ISLAMABAD: State Bank of Pakistan has decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 13.25 per cent for the next two months.
Announcing the monetary policy decision at a news conference in Karachi today, Governor State Bank of Pakistan Dr Reza Baqir said interest rate has not been changed as the inflation rate is expected to remain at 11 to 12 per cent this year. However, he said, the improvements in supply are likely to reduce the inflation rate.
He said economic stability is further improving with job creation expected to rise. He said agricultural production may not meet its target this year.
“While controlling inflation we also have to support sectors that contribute to our exports,” SBP Governor Dr Reza Baqir said at the bank’s first monetary policy announcement of 2020.
He said an increase of one hundred billion rupees is being made in the working capital scheme.
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