Pakistan's policy rate has further to fall

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) cut its discount rate by 50bp to 9.5% today. We think monetary policy is likely to be loosened further in a bid to revive private sector credit growth, although rate cuts in 2013 are unlikely to be as aggressive as this year.

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