Pakistan's REER index clocks in at 97.81 in May 2025
Pakistan's Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER), a measure of the value of a currency against a weighted average of several foreign currencies, dropped to 97.81 in May 2025, down from 99.31 (revised) in April 2025, data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Tuesday showed.
A REER above 100 means the country's exports are uncompetitive, while imports are cheaper. The situation reverses when REER is below 100 on the index.
As per SBP's latest data, the REER depreciated 1.51% month-on-month (MoM) in May 2025.
When compared with May 2024, the REER value decreased by 3%, when it stood at 100.69.
The SBP says a REER index of 100 should not be misinterpreted as denoting the equilibrium value of the currency.
'Movement of the REER away from 100 simply reflects changes relative to its average value in 2010 and is unrelated to its equilibrium value,' the central bank said in an explanatory note on the topic.
Meanwhile, the Nominal Effective Exchange Rate Index (NEER) decreased by 1.19% MoM in May 2025 to a provisional value of 37.66 from 38.12 (revised) in April 2025.
On a yearly basis, the NEER index decreased 3.92% from the value of 39.20 in May 2024.
What is REER?
As per the central bank, REER is an index of the price of a basket of goods in one country relative to the price of the same basket in that country's major trading partners.
'The prices of these baskets expressed in the same currency using the nominal exchange rate with each trading partner. The price of each trading partner's basket is weighted by its share in imports, exports, or total foreign trade,' the SBP website says.
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