Islamabad [Pakistan], May 20 (ANI): Pakistan has announced a ban on the import of 38 non-essential luxury items under 'emergency economic plan' amid the record fall of country's currency against the US dollar, on account of the rising import bill, and depleting foreign exchange reserves.
Karachi [Pakistan], May 13 (ANI): Trade deficits and increasing current account coupled with dried up dollar inflows, and external debt payments have resulted in an alarming dip in Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves, plunging to a record low since December 2019.
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 12 (ANI): With Pakistan facing political turmoil and a sliding economy, further deterioration in its external position including widening of current account deficit and erosion of foreign exchange reserves, would threaten the government's external repayment posit
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 5 (ANI): The ongoing constitutional crisis in Pakistan amid the dissolution of the National Assembly by Imran Khan can adversely affect the fragile economy of the country.
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 1 (ANI): Amid Pakistan's continuing economic woes, reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) decreased by a massive USD 2.915 billion, revealed the data released by the central bank on Thursday.
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 20 (ANI): The ruling Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government is considering a proposal to borrow gold biscuits and bars from the people to increase the country's foreign exchange reserves that remain on a sliding path despite taking over USD 5
Washington [US], February 16 (ANI): Pakistan's poor foreign exchange reserves and lack of financial reforms have increased its dependency on China, according to a media report.
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): India is well on track to achieve a merchandise export target of 400 billion US dollars in 2021-22 after the pandemic-induced slump of the previous year, with strong capital flows into India leading to a rapid accumulation of foreign exchange reserves,
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 28 (ANI): Pakistan has borrowed USD 10.4 billion in the past six months, which was higher by 78 per cent over the same period of last year, as it struggled to address the growing current account imbalance and keep the debt-financed foreign exchange reserves at c
Karachi [Pakistan], September 10 (ANI): Foreign exchange reserves held by Pakistan's Central Bank fell 0.61 per cent on a weekly basis, according to State Bank of Pakistan's data on Thursday.
Seoul [South Korea], August 4 (ANI/Global Economic): At the end of July this year, Korea's foreign exchange reserves reached 458.68 billion dollars, the largest amount ever again.