The State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) recently made the call to keep the policy rate steady at 22 percent in their latest meeting. Their decision stems from worries about frequent changes in administered energy prices, affecting the expected decline in inflation. Al...
Market based implementation of monetary policy embeds a swift and complete pass-through of changes in policy rate to market interest rates. This impacts the lending and deposit rates (retail rates) of the banking system. Incomplete and slow pass-through impairs the effectiveness of monetary policy ...
The article offers information on the monetary policy of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) for fiscal year (FY) 2010-2011 as it held a reverse-repurchase interest rate at 14.00%. It mentions that SBP will have a 2010-2011 FY end interest rate of 13.00% as inflation and public sector ...
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The existing exchange rate arrangements and possible limits of government borrowing from the SBP would also be clarified in line with prioritising price stability as an objective of monetary policy, they said. Govt to give SBP more autonomy SBP is expected to receive the $2 billion deposit shortly...
A week earlier, U.S. Federal Reserve also said concerns over higher inflation and tighter monetary policy have become the top concern for market participants, pushing aside the COVID-19 pandemic. According to U.S. Labor Department, U.S. consumer prices accelerated in October as A...
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Choice of Monetary Policy Regime: Should the SBP Adopt Inflation Targeting? Monetary aggregate targeting is based on a stable and predictable relationship between inflation and monetary aggregate(s). However, structural changes both in the economy as well as in the financial sector, financial innovatio...
As inflation starts to ease, the nine percent discount rate appeared to be taking effect. The bank is expected to retain its tight monetary policy due to strong asset prices and unstable oil prices until the end of the second quarter of 2006....