The central bank in Pakistan (SBP) today lifted its discount rate by 50bp to 14.0%, as we had expected. The annual gain in consumer prices should peak in coming months and inflation pressures from the fiscal policy overrun should ease. Accordingly, we expect that the SBP will now be able to leave the policy rate unchanged far into 2011. Indeed, the next move will probably be a cut.
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