NAB barred from arresting MPs over allegations, complaints ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) would not arrest any member of the Parliament solely based on... Published 11 May, 2024 06:22am
BR Research MPS: slow (and cautious) wins the race As expected, SBP has maintained the policy rate at 22 percent. However, the implied forward guidance (the language... Updated 19 Mar, 2024 09:43am
BR Research MPS: Stay put in March The monetary policy meeting is on Monday, March 18, 2024 and analysts are divided on where they will be, some... Updated 15 Mar, 2024 04:58pm
Print Mixed expectations: MPS on 18th KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is scheduled to announce the Monetary Policy next Monday (March 18) with... Updated 13 Mar, 2024 09:42am
Pakistan Asif assails MPs for getting ‘dictation’ from Bajwa, Faiz ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Khawaja Asif lamented that the parliamentarians had to... Published 29 Feb, 2024 04:41am
Editorials MPS strong reflection of state of economy? EDITORIAL: The 29 January 2024 Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) can best be described as a whimper rather than a... Updated 31 Jan, 2024 06:13am
Business & Finance SBP may hold rates steady as inflation seen easing KARACHI: Central bank is expected to hold its key rate steady at a fourth straight policy meeting on Tuesday, with... Published 12 Dec, 2023 05:28am
Business & Finance MPS on 12th: Analysts say policy rate to remain unchanged KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is scheduled to announce monetary policy statement on December 12, 2023.... Published 07 Dec, 2023 04:35am
Pakistan Five former MPs join PML-N LAHORE: Five former MNAs and MPAs announced joining the PMLN after a meeting with former prime minister and PMLN... Published 13 Nov, 2023 06:31am
Business & Finance MPS tomorrow KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will meet on Monday to decide about... Published 29 Oct, 2023 03:25am
BR Research MPS: Wait and see The monetary policy is going to be announced coming Monday (30th October 2023). The rational choice of analysts is... Published 27 Oct, 2023 08:09am
Editorials Policy rate kept unchanged EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 22 percent surprising... Published 18 Sep, 2023 06:32am
Markets SBP keeps key policy rate unchanged at 22% Contrary to market expectations, Monetary Policy Committee maintains status quo Stresses on maintaining prudent fiscal stance to keep aggregate demand in check Updated 14 Sep, 2023 09:00pm
Business & Finance MPS tomorrow KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the SBP will meet on Thursday (tomorrow) at SBP Karachi to decide... Published 13 Sep, 2023 06:17am
Business & Finance Ministers, MPs and bureaucrats: UBG against making fuel, gas and electricity available free of charge KARACHI: United Business Group (UBG) has said that the business community demands that, in order to meet the IMF... Published 04 Aug, 2023 06:20am
Editorials MPS: Will IMF need to recalibrate its expectations? EDITORIAL: In a surprise move, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) left the policy rate unchanged at 22 percent,... Published 02 Aug, 2023 06:47am
Print MPS on Monday: Analysts give mixed views on policy rate KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will meet on Monday (July 31) to... Updated 28 Jul, 2023 02:40pm
Editorials Policy rate hike EDITORIAL: Monetary Policy Statement (MPS), has not been much successful in justifying the 100 basis point increase... Published 02 Jul, 2023 03:13am
Editorials The policy rate challenge EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee raised the policy rate by one percent - to 21 percent - thereby linking the... Published 06 Apr, 2023 06:20am
Print SBP seen raising key rate to record 22pc as inflation bites KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will meet on Tuesday, April 04, 2023 at... Updated 01 Apr, 2023 08:48am
Editorials MPS: steep rate hike to tame inflation EDITORIAL: In spite of the Monetary Policy Committee’s (MPC’s) decision to raise the discount rate to 20 percent... Published 06 Mar, 2023 06:22am
BR Research MPS: Need more hawks SBP increased the policy rate by 1 percent to 17 percent seeing entrenched inflation expectations and sharp and... Published 24 Jan, 2023 09:56am
BR Research Building inflation expectations Inflation expectations are becoming entrenched in Pakistan. There is a case of seven straight months of twenty... Published 16 Dec, 2022 09:04am
Editorials MPS makes grim but unsurprising reading EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) raised the policy rate by 100 basis points to 16 percent, reflecting... Published 28 Nov, 2022 06:09am
Markets SBP raises key interest rate by 100bps, takes it to 16% MPC says decision reflects view that inflationary pressures have proven to be stronger and more persistent than expected Majority of market participants had anticipated central bank to maintain key policy rate Updated 25 Nov, 2022 08:52pm
Editorials MPS text influenced by the ‘Dar factor’? EDITORIAL: Monetary Policy Statement (MPS), the first under the chairmanship of the newly-appointed Governor State... Published 12 Oct, 2022 05:46am
Business & Finance MPS on 10th KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will meet on Monday (Oct 10) at SBP Karachi ... Published 07 Oct, 2022 05:59am
Editorials Friendly countries aid fatigue EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, while addressing a lawyers’ convention in Islamabad, acknowledged that... Published 19 Sep, 2022 05:45am
Print ‘Most difficult part is behind us now’: SBP official defends quick hikes in key policy rate KARACHI: Chief Economist and Research Advisor SBP, Dr Ali Chaudhry has said that the most difficult part is behind ... Updated 28 Aug, 2022 01:12pm
Pakistan Monetary policy: SBP keeps key interest rate unchanged at 15% Monetary Policy Committee says with recent inflation developments in line with expectations, domestic demand beginning to moderate and the external position showing some improvement, it felt it was prudent to take a pause at this stage Updated 22 Aug, 2022 05:10pm
