{"id":108489,"date":"2021-02-19T15:53:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T15:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/?p=108489"},"modified":"2021-02-19T17:35:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T17:35:17","slug":"105411-usd-pkr-rupee-slips-foreign-reserves-declined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/105411-usd-pkr-rupee-slips-foreign-reserves-declined\/","title":{"rendered":"USD\/PKR: Rupee Slips, SBP Foreign Currency Reserves Declined"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/exchange-rate\/pkr-pakistani-rupee-live-exchange-rate\/\">Pakistan Rupee<\/a> (PKR) snaps 2 day winning streak<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Foreign currency reserves drop 0.45%<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/exchange-rate\/usd-us-dollar-live-exchange-rate\/\">US Dollar<\/a> (USD) weakens as Yellen defends stimulus<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>US PMIs in focus<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The US Dollar Pakistan Rupee (<a href=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/\">USD\/PKR)<\/a> exchange rate is moving higher snapping a two day losing streak. The pair settled -0.30% lower at 158.65. At 15:25 UTC, USD\/PKR trades +0.2% at 159.00. The pair is on track to lose 0.3% across the week marking its third straight week of losses.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign exchange reserves held by the central bank fell by 0.45% on a weekly basis according to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan. Foreign currency reserves held by the central bank fell was recorded at $12,889.7 million down \u00a359 million compared to \u00a312,949 the previous week.<\/p>\n<p>According to the central bank reserves decreased owing to external debt repayments.<\/p>\n<p>Oil prices fell lower on Friday, extending losses from the previous session as refineries in Texas prepared to reopen following a temporary pause in production owing to the cold snap in Texas. West Texas Intermediate fell 2.4% to under $60 per barrel.<\/p>\n<p>The US Dollar is gaining versus the Rupee today. However, it is moving lower versus its major peers. The US Dollar Index, which measures the US Dollar against a basket of peers trades -0.3% at the time of writing.<\/p>\n<p>The greenback trades under pressure after US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen defended the need for further stimulus despite US retail sales coming in sharply higher than expected at the start of the week. Instead, Janet Yellen cited the softer than expected jobless claims data highlighting weakness in the labour market.<\/p>\n<p>Yellen\u2019s support for the Biden administration\u2019s $1.9 trillion covid stimulus package comes as house speaker Nancy Pelosi indicated that the House of representatives could vote on the package as soon as next week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan Rupee (PKR) snaps 2 day winning streak Foreign currency reserves drop 0.45% US Dollar (USD) weakens as Yellen defends stimulus US PMIs in focus The US Dollar Pakistan Rupee (USD\/PKR) exchange rate is moving higher snapping a two day losing streak. The pair settled -0.30% lower at 158.65. At 15:25 UTC, USD\/PKR trades +0.2% [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163946598,"featured_media":82252,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1863,1381],"tags":[1864,1398,1866],"class_list":{"0":"post-108489","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pkr","8":"category-usd","9":"tag-pkr","10":"tag-usd","11":"tag-usd-pkr"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>USD\/PKR: Rupee Slips, SBP Foreign Currency Reserves Declined - Currency Live<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/105411-usd-pkr-rupee-slips-foreign-reserves-declined\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ileana Ionescu\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/105411-usd-pkr-rupee-slips-foreign-reserves-declined\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/105411-usd-pkr-rupee-slips-foreign-reserves-declined\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ileana Ionescu\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3d5cb0a6a22d357fc0b9ad562f35e75b\"},\"headline\":\"USD\\\/PKR: Rupee Slips, SBP Foreign Currency Reserves Declined\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-19T15:53:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-19T17:35:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/105411-usd-pkr-rupee-slips-foreign-reserves-declined\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":299,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/105411-usd-pkr-rupee-slips-foreign-reserves-declined\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/usd-pkr.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"pkr\",\"usd\",\"usd\\\/pkr\"],\"articleSection\":[\"PKR\",\"USD\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2021\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/105411-usd-pkr-rupee-slips-foreign-reserves-declined\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/105411-usd-pkr-rupee-slips-foreign-reserves-declined\\\/\",\"name\":\"USD\\\/PKR: Rupee Slips, SBP Foreign Currency Reserves Declined - 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