Karachi May 6 2025: Following the yesterday SBP decision to decrease ‘Policy Rate’ (Target Rate) from 12.00% to 11.00%, the central bank announced Overnight Repo (Floor) rate will be at 10.00%, i.e., 100 bps below the SBP Policy Rate.
SBP Overnight Reverse Repo (Ceiling) rate will be at 12.00%, i.e., 100 bps above the SBP Policy Rate.
Accordingly, the Floor and Ceiling levels for the Interest Rate Corridor are 10.00% and 12.00% p.a., respectively (i.e., width of 200bps).
SBP will continue to ensure that the money market overnight rate remains close to the SBP Policy Rate (Target Rate).
Above changes are effective from May 6th, 2025. Other instructions on the subject shall, however, remain unchanged.
