserves to hit USD 15.5bn by Dec 2025 - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The SBP noted that steady reserve growth and timely debt servicing were helping maintain stability in Pakistan\u2019s external account....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/forex-reserves-to-hit-usd-15-5bn-by-dec-2025.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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