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Sharoon Ahmad
EUR 4.24 For Business Accounts Only

Pakistan Economy - 50bps Interest Rate Hike Expected in Sep-18 MPS

  • We expect SBP to raise interest rate by 50bps to PR/DR of 8.0/8.5%in upcoming monetary policy based on growing risks rather than focusing on current month’s expected softer inflation (General/NFNE inflation estimated at 5.3/7.7% YoY for Sep-18).
  • Money market yields indicate expectation of 50-100bps hike in interest rate as 12M T-bills yields / 12M KIBOR have increased by 67bps/79bps since the last monetary policy.
  • Though we maintain our call for 100bps hike over the rest of FY19 (inclusive of 50bps in Sep-18), the emergent risks of higher energy tariffs and abrupt PKR depreciation can drive inflation to double digits (through their second round effects) and resultantly interest rate beyond our current projections.
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Elixir Securities Pakistan is a Corporate Member of the Pakistan Stock Exchange & Pakistan Mercantile Exchange and is one of the leading securities brokerage & investment banking firms in Pakistan, established since 1994. Our principal business activities include all aspects of Pakistan’s Capital Markets covering Securities Brokerage (Equities, Fixed Income and Commodities), Corporate Finance & Capital Markets Advisory (M&A, ECM, DCM) and Investment Research (Economics & Securities). We are one of the most active & aggressive Broker-Dealers in Pakistan executing trades for most of the Top 20 Global Brokers with unmatched corporate access credentials and have successfully advised and closed on some landmark ECM transactions in the history of Pakistan including the largest deal in frontier Asia (USD 1.02 billion). Our Clients include foreign and domestic financial institutions (Banks, Asset Managers, Insurance Companies, Pension Funds) corporates, HNWI’s and retail investors. This is supported by a very strong and independent research capability, which is quoted regularly in both local and international media.

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