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CPI slowdown: don’t look too closely!

At least that’s what the central bank would have you do! Monday’s monetary policy statement claimed that “the...

Published 26 Jan, 2022 08:08am

SBP maintains rate at 9.75pc on fiscal tightening

KARACHI: As per expectations, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has maintained...

Updated 25 Jan, 2022 09:27am

MPS on Monday: Policy rate may be kept unchanged

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will meet on Monday (Jan 24) to...

Published 22 Jan, 2022 05:46am

Opinion

The MPC projections

The last meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the SBP was held on the 14th of December 2021, after the...

Published 21 Dec, 2021 04:14am

Opinion

Questions the MPC didn’t answer

There were no surprises at all in the MPC (Monetary Policy Committee) meeting. Parts of the market tilted towards a...

Published 16 Dec, 2021 04:00am

Editorials

Policy rate hike

EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) raised on 14 December 2021 the interest rate by 100 basis points ...

Published 16 Dec, 2021 04:00am

Policy rate now soars to 9.75pc

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced to further increase...

Updated 15 Dec, 2021 10:00am

Business & Finance

3rd successive hike: SBP increases key interest rate by 100 basis points, takes it to 9.75%

Interest rate has now cumulatively increased 275 basis points in the previous three announcements

Updated 14 Dec, 2021 05:11pm

Editorials

Interest-rate policy

EDITORIAL: Rating agency Fitch’s projection that interest rate hike will continue in frontier markets facing...

Published 11 Dec, 2021 04:12am

Economy’s fundamentals strong: Tarin

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance Shaukat Tarin has expressed the hope that the import bill will...

Updated 04 Dec, 2021 09:44am

7-9pc inflation projection with multiple upside risks

KARACHI: Some 7 to 9 percent inflation projection for this fiscal year has multiple upside risks like higher global...

Updated 25 Nov, 2021 09:51am

Business & Finance

‘Monetary Policy Statement’: clarification by SBP

KARACHI: With regard to the editorial in Business Recorder dated November 22, 2021 titled “Monetary Policy...

Published 24 Nov, 2021 06:25am

SBP raises profit rate on saving accounts

KARACHI: After the surge in policy rate, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Monday announced increase in the minimum...

Updated 23 Nov, 2021 10:45am

4MFY22 YoY: Current account posts $5bn deficit on higher import bill

On a month-on-months basis, deficit widened to $1.66 billion in October 2021 compared to $1.13 billion in September 2021

Updated 20 Nov, 2021 10:17am

SBP hikes rate by 150bps to 8.75pc on inflation, BoP

Karachi: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Friday announced increase in key...

Updated 20 Nov, 2021 11:05am

Monetary policy to be reviewed 8 times a year

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has decided to increase the number of Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)...

Published 20 Nov, 2021 03:48am

Editorials

100 bps hike in policy rate on the cards?

EDITORIAL: The drip-by-drip currency depreciation compels the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to take quick decisions ...

Published 19 Nov, 2021 04:35am

MPC to meet ahead of schedule: 100-200bps hike in policy rate expected

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has decided to convene its meeting...

Updated 17 Nov, 2021 09:39am

World

Working from home may hurt women's careers: BoE

LONDON: Women who work mostly from home risk seeing their careers suffer now that significant numbers of male ...

Published 12 Nov, 2021 04:46am

Lending to government: SBP’s profit down 35pc on lower income

SBP attributes decline in profit to maturing of PIBs, and decrease in average interest rate during FY21

Updated 30 Oct, 2021 09:40am

Markets

Turkish lira at new low with little reprieve in sight

ISTANBUL: Turkey's lira sank to a new all-time low against the dollar on Monday and analysts saw little reprieve...

Updated 19 Oct, 2021 12:53am

Business & Finance

BoE's Bailey sees growing case for interest rate rise

LONDON: Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Monday that he and other members of the Monetary Policy...

Published 28 Sep, 2021 05:12am

Editorials

25bps hike in interest rate

EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to raise the discount rate by 25 basis points –- from 7 to...

Published 22 Sep, 2021 03:48am

CAD, inflation: Interest rate hiked by 25 bps to 7.25pc

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced to raise the key...

Updated 21 Sep, 2021 10:05am

Business & Finance

‘Survey’ says businessmen want cut in policy rate

KARACHI: A monetary policy survey conducted recently by Policy Research Unit (PRU), Policy Advisory Board Federation...

Published 14 Sep, 2021 03:55am

MPS on 20th

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee of SBP will meet on Monday, September 20, 2021 at SBP Karachi to decide about...

Published 11 Sep, 2021 03:01am

Business & Finance

Sterling holds gains

LONDON: Sterling held onto a modest gain on Thursday after the Bank of England laid out its plans for how it would...

Published 06 Aug, 2021 04:18am

Business & Finance

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Punjab Mod / Jun 5 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	1.41 ▲ 0.19 (15.57%)
Pak. P.V.C. / Jun 5 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	4.82 ▲ 0.61 (14.49%)
Hussain Industries / Jun 5 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	11.49 ▲ 0.99 (9.43%)
Gammon Pak / Jun 5 Gammon Pakistan Limited(GAMON)	5.30 ▲ 0.40 (8.16%)
Sui South Gas / Jun 5 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	9.66 ▲ 0.70 (7.81%)
HI-Tech Lub. / Jun 5 Hi-Tech Lubricants Limited(HTL)	23.47 ▲ 1.64 (7.51%)
Atlas Battery / Jun 5 Atlas Battery Limited(ATBA)	224.16 ▲ 15.64 (7.50%)
Century Paper / Jun 5 Century Paper & Board Mills Limited(CEPB)	55.60 ▲ 3.88 (7.50%)
Dawood Lawrencepur / Jun 5 Dawood Lawrencepur Limited(DLL)	258 ▲ 18.00 (7.50%)
Exide (PAK) / Jun 5 Exide Pakistan Limited(EXIDE)	274.59 ▲ 19.16 (7.50%)

Stock	Price
Unicap Modaraba / Jun 5 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	1.70 ▼ -0.67 (-28.27%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Jun 5 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	6.50 ▼ -0.99 (-13.22%)
Mehran Sugar / Jun 5 Mehran Sugar Mills Limited(MRNS)	38 ▼ -5.00 (-11.63%)
Rafhan Maize / Jun 5 Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited(RMPL)	8332 ▼ -1059.00 (-11.28%)
Diamond Ind. / Jun 5 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	30.62 ▼ -2.48 (-7.49%)
Gillette Pak / Jun 5 Gillette Pakistan Limited(GLPL)	109.08 ▼ -8.82 (-7.48%)
John&Philips / Jun 5 Johnson & Phillips (Pakistan) Limited(JOPP)	35.02 ▼ -2.83 (-7.48%)
Indus Dyeing / Jun 5 Indus Dyeing & Manufacturing Co. Limited(IDYM)	126 ▼ -9.06 (-6.71%)
Ruby Textile / Jun 5 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	3.13 ▼ -0.21 (-6.29%)
Reliance Ins. / Jun 5 Reliance Insurance Company Limited(RICL)	7.27 ▼ -0.48 (-6.19%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 5 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,776,521 ▼ -0.02
Pak Int.Bulk / Jun 5 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	10,345,500 ▲ 0.10
Sui North Gas / Jun 5 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	9,748,618 ▲ 2.54
Pak Petroleum / Jun 5 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	9,220,831 ▲ 3.59
Oil & Gas Dev. / Jun 5 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	8,432,214 ▲ 3.17
D.G.K.Cement / Jun 5 D.G. Khan Cement Company Limited(DGKC)	8,134,363 ▼ -0.12
Pak Refinery / Jun 5 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	5,737,803 ▲ 0.30
Maple Leaf Cement / Jun 5 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	4,793,566 ▲ 0.31
Hascol Petrol / Jun 5 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	4,657,500 ▲ 0.12
Sui South Gas / Jun 5 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	4,102,148 ▲ 0.70

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 5	286.10
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 5	285.90
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 5	140.13
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 5	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 5	1.24
Euro to USD / Jun 5	1.07
UK LIBOR % / Jun 2	5.06

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 2	4282.37
Nasdaq / Jun 2	13240.77
Dow Jones / Jun 2	33762.76
India Sensex / Jun 5	62894.02
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 5	32117.09
Hang Seng / Jun 5	18993.93
FTSE 100 / Jun 5	7637.92
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 5	16080.36
France CAC40 / Jun 5	7260.56

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 2	20235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 2	199760
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 5	72.64
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 5	1944.48
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 5	81.63

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