Karachi, November 1 2024: In a bold call to action, Atif Ikram Sheikh, President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), has expressed deep dissatisfaction with the current monetary policy framework, urging a significant revision ahead of the upcoming Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting. Sheikh highlighted that the prevailing policy rate…
KARACHI, October 23 2024: – As the upcoming monetary policy meeting on November 4, 2024, approaches, analysts at Arif Habib Limited (AHL) anticipate a substantial 200 basis points (bps) cut in the policy rate, potentially lowering it to 15.5%. This level would be reminiscent of November 2022 when the rate stood at 16.0%. If this…
Karachi, April 16, 2020: In light of this reduction in growth and inflation expectations, the Monetary Policy Committee of the State Bank of Pakistan has decided at its emergency meeting today, to cut the policy rate by a further 200 basis points to 9 percent. At its last meeting on 24 th March 2020, the…
Karachi, September 13, 2019: While most of the analysts are expecting status quo in upcoming monetary policy, analysts at Arif Habib Limited are seeing some 24 basis points cut in interest rate. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is scheduled to announce its monetary policy on September 16, 2019. “We expect the central bank to…
Karachi, November 30, 2018: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday announced to increase the key policy rate by 150 basis points (bps) to 10 percent. The decision was taken in a meeting of Monetary Policy Committee chaired by Tariq Bajaw Governor SBP held at SBP head office Karachi. According to a statement issued…