Overview
- As of January 9, SBP foreign reserves rose by $16 million week over week to $16,071.8 million, according to official data.
- Total liquid reserves stood at $21,248.4 million, with commercial banks holding $5,176.6 million.
- Recent weekly increases continued after Pakistan received SDR 914 million—about $1.2 billion—from the IMF under the EFF and RSF.
- To manage short-term liquidity, the SBP injected Rs358.5 billion through separate conventional and Shariah-compliant eight-day OMOs.
- The rupee edged to 279.96 per US dollar in inter-bank trading, while local gold prices declined on Thursday.