Tag: Monetary Policy

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Wednesday said it will review existing key policy rate at 7 percent on Monday, September 21, 2020 for next two months. In its monetary policy announcement on June 25, 2020 the SBP cut the key policy rate to 7 percent. The decision came after the monetary policy […]

KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday decided not to hold regular meeting of monetary policy committee meeting scheduled for July 2020. Given the number of MPC meetings that have taken place in recent months, and actions taken in those meetings, the MPC does not consider it necessary to hold the regular meeting of […]

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday decided to further reduce the policy rate by 100 basis points to 8 percent as inflation outlook has improved further in light of the recent cut in domestic fuel prices. A statement said that at its meeting on May 15, 2020, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) […]

KARACHI: Analysts believe that the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) likely to further ease the key policy rate by 100 basis points in the upcoming announcement scheduled for May 15, 2020. Analysts Arif Habib Limited said that the monetary policy committee of SBP will convene on Friday (15th May 2020) to announce the monetary policy […]

KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday said that it will announce monetary policy statement for next two months on Friday May 15, 2020. The SBP in previous three announcement during past two months reduced the policy rate by 4.25 percent to 9 percent from 13.25 percent. In the last monetary policy meeting on […]

KARACHI: Analysts have said that the policy rate cut by 75 basis points by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is below the street expectations. The central bank in its Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) has cut Policy Rate by 0.75 percent to 12.5 percent – lower-than-our expectations of 1.0 percent, analysts at Topline Securities said. […]

KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will announce monetary policy statement for next two months on March 17, 2020, a statement said on Monday. The monetary policy committee (MPC) will review the existing policy rate along with economic indicators and inflation. The SBP kept the policy rate at 13.25 percent during the three policy statement. […]