Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Kati slams 100 basis points increase in interest rates

Kati

KARACHI: Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (Kati) president Salman Aslam has expressed concern over 1 per cent increase in the interest rates and said that the latest decision of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to increase the key policy rate to 9.75 per cent would increase inflation. He said 9 per cent to … Read more

Monetary policy announcement may end rupee volatility

Rupee

KARACHI: The monetary policy announcement scheduled for next week may end the volatility in the rupee value. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is scheduled to announce the monetary policy statement on December 14, 2021. The Monetary Policy Committee will take all the current economic indicators into consideration, while making the decision. One of the … Read more

PM Imran Khan confident of increase in economic growth by end of fiscal year

PM's

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Pakistan’s macroeconomic indicators are stable and expressed confidence that by the end of the fiscal year, the economy will grow at a higher rate, compared with the previous year. He expressed these views, while chairing a meeting of the Macro Economic Advisory Group. Imran Khan said the … Read more