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The measure would increase the supply of dollars in the inter-bank market and support the rupee in resisting a further decline or partly recovering against the greenback, he said.ĬRR is like the central bank collecting a portion of cash deposits from commercial banks to protect the depositors.īesides, the central bank may also increase the CRR against deposits in rupees to reduce the circulation of local currency in the economy. Market talk suggests the central bank is also considering relaxing rules for the cash reserve requirement (CRR) against the dollar deposits at commercial banks for a brief period of time. The central bank has issued new directives to commercial banks, asking them to seek its permission in advance before processing documents for imports worth $100,000 or more.Įarlier, the limit for seeking central bank’s permission for opening of letter of credit (LC) for import was set at $500,000. That’s why there is talk of likely default by Pakistan on international payments including import payments and foreign debt repayments. However, importers express doubt whether the government will succeed in reviving the loan programme.
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The government has been making all possible efforts to get the IMF programme resumed. There is a crisis of confidence in the inter-bank market. Schehzad said the revival of IMF loan programme would help the rupee to recover significantly, but it remained almost impossible to anticipate the rupee value in case of further delay in the revival of the programme. Moreover, the US dollar has continued to strengthen against world currencies including the Pakistani rupee since the Federal Reserve increased the interest rate by 75 basis points around a week ago, he said. The country’s foreign exchange reserves (maintained with the SBP) have depleted to a critically low level below $9 billion, covering less than six weeks of imports. “The rupee has nosedived on panic buying of dollars by importers … amid prolonged delay in the resumption of IMF loan programme and continuous depletion in foreign exchange reserves,” Alpha Beta Core (ABC) CEO Khurram Schehzad said while talking to The Express Tribune.
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With the record-breaking downward spree, the local currency has cumulatively lost 33.27% (or Rs52.42) of its value in the past one year compared to Rs157.54 on June 30, 2021.Īmid the free fall in the rupee, Finance Minister Miftah Ismail assured the nation after the closure of inter-bank market in the evening that the IMF loan programme would be resumed “in a day or two.”īesides, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has reportedly tightened rules to cut demand for foreign currency for imports and considering relaxing rules to increase dollar supply in the inter-bank market. The rupee hit an intra-day all-time low at Rs211.21 in the early hours of the day but partly recovered before the market’s closure. The rupee dropped 0.58% (or Rs1.21) to Rs209.96 compared to Friday’s close at Rs208.75, according to the central bank.
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Pakistani currency remained highly volatile, as it plunged to a record low at Rs209.96 against the US dollar in the inter-bank market on Monday on conflicting reports that commercial banks were running short of foreign currency to pay for imports. Market talk suggests the central bank is considering relaxing rules for the cash reserve requirement against dollar deposits at commercial banks for a brief period of time.