Pakistan’s central bank has lost sight of the medium term

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) responded to the latest fall in headline inflation by cutting interest rates again over the weekend. The SBP’s aggressive series of rate cuts during the last year poses a serious risk to the medium-term inflation outlook, and we think it will need to backtrack before long.

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