KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has said that cost of printing of money increased to Rs13.32 billion in fiscal year 2019/2020.
The central bank in its annual performance report said that the banknote printing charges increased to Rs13.325 billion in 2019/2020 from Rs11.419 billion in 2018/2019, thereby registering an increase of 17 percent mainly due to larger volumes of printing and increase in printing rates.
The exchange gains/ (losses) arise on FCY assets and liabilities of the Bank. Major part of the foreign currency assets of the Bank are USD denominated whereas the foreign currency liability exposure is mainly SDR and USD denominated.
Accordingly, the movement in the PKR/SDR and PKR/USD exchange rates directly affects the exchange account.
The bank earned a net exchange gain of Rs66.402 billion during FY20 as against exchange loss of Rs506,131 million during FY19.
The PKR depreciated against USD and SDR during the period however, exchange gain arose due to improvement in net FCY liability exposure as compared to previous year.
Other operating income include penalties levied on banks/financial institutions, licenses and e-CIB fee, gains/(losses) on sale and re-measurement of investments and other income.
The other operating income increased to Rs.8.604 billion in FY20 from Rs.4.347 billion in last year. The increase is primarily attributed to increase in income on penalties levied on banks and financial institutions, licenses fee, e-CIB fee and gain on disposal of foreign investments classified as “fair value through profit or loss”.
