Karachi: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday reported a modest increase of USD 16 million in its foreign exchange reserves, taking the total to USD 16.07 billion as of January 9, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to data released by the central bank, SBP-held reserves rose from USD 16.056 billion a week earlier to USD 16.0718 billion during the reporting period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The country\u2019s total liquid foreign exchange reserves stood at USD 21.25 billion, while net foreign reserves held by commercial banks were recorded at USD 5.18 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDuring the week ended on 09-Jan-2026, SBP\u2019s FX reserves increased by USD 16 million to USD 16,071.8 million,\u201d the central bank said in its statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest figures follow a similar trend observed in the previous week, when the central bank\u2019s reserves had also posted a slight increase, indicating relative stability in Pakistan\u2019s external account position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karachi: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday reported a modest increase of USD 16 million in its foreign exchange reserves, taking the total to USD 16.07 billion as of January 9, 2026. According to data released by the central bank, SBP-held reserves rose from USD 16.056 billion a week earlier to USD 16.0718 billion during the reporting period. The country\u2019s total liquid foreign exchange reserves stood at USD 21.25 billion, while net foreign reserves held by commercial banks were recorded at USD 5.18 billion. \u201cDuring the week ended on 09-Jan-2026, SBP\u2019s FX reserves increased by USD 16 million to USD 16,071.8 million,\u201d the central bank said in its statement. The latest figures follow a similar trend observed in the previous week, when the central bank\u2019s reserves had also posted a slight increase, indicating relative stability in Pakistan\u2019s external account position.<\/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":[62970,23820,46247,70723,70722,7793,7712,34475,6066,2631],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-104532","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-central-bank","9":"tag-commercial-banks","10":"tag-economic-stability","11":"tag-external-accounts","12":"tag-financial-indicators","13":"tag-foreign-exchange-reserves","14":"tag-forex-reserves","15":"tag-pakistan-economy","16":"tag-sbp","17":"tag-state-bank-of-pakistan","18":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n