Pakistan headline inflation may soar to historic high in March 2023, which is likely to force the central bank for further interest rate hike.
KARACHI: Pakistan is set to raise benchmark interest rate as the central bank has announced the monetary policy committee (MPC) to meet ahead of schedule on March 02, 2023.
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KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) may further raise benchmark interest rate by 2 per cent to 18 per cent from existing 16 per cent during next six months owing to high inflation, analysts said on Tuesday.
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KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday said it will announce monetary policy on October 10, 2022. The Monetary Policy Committee of SBP will meet on Monday, October 10, 2022 at SBP Karachi to decide about the Monetary Policy. Later on, SBP will issue the Monetary Policy Statement through a press release on […]
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KARACHI: Pakistan central bank is scheduled to review policy rate on July 07, 2022 and analysts believed an increase of up to 100 basis points due to surge in inflation. A report of K Trade Research issued on Tuesday, stated that the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) scheduled its monetary policy meeting for July 07, […]
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ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has increased the key policy rate by 6.75 per cent during September 2021 to May 2022, according to Economic Survey of Pakistan 2021/2022 released on Thursday. The survey stated that Pakistan’s economy has witnessed a V-shaped recovery in 2020-2021 after witnessing a contraction of 0.9 percent in FY2020. […]
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KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is scheduled to announce monetary policy on May 23, 2022 and may increase the key policy rate by 100 basis points to 13.25 per cent, analysts said on Tuesday. According to the analysts at Arif Habib Limited, the monetary policy committee of SBP will convene on Monday (May […]
KARACHI: Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) on Saturday said that the recent increase in interest rate will result in disaster for the economy. Irfan Iqbal Sheikh, President FPCCI, has expressed his profound disappointment and concerns over an unexpected and massive hike in the key policy rate, i.e. 250 bps by the […]
KARACHI: Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has urged the central bank to immediately withdraw the rise in the key policy rate of 2.5 per cent. Chairman Businessmen Group (BMG) Zubair Motiwala and President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) Muhammad Idrees, while highly criticizing the State Bank’s move to exorbitantly raise the […]
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KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in an unscheduled meeting held on Thursday announced a sharp increase in key policy rate by 250 basis points to 12.25 per cent from 9.75 per cent for next two months. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is scheduled to be held on April 19, 2022. However, due to […]