Is stability enough? Published 11 Jun, 2026 05:06am Pakistan’s macroeconomic position is more settled today than it has been in some time. Inflation has receded from...
SBP injects massive Rs11.85 trillion into banking system for up to 14 days Published 25 Apr, 2025 09:26pm The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has injected a significantly high amount of Rs11.85 trillion into conventional and...
‘Uraan’ success hinges on unity, stability… Published 10 Jan, 2025 03:51am With limited access to external funding, government debt has increasingly been taken up by the banking sector and,...
Will the next inflationary cycle look different? Published 11 Dec, 2024 09:02am When the SBP autonomy bill was first presented in Parliament in March 2021, it met with resistance on multiple...
Facing a double-edged sword Published 03 Oct, 2024 07:10am There has been a lot of discussion among analysts and news media about the amount of liquidity in the market and ...
Rate cut hopes drive treasury yield decline Published 09 Aug, 2024 09:02am The Treasury bills yields are falling in anticipation of rate cuts. In the auction earlier this week, the cut-off...
Wise decision Published 31 Oct, 2023 08:36am SBP kept the policy rate unchanged at 22 percent. The markets were expecting a rate cut, and the rumor mill was...
Money market in disarray? Published 10 Mar, 2023 08:41am The way the money market behaved yesterday in the T-Bill auction, there is an expectation of an increase in the...
SBP injects Rs1.8trn into market Updated 25 Feb, 2023 01:27pm KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday injected Rs1.8 trillion into the market to provide liquidity to...
Liquidity management: DFIs can participate in OMOs: SBP Published 08 Jun, 2022 06:19am KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has allowed the Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) to participate in...
2022: What’s in store?—II Published 05 Jan, 2022 05:36am In December, SBP conducted open market operations (OMOs) three times, which did not prove to be an effective ...
T-bill auction: bidding adieu to ‘21 in style Published 31 Dec, 2021 07:57am The cut-off rates in this week’s T-Bill auction marginally came down from the previous auction. However, SBP’s...