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Pakistan Receives LIBOR-based Loans
Countries and development banks lend to Pakistan at margins above LIBOR rates

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February 24, 2010

According to Daily Times, Pakistan has received $6.9 billion in loans with interest rates for several loan components based on LIBOR, the London Interbank Offered Rate. LIBOR is a filtered average of rates that banks charge each other for short-term, unsecured loans.

The lenders are a consortium of countries and international development banks, all of whom extended or initiated loans to Pakistan in the first two months of 2010. The LIBOR-based loan components include:

  • China, $500 million at LIBOR plus margin
  • Saudi Arabia, $332 million at LIBOR plus margin
  • Asia Development Bank, $1.65 billion at LIBOR plus margin
  • Islamic Development Bank, $1 billion at LIBOR plus margin
  • International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, $145 million at
  • LIBOR plus margin