Reached staff-level agreement with Pakistan on 3 billion dollar stand-by arrangement, announces IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday announced that it has reached a staff-level agreement with Pakistan on a 3 billion dollar stand-by arrangement.

According to media reports, the deal is subject to approval by the IMF board in July. It comes after an eight-month delay and aims to address Pakistan's acute balance of payments crisis and dwindling



foreign exchange reserves.

With soaring inflation and foreign exchange reserves that can barely cover a month's worth of controlled imports, Pakistan has been grappling with its worst economic crisis in decades. Analysts had warned that without the IMF agreement, the country could spiral into a debt default.