Monetary Policy Statement
1. At its meeting today, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to cut the policy rate by 100 bps to 12 percent, effective from January 28, 2025. The Committee noted…
Monetary Policy Announcement
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of SBP will meet on Monday, January 27, 2025 to decide about the Monetary Policy. Governor SBP, Mr. Jameel Ahmad will announce the Monetary Policy…
Monetary Policy Announcement
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of SBP will meet on Monday, December 16, 2024 to decide about the Monetary Policy. Later on, SBP will issue the Monetary Policy Statement through…
Monetary Policy Statement
1. At its meeting today, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to cut the policy rate by 250 basis points to 15 percent, effective from November 5, 2024. The Committee…
Bilwani urges SBP to cut policy rate by 300 to 500 basis points
KARACHI: President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) Muhammad Jawed Bilwani has urged the Central Bank to reduce policy rate by 300 to 500 basis points in the next…
Monetary Policy Announcement
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of SBP will meet on Monday, November 04, 2024 to decide about the Monetary Policy. Later on, SBP will issue the Monetary Policy Statement through…
Monetary Policy Statement September 12, 2024
1. At its meeting today, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to cut the policy rate by 200 bps to 17.5 percent, effective from September 13, 2024. Both headline and…
Monetary Policy Announcement
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of SBP will meet on Thursday, September 12, 2024 to decide about the Monetary Policy. Later on, SBP will issue the Monetary Policy Statement through…
Monetary Policy Statement July 29, 2024
1. At its meeting today, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to cut the policy rate by 100 basis points to 19.5 percent, effective from July 30, 2024. The Committee…
Monetary Policy Announcement
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will meet on Monday, July 29, 2024 to decide about Monetary Policy. Governor SBP, Mr. Jameel Ahmad will announce…
Monetary Policy Statement
1. At its meeting today, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 22 percent. The Committee noted that the macroeconomic stabilization measures are contributing…
Monetary Policy Announcement
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of SBP will meet on Monday, March 18 to decide about the Monetary Policy. Later on, SBP will issue the Monetary Policy Statement through a…
Monetary Policy Statement December 12, 2023
1. At its meeting today, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to maintain the policy rate at 22 percent. The decision does take into account the impact of the recent…
Monetary Policy Announcement
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of SBP will meet on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at SBP Karachi to decide about the Monetary Policy. Later on, SBP will issue the Monetary…
State Bank of Pakistan Keeps Policy Rate at 22%, Emphasizes on Fiscal Consolidation
The State Bank of Pakistan’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to maintain the policy rate at 22 percent at its meeting on October 30, 2023. The MPC noted that inflation…
Monetary Policy Statement October 30, 2023
1. At its meeting today, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to maintain the policy rate at 22 percent. The Committee noted that headline inflation rose in September 2023 as…
Monetary Policy Announcement
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of SBP will meet on Monday, October 30, 2023 at SBP Karachi to decide about the Monetary Policy. Later on, SBP will issue the Monetary…
Strengthening Rupee Status Quo in Petroleum Prices Should’ve Been Maintained Irfan Iqbal Sheikh
Karachi (PR): Mr. Irfan Iqbal Sheikh, President FPCCI, has maintained that the government should have kept the petroleum prices unchanged – given the incrementally consecutive gains of the Pak Rupee…
Monetary Policy Statement, September 14, 2023
1. At its meeting today, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to maintain the policy rate at 22 percent. This decision takes into account the latest inflation outturn reflecting the…
SBP keeps interest rates unchanged at 22 percent
KARACHI: At its meeting today, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 22 percent. The Committee noted that the economic uncertainty has decreased since…