KARACHI: Monetary Policy Committee of SBP on Monday (27th Oct, 2025) has kept the policy rate unchanged at 11%. Monetary Policy Statement: Headline inflation rose significantly to 5.6 percent in September from 3.0 percent in August. This largely reflected the expected flood-induced increase in food prices; an uptick in energy prices; and sticky core inflation. […]
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KARACHI: SBP has announced on Monday (15th Sept, 2025) that it was keeping the policy rate unchanged at eleven percent. Commenting on the MPC decision apropos extending a pause in monetary easing for the third time, SBP stated: “This temporary yet significant flood-induced supply shock, particularly to the crop sector, may push up headline inflation […]
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KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan has kept the policy rate at 11% on Wednesday (30th July, 2025). SBP had kept the rate unchanged on 16th day of June too. It is pertinent to mention here that in June 2024 the policy rate was 22% which was slashed in seven intervals. Earlier, various trade & industry […]
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KARACHI: The SBP’s Monetary Policy Committee during a rendezvous held here on Monday (27th Jan, 2025) has decided to cut key policy rate by 100 basis points (bps) to 12 percent. It is pertinent to mention here that since June last year SBP has slashed the policy rate by one thousand bps (22pc in June, […]
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KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) at a rendezvous held here on Monday (16th Dec, 2024) decided to cut the policy rate by 200 bps to 13 percent effective from 17th Dec, 2024. SPB, justifying the move said it was grace a lesser imports, decline in food inflation and phasing out the impact of hike […]
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KARACHI: As expected by the economists, SBP has slashed the benchmark policy rate to 15% from 17.5% here on Monday (4th November, 2024). SBP stated: “At its meeting today, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to cut the policy rate by 250 basis points to 15 per cent, effective from November 5, 2024.” It is […]
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KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), while acknowledging the receipt of $1.03 billion IMF tranche on Friday (27th Sept, 2024) told the Media that the amount would be reflected in SBP liquid reserves to be released on Thursday (3rd day of October, 2024). IMF has approved $ 7 billion EFF (on 25th Sept, 2024) […]
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KARACHI: SBP Governor Jameel Ahmed, while talking to journalists at a Presser held here on Monday (29th July, 2024) informed that the Monetary Policy Committee of the SBP had decided to cut the policy rate by 100bps to 19.5pc, effective from 30th July, 2024. Newspakistan.tv
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KARACHI: SBP Monday (29th April, 2024) persistently kept policy rate unchanged at 22 percent while stressing on continuation of the current monetary policy stance to bring inflation down to the target range. The central bank, in a statement issued here following the meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), noted that the macroeconomic stabilization measures […]
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KARACHI: SBP on Monday (18th March, 2024) cautiously decided to keep policy rate at 22 per cent on pretext of elevated inflation expectations that required continuity of the current monetary stance to bring inflation down.The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) also emphasized on timely realization of planned external inflows along with continued targeted fiscal consolidation for […]
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