Sunday, September 13, 2015

Pakistan central bank cuts key interest rate to 6.0% from 6.5%

2015-09-12 00:00 News out a short while agonot entirely expected.. only 11 out of 21 economists surveyed by Bloomberg had forecast a cutcentral bank says global oil price yet to bottomrecent gas hike offset by lower global oil pricemaintains FY2016 inflation forecast between 4.5%-5.5%inflation risked by subsidy withdrawal and and low food costsAnother Asian rate cut flying in the face of anticipated rate hikes in US/UKLower borrowing costs and lower oil prices are helping PM Nawaz Sharif who is under pressure to do more to revive the economy, end persistent power shortages and attract badly needed foreign investmentDid our readers in Pakistan see this move coming ?

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