KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) announced that a meeting of the monetary policy committee (MPC) will be held on Monday (October 27, 2025), in Karachi.
State Bank of Pakistan Governor Jameel Ahmad will preside over the meeting. The participants of the meeting will decide the interest rate for the next months.
Meanwhile, Topline Research released a market survey about the monetary policy. As per the survey, 85 percent of people expressed the hope that the interest rate will remain at 11 percent.
The survey said that the main reason behind the unchanged interest rate is inflation, which increased due to floods. The inflation rate will be further enhanced in the next few months.
Fifteen percent of people said that they are expecting a 25 bps decrease in interest rate. Ten percent of people said that they are expecting a 50 bps cut in the interest rate.
Forty-two percent of people said that during inflation rate will be between 6 to 7 percent during the fiscal year 2026.
Thirty-two percent said that the inflation rate will be 8 percent. Forty-four people said that USD will be between Rs282 to Rs285 till December 2025.
