{"id":3590,"date":"2026-06-09T15:12:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T15:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalinewshub.com\/?p=3590"},"modified":"2026-06-09T15:12:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T15:12:55","slug":"forex-reserves-surpass-rs-3-7-trillion-sufficient-to-cover-over-19-months-of-imports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalinewshub.com\/?p=3590","title":{"rendered":"Forex reserves surpass Rs 3.7 trillion, sufficient to cover over 19 months of imports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>KATHMANDU:<\/strong> Nepal\u2019s total foreign exchange reserves crossed Rs 3.7 trillion by mid-May of the current fiscal year, according to a report published by the Nepal Rastra Bank on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The central bank stated that total foreign exchange reserves increased by 38.3 percent to Rs 3,704.55 billion as of mid-May 2026, up from Rs 2,677.68 billion recorded in mid-July 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Of the total reserves, holdings with the Nepal Rastra Bank rose by 36.6 percent to Rs 3,298.38 billion from Rs 2,414.64 billion during the same period.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, based on imports recorded during the first ten months of the fiscal year 2025\/26, the foreign exchange reserves held by the banking sector are sufficient to finance 22.6 months of merchandise imports and 19.2 months of merchandise and services imports.<\/p>\n<p>The report also shows improvements in key reserve indicators. As of mid-May, foreign exchange reserves stood at 60.7 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), 159.7 percent of total imports, and 43.3 percent of broad money supply.<\/p>\n<p>In comparison, the corresponding ratios in mid-July 2025 were 43.8 percent, 128.1 percent, and 34.1 percent, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KATHMANDU: Nepal\u2019s total foreign exchange reserves crossed Rs 3.7 trillion by mid-May of the current fiscal year, according to a report published by the Nepal Rastra Bank on Tuesday. The central bank stated that total foreign exchange reserves increased by 38.3 percent to Rs 3,704.55 billion as of mid-May 2026, up from Rs 2,677.68 billion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"","format":"standard","override":[{"template":"2","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"1","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"no-crop","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"jnews_post_split":{"post_split":[{"template":"1","tag":"h2","numbering":"asc","mode":"normal","first":"0","enable_toc":"0","toc_type":"normal"}]},"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,43,13,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-financial","category-global","category-national","category-political-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalinewshub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalinewshub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalinewshub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalinewshub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalinewshub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3590"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nepalinewshub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3591,"href":"https:\/\/nepalinewshub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3590\/revisions\/3591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalinewshub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalinewshub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalinewshub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalinewshub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}