{"id":61688,"date":"2020-02-20T17:16:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T12:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=61688"},"modified":"2020-02-20T17:23:13","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T12:23:13","slug":"sbp-announces-surge-foreign-investments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sbp-announces-surge-foreign-investments.html","title":{"rendered":"SBP announces surge in foreign investments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has recorded an increase in net foreign investments in various sectors of the country during Financial Year (FY) 2019-20, a news source reported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sbp-records-all-time-high-foreign-investments-govt-securities.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"SBP records all-time-high foreign investments in govt securities (opens in a new tab)\">SBP records all-time-high foreign investments in govt securities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to SBP, the net foreign investment inflows\nincreased to USD 3.425 billion, registering a growth of 541%. Various sectors,\nincluding government papers and stock exchange, recorded these investment\ninflows from the period of July to January of the current fiscal year. Last\nyear, the inflows stood at USD 534.7 million during the same period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) levels also increased with investment in the country\u2019s real sector. These investments grew to USD 1.563 billion from July to January of FY 2019-20. In comparison, this figure stood at USD 943 million during the previous financial year for the same period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sbp-foreign-exchange-reserves-rise-to-usd-12-43-bn.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"SBP foreign exchange reserves rise to USD 12.43 bn (opens in a new tab)\">SBP foreign exchange reserves rise to USD 12.43 bn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the SBP data, investments from China increased to\nmore than USD 500 million under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)\nproject\u2019s second phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, SBP also recorded significant growth in foreign\nportfolio investments. It recorded a large amount of investments from fund\nmanagers in the UK and the USA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SBP stated that foreign investors made investments worth USD 1.613 billion in the available investment avenues of the country during the January 2020. It added that this improved the overall FDI number to a record level in the recent years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sbp-increases-remittance-limit-freelancers-working-foreign-firms.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"SBP increases remittance limit for freelancers working with foreign firms (opens in a new tab)\">SBP increases remittance limit for freelancers working with foreign firms<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The central bank expects the investment inflows to real\nsectors and debt securities to continue to increase \u2013 mainly due to CPEC\nprojects and lucrative profit rates on government securities. Experts believe\nthat this trend would further improve investor interest in Pakistan, and help\nto revive business activities with an improved pace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has recorded an increase in net foreign investments in various sectors of the country during Financial Year (FY) 2019-20, a news source reported. Read: SBP records all-time-high foreign investments in govt securities According to SBP, the net foreign investment inflows increased to USD 3.425 billion, registering a growth of 541%. Various sectors, including government papers and stock exchange, recorded these investment inflows from the period of July to January of the current fiscal year. Last year, the inflows stood at USD 534.7 million during the same period. On the other hand, the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) levels also increased with investment in the country\u2019s real sector. These investments grew to USD 1.563 billion from July to January of FY 2019-20. In comparison, this figure stood at USD 943 million during the previous financial year for the same period. Read: SBP foreign exchange reserves rise to USD 12.43 bn As per the SBP data, investments from China increased to more than USD 500 million under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project\u2019s second phase. Meanwhile, SBP also recorded significant growth in foreign portfolio investments. It recorded a large amount of investments from fund managers in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":60606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[20269,4578,18630,6066],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61688","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-details-on-sbp-announces-surge-in-foreign-investments","8":"tag-fdi","9":"tag-foreign-investments","10":"tag-sbp"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SBP announces surge in foreign investments - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has recorded an increase in net foreign investments in various sectors of the country during Financial Year (FY) 2019-20.\" \/>\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-announces-surge-foreign-investments.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SBP announces surge in foreign investments - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has recorded an increase in net foreign investments in various sectors of the country during Financial Year (FY) 2019-20.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sbp-announces-surge-foreign-investments.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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