Karachi: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) while announcing monitory policy has curtailed interest rate by 50 paisas points.

As per monitory policy issued by SBP, new interest rate has been fixed at 10.5 percent from December 16, 2025.

The economic wizards were expecting the interest rate will be sustained at the level of 11 percent. However monitory policy committee decided to curtail interest rate by 50 basis points.

It is pertinent to mention here earlier the SBP had reduced interest ratio by 100 basis points in May 2025.

Later the interest rate was kept sustained at 11 percent for continuous several terms.