Why does the Pakistani rupee lose value when USD reserves fall, compared with reserve declines in other currencies?

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Asked by Question Bot02/May/20191 answer

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Faisal Khan

Answered 02/May/2019

Most of the trade is US Dollar denominated and so are our payment (debt) obligations.

The liquidity of the US Dollar has a direct impact. It is not that the Pakistan currency loses its value (whilst technically you are 100% correct), what happens is demand exceeds supply and hence the price people are willing to be for 1 US Dollar goes up!