Policy rate

Central bank revises down mark-up by 150bps

KSE-100 index loses 2,124 points, or 2.8% WoW, settles at 73,754

KSE-100 index drops 356.51 points, settles at 73,862.93

KSE-100 index dives 1,047.71 points, settles at 71,695.03

Central bank takes cautious approach against likely uptick in inflation readings amid ongoing talks with IMF

Strategy aims to maintain policy rate amidst IMF concerns

Issues including runaway energy tariffs, skyrocketing prices of industrial plots, high policy rate of central bank

Decision comes ahead of IMF board meeting; SBP expects deceleration in inflation

Experts believe policy rate hiking cycle has come to an end

Bank says decision takes into account latest inflation outturn, reflecting continuous decline in trend

Says unprecedented increase will lead to rapid de-industrialisation

SBP’s monetary policy committee meeting today to decide on rate revision

Govt raised Rs1.14tr through sale of T-bills to meet its expenditures

SBP expected to increase policy rate by 100-200 basis points

Some suggest that the govt consider alternatives to IMF

Analysts expect rate to go up to 17% ahead of IMF programme revival

Move aimed at curbing inflation, achieving ‘higher growth on more sustainable basis'

This is the second consecutive monetary policy statement in the past three months in which SBP has maintained the rate

Some analysts expect increase in policy rate

Criticise central bank for maintaining policy rate at 7% despite fall in inflation level

More than a year now that the policy rate has not undergone any change

Central bank will announce monetary policy on 28th

It is fourth increase of the year, pushing central bank's key overnight lending rate to range of 2.25-2.5%

SBP Governor Ashraf Wathra says the target rate will be 5.75% for August-September

The decision is based on the expectation that there will be reversal in declining momentum of headline inflation