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SBP forecasts high inflation, weak growth

Maintains key policy rate at 15pc

Updated 11 Oct, 2022 10:03am

Govt getting $4bn as bonds take battering after floods: SBP

KARACHI: Additional financial international commitments to Pakistan in the wake of devastating floods will offset ...

Updated 11 Oct, 2022 09:59am

Business & Finance

Monetary policy: SBP maintains status quo, keeps key interest rate unchanged at 15%

The central bank has kept policy rate unchanged since July 7, 2022

Updated 10 Oct, 2022 09:13pm

Business & Finance

Monetary policy: majority expects status quo in key interest rate

SBP is currently scheduled to hold the Monetary Policy Committee meeting on October 10

Updated 05 Oct, 2022 09:44am

Editorials

Curbing currency volatility

EDITORIAL: ‘The worst is behind us’, stated the State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP’s) Chief Economist in a recent...

Published 02 Sep, 2022 06:00am

Editorials

Outlook characterised by grim uncertainties

EDITORIAL: As per reports, the Update and Outlook August 2022, compiled by the finance division, Pakistan’s...

Published 30 Aug, 2022 06:21am

‘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

Editorials

A nimble MPS?

EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) announced on 22 August 2022, as expected, kept the policy rate...

Published 24 Aug, 2022 05:08am

Pakistan

Pasha lauds MPC’s decision to maintain policy rate

ISLAMABAD: Former finance minister Dr Hafeez Pasha has stated that Monetary Policy Committee’s decision to ...

Published 24 Aug, 2022 05:08am

Policy rate kept unchanged at 15pc: MPC sees headline inflation surging to its peak in Q1

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

Updated 23 Aug, 2022 09:21am

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

Business & Finance

Upcoming monetary policy: majority polled expect no change in key interest rate

Poll conducted by Topline Securities says 56% of participants saw status quo prevailing in announcement scheduled for August 22

Updated 13 Aug, 2022 11:54am

Editorials

Inflation and policy rate

EDITORIAL: Murtaza Syed, Acting Governor State Bank of Pakistan, in an interview with a local media outlet, conceded...

Updated 12 Aug, 2022 06:05am

Opinion

A cruel IMF programme

‘The pandemic triggered a dramatic increase in public debt in developing economies, from 54 to 65 per cent of GDP...

Published 15 Jul, 2022 06:20am

Pakistan

'Far from a soft landing': expert says joblessness, business defaults to rise after rate-hike

The central bank's decision to increase the key interest rate could trigger unemployment and decrease business...

Published 08 Jul, 2022 05:06pm

Business & Finance

Here is a look at SBP's previous monetary policy announcements

Central bank has raised interest rates by 675 basis points since September 2021, taking the key rate to its highest since 2011

Updated 07 Jul, 2022 04:38pm

MPS tomorrow: Key policy rate likely to be hiked by 100bps

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank Pakistan (SBP) will unveil monetary policy on July 7,...

Updated 06 Jul, 2022 10:16am

Business & Finance

With inflation running high, majority expects SBP to hike key interest rate by at least 100bps

ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan's (SBP) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will meet on Thursday (July 7) with...

Updated 05 Jul, 2022 05:25pm

BR Research

Enough belt-‘tightening’

The monetary policy decision is day after tomorrow. Seeing the higher-than-expected inflation in June (at 21.3%)...

Published 05 Jul, 2022 09:05am

Business & Finance

Monetary policy: majority expects at least 100bps hike as inflation highest since Dec 2008

Monetary Policy Committee of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is currently scheduled to meet on July 7 (Thursday)

Published 01 Jul, 2022 07:15pm

Pakistan

Macroeconomic imbalances challenging Pakistan’s economic growth: MoF

Inflation may increase after pass-through of international oil prices to domestic energy products, says finance ministry's monthly 'Economic Update and Outlook' report

Updated 29 Jun, 2022 06:32pm

BR Research

Autos: Start-stop

Over the past two years, policymakers have reduced or raised taxes, and imposed or relaxed restrictions, at times to...

Published 20 Jun, 2022 09:29am

Business & Finance

Thai baht nurses losses as cenbank holds rate

BANGKOK: The Thai baht nursed losses on Wednesday as the central bank held its key interest rate steady to support...

Published 09 Jun, 2022 06:18am

Markets

Heavy oil payments: Rupee drops to record low, closes at 202.83 in inter-bank market

During the session, rupee even crossed 204 against the US dollar before making a recovery

Updated 07 Jun, 2022 07:11pm

BR Research

Rising market rates: is SBP losing credibility?

Market has yet again made the policy rate irrelevant. The cut-off in the latest T-Bill auction reached at 15.25...

Published 03 Jun, 2022 08:31am

Markets

PSX: bears tighten the grip

KARACHI: A bearish trend continued on Pakistan Stock Exchange Thursday due to heavy selling in almost all sectors...

Published 03 Jun, 2022 05:56am

Business & Finance

SBP raises Rs792bn through auction for MTBs, cut-off yield soars up to 75 bps

Hike in rate comes after central bank increased policy rate by 150 bps last month

Published 02 Jun, 2022 03:36pm

Opinion

Policy rate and oil subsidy — II

Therefore, such policy increase will likely do a lot of harm to the impact of bottom-up approach by the previous...

Updated 01 Jun, 2022 09:44am

Business & Finance

NKATI chief for bringing down policy rate to single digits

KARACHI: Chief of the North Karachi Association of Trade and Industry (NKATI) Faisal Moiz Khan has appealed to...

Published 26 May, 2022 06:19am

Pakistan

Budget, energy subsidies main topics being discussed with IMF: Dr Murtaza Syed

SBP's acting governor says progress in talks has been made, but it is normal for 'these things to take time'

Published 24 May, 2022 08:09pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 3	278.23
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 3	278.03
USD to Japanese Yen / May 3	153.05
USD to Swiss Franc / May 3	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 3	1.25
Euro to USD / May 3	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 3	5127.79
India Sensex / May 3	73878.15
Tokyo Nikkei / May 3	38236.07
Nasdaq / May 3	16156.33
Hang Seng / May 3	18475.92
FTSE 100 / May 3	8213.49
Dow Jones / May 3	38675.68
Germany DAX 30 / May 3	18001.60

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 3	78.11
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 3	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 3	205418
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 3	2301.74
Cotton US¢/pound / May 3	78.06
Petrol/Litre / May 5	288.49

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 5 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 5 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 5 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 5 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 5 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 5 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 5 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 5 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 5 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 5 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 5 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 5 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 5 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 5 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 5 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 5 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 5 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 5 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 5 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 5 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 5 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 5 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 5 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 5 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 5 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 5 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 5 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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