Today, SBP will reveal the new policy rate.

The SBP’s Monetary Policy Committee is anticipated to lower policy rates by two to three percent, based on the specifics.

The profit rate is at 15%, which represents a 7% cumulative decline since June.

Furthermore, a 34.9 crore dollar surplus has been recorded in the current account since October, which was also in surplus in August and September.

The SBP also reported that remittances topped $3.9 billion in November.

The nation’s inflation rate has risen to 3.9%, according to data released by the Bureau of Statistics.

The latest statistics from SBP, which were issued on Monday, showed that workers’ remittances rose by 33.6 percent in the first five months of the current fiscal year compared to the same period last year.

Remittances totaled US$ 14.8 billion from July to November 2024–2025 compared to US$ 11.1 billion from July to November 2023–2024.

An estimated $620 million rise in SBP’s foreign exchange reserves occurred on December 6.

“The total foreign reserves of Pakistan surged to US$16.62 billion, supported by a recent Asian Development Bank (ADB) loan transfer, while the SBP reserves crossed $12 billion as of November 29, 2024,” the State Bank of Pakistan stated in a statement.

Following the formal inflow of $500 million from ADB, the SBP reports that the central bank’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves rose by $620 million to $12,038.3 million.

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