{"id":61199,"date":"2020-02-10T12:28:46","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T07:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=61199"},"modified":"2020-02-10T12:28:47","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T07:28:47","slug":"sbp-records-all-time-high-foreign-investments-govt-securities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sbp-records-all-time-high-foreign-investments-govt-securities.html","title":{"rendered":"SBP records all-time-high foreign investments in govt securities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has recorded an all-time high inflow of foreign investments in government securities, a news source reported. As per the publication, the central bank recorded foreign investments worth USD 3.045 billion in various government securities, including Government of Pakistan Market Treasury Bills (T-Bills) and Pakistan Investment Bonds (PIBs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sbp-strategises-for-long-term-foreign-investments.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"SBP strategises for long-term foreign investments (opens in a new tab)\">SBP strategises for long-term foreign investments<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to SBP sources, most of the investment inflow\narrived in T-Bills and was worth USD 2.959 billion \u2014 with USD 3.009 billion\ninflows and USD 50.7 million outflows. On the other hand, the investment in\nPIBs was worth USD 35 million during the ongoing fiscal year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, after the exclusion of USD 50 million\noutflows, the total foreign investment in government papers stood at USD 2.995\nbillion at the end of the previous week in the Special Convertible Rupee\nAccount (SCRA). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per analysts, this positive change comes after the economic policies of the incumbent government. They stated that the policies led to a better exchange rate and current account. Due to these changes, there has been heavy investment activity from the US and UK in government securities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/foreign-direct-investments-surge-78-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Foreign direct investments surge by 78.1% (opens in a new tab)\">Foreign direct investments surge by 78.1%<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The analysts opined that the Foreign Portfolio Investment\n(FPI) into government securities would help increase the country\u2019s foreign\nexchange reserves, along with supporting the Balance of Payment (BoP). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a recent report, SBP had stated that the better investment inflows were a result of continued enhancement of Pakistan\u2019s BoP position, sustainability of the exchange rate regime, and reserve buffers. Additionally, the report indicated that the inception of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/imf-package-to-lead-to-inflows-worth-usd-38-bn-from-other-lenders.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"International Monetary Fund (IMF) (opens in a new tab)\">International Monetary Fund (IMF)<\/a> programme also provided comfort to the investors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Foreign investors \u2018cautiously optimistic\u2019: OICCI survey (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/foreign-investors-cautiously-optimistic-oiccis-survey.html\" target=\"_blank\">Foreign investors \u2018cautiously optimistic\u2019 &#8211;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/foreign-investors-cautiously-optimistic-oiccis-survey.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Foreign investors \u2018cautiously optimistic\u2019: OICCI survey (opens in a new tab)\"> <\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Foreign investors \u2018cautiously optimistic\u2019: OICCI survey (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/foreign-investors-cautiously-optimistic-oiccis-survey.html\" target=\"_blank\">OICCI survey<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, the SBP clarified that it has also been closely\nmonitoring the foreign investment inflows in government securities in order to\navoid any risks. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has recorded an all-time high inflow of foreign investments in government securities, a news source reported. As per the publication, the central bank recorded foreign investments worth USD 3.045 billion in various government securities, including Government of Pakistan Market Treasury Bills (T-Bills) and Pakistan Investment Bonds (PIBs). Read: SBP strategises for long-term foreign investments According to SBP sources, most of the investment inflow arrived in T-Bills and was worth USD 2.959 billion \u2014 with USD 3.009 billion inflows and USD 50.7 million outflows. On the other hand, the investment in PIBs was worth USD 35 million during the ongoing fiscal year. Additionally, after the exclusion of USD 50 million outflows, the total foreign investment in government papers stood at USD 2.995 billion at the end of the previous week in the Special Convertible Rupee Account (SCRA). As per analysts, this positive change comes after the economic policies of the incumbent government. They stated that the policies led to a better exchange rate and current account. Due to these changes, there has been heavy investment activity from the US and UK in government securities. Read: Foreign direct investments surge by 78.1% The analysts opined&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":60606,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012],"tags":[18629,2232,18630,18632,6066],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61199","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"tag-details-on-sbp-records-all-time-high-foreign-investments-in-govt-securities","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-foreign-investments","11":"tag-government-securities","12":"tag-sbp","13":"cat-15012-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SBP records all-time-high foreign investments in govt securities - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has recorded an all-time high inflow of foreign investments in government securities.\" \/>\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\/sbp-records-all-time-high-foreign-investments-govt-securities.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SBP records all-time-high foreign investments in govt securities - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has recorded an all-time high inflow of foreign investments in government securities.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sbp-records-all-time-high-foreign-investments-govt-securities.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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