The dollar is flying high in the inter-bank market after the Pakistani rupee registered a steep fall of Rs. 8 against the US currency.
The dollar stood at Rs. 134 at the market closure on Thursday; it is now being traded at Rs. 142 in the market.
The sudden rise of the US dollar has badly affected Pakistan’s foreign debt as well.
With the rupee’s devaluation, it is estimated that the external debt held by Pakistan has risen by Rs. 760 billion.
Experts believe that the country’s balance of payment crisis and falling foreign exchange reserves are the primary cause of currency’s devaluation.
Muhammad Sohail, an Economic Expert, said while speaking at a local TV channel that in the coming weeks, the rupee could slump to as low as Rs 150.
Some experts state that rupee’s weakness may be because Pakistan has still not received a bailout package from IMF due to strict conditions.
The Finance Minister, Asad Umar, however, believes that the country’s balance of payment crisis has been cut to half and that Pakistan did not need to approach IMF for a loan during this point in time.
This is the second time in 7 days that the dollar has touched record highs. On Friday, November 23, the US currency rose to Rs. 135.30 in the open market.
Update: Rupee Regains Footing
The rupee regained its value against the US dollar after day-long volatile trading on Friday.
In the morning session, rupee plunged to as low as Rs. 144 against the US bill. This was the sixth devaluation in the space of a year.
However, it regained footing and was trading at Rs. 136 against dollar when the market closed, market participants said.
“Today is a circus,” said one market participant. “Let’s hope there’s some sanity (soon).”
Earlier, the Finance Minister, Asad Umar had stated that the dollar’s value surged because of the government’s decision to provide subsidies to the foreign investors.
He further mentioned that it is the State Bank of Pakistan which determines the rupee-dollar exchange rate, not the government.
This is story was updated to include the latest updates from the market.
Ye Nawaz Sharif or Ishaq Dar ki saazish hai…
So Govt is going to take IMF package?
Dollar was projected to go to 148 after taking the package.
190 actually
It is actually 1USD = PKR 144 at this point.
ye raha wo gubara jo Imran Khan ne phulaya tha!
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I am worried about future economic out look
Current Govt Financial wizards and economist and all former Finance ministers, should site together to evolve strategy for bringing down $ to Rs 100 back
There must not be politics on economic front.
There is no harm to even consult Ishaq Dar, Mifta Ismail. Its all Pakistanis duty to safe guard the interest of Pakistan
The reason for our economic crises was that the govt kept the Rs at 100. Its damaging for the economy to have a strong rupee at this point.
That’s the Lollypop for you and other Pakistani peoples, given by PTI Govt. and you will lick it up till 5 years.
That’s the Lollypop for you and other Pakistani peoples, given by PTI Govt. and you will lick it up till 5 years.
And you do not realize the damage done by Ishaq Dar by artificially controlling the dollar just because you believe it’s a lollipop by PTI.
We will not lick it up for 5 years, we will start criticizing PTI govt after 1-2 years when their policies are in effect.
Anyone who advocates that Rs should be depreciated is actual enemy of Pakistan and masses
I’m in no way a PTI supporter. It’s sheer incompetence that we wasted of the govt that they didn’t do this in the start and take a IMF program
We may keep $ at Rs 70 and print money to subsidize the exports by refunding the difference to exports. Its so simple but our financial wizards are so dumb that they don’t apply their mind at all
College mein economics parh li hoti toe aisie chawlaein na marte ap :
“We may keep $ at Rs 70 and print money to subsidize the exports by refunding the difference to exports.”
Clearly you don’t know how money and currency valuation works. I would recommend educating yourself first before advising others and calling them dumb, specially when they have 1000 times more knowledge than you (on subject matter).
Study Luxembourg
Their import and export figure are nearly equal to ours
They have also increasing external debt
But 1 US$= 35.6 LUF
So if they can manage their currency why can’t we ?
PS: There are also other examples where countries are managing their economies by keeping their currency strong.
Now the economists from Pakistan need to think out of Box (Book) to come up with a solution.
Blindly following IMF and others is ruining our economy
what kind of dumb slapstick stupidity is this?
And what a reasonable comment from you. Guy enlighten us with a solution (if you have) not criticism.
This is the solution . Depreciation of the rupee
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Zardari Bola sara khazana Musharaf khali ker gaya
Ganja Bola sara khazana Zardari khali ker gaya
Imran Bola sara khazana Ganja khali kar gaya
issi tarah saray politician , awam ko Ch**tiya banatay rahay gay….
lol
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dollar will collapse in future.
Agree with you!!
Some people think Imran khan is a fuckin jeene !!
Seems that you regularly watching HTV false propaganda….
Your One Lac on 30th November 17 was $952
Your One Lac on 30th November 18 is $746
Loss 27% in terms of $
So keep on arguing and keep on loosing your wealth…..
Anyone who advocates that Rs should be depreciated is actual enemy of Pakistan and masses
We may keep $ at Rs 70 and print money to subsidize the exports by refunding the difference to exports. Its so simple but our financial wizards are so dumb that they don’t apply their mind at all
And your argument that we should set the fox to guard the hen house indicates that you haven’t even been to primary school yet. Please take my nickname to heart this time and educate yourself. It’s really quite useful.
It’s losing btw, not loosing. If you can’t spell for s*** or tell the difference between two very different words, should you be arguing about either politics or economics? Please, go to kindergarten and suck a lolly there.
Kia chwal mari hay ap nay
Instead of argument you are criticizing me. Finding spelling mistakes(typos).
It shows your mental immaturity .
Munay bhai lagay rahoo, chawaleen maranee
Hahaha! The guy who thinks that using violence against children and calling it “discipline” is not only A-OK but mandatory is telling people to grow up. Child abusers telling people to grow up, lmao. Here I thought I had seen everything.
No off topic Chawal please.
and need not to be personal ……
The arguments you put forward are absolutely terrible and will likely cause Pakistan to go bankrupt if implemented.
A dollar at 70 would completely wipe out Pakistan’s reserves within 6 months. No sane investor would be willing to invest in Pakistan if the PKR/USD parity was that low. Imports would go through the roof because everything would be cheaper to import. As for your “genius” idea about printing money, look up what happened to Zimbabwe who also had this brilliant idea a while back; hint: their economy collapsed
You honestly sound like a student who read 1-2 chapters in economics and thought he could solve every problem. PKR depreciation was a necessary step (a consensus agreed upon by almost all economists and analysts) to alleviate some of the economic problems Pakistan is facing.
“Imports would go through the roof because everything would be cheaper to import.”
To curb imports we can simply levy heavy import duty. US recently did this for products imported from China
Why can’t we evolve a strategy for our national interest to keep the dollar low/stable ?
All economist from Pakistan should start thinking out of the box and I am sure you may come up a solution safeguarding your national interest not IMF agenda
College mein economics parh li hoti toe aisie chawlaein na marte ap :
“We may keep $ at Rs 70 and print money to subsidize the exports by refunding the difference to exports.”
Clearly you dont know how money and currency valuation works i would recommend educating yourself first before advising others.
Export subsidy
Export subsidy is a government policy to encourage export of goods and discourage sale of goods on the domestic market through low-cost loans or tax relief for exporters, or government financed international advertising or R&D.
For many years, the governments of wealthy industrial countries, including the United States, Canada, Japan, and much of Europe, have subsidized exports. Many other are also doing this silently. China took such measure and became world economic power
According to Wikipedia
The economy of Pakistan is the 25th largest in the world in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP), and 42nd largest in terms of nominal gross domestic product. Pakistan has a population of over 207 million [27] (the world’s 5th-largest), giving it a nominal GDP per capita of $1,641 in 2018
We have progressed a lot in last 15 years Govt Revenue from Rs 1000 Billion to Rs 4000+ billion
Per capita income has tripled in last 15 years
All other economic indicators are positive
(spare some time to read all positive indicators of Pakistan’s economy at tradingeconomics dot com)
Now why our economic wizards of $300 billion economy always talk about Rs devaluation?
160 Cross Karega Aghe Aghe Dekho
433 ki awaz nahi hai?
I think the Heading is misleading, it should say that Rs. has gained Rs. 8 under the Leadership of PTI/IK.
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