State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will announce the Monetary Policy Statement for next two months on Mar. 30, 2018. The Independent Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the SBP will meet for deliberations on key economic indicators to make a decision on policy rate. It is expected that SBP may increase the interest rate by 25bps for Apr-May.’18 to contain the Pak rupee slide impact. Monetary policy announced on Jan. 26, 2018, SBP increased the key policy rate by 25 basis points (bps) to 6% for Feb-Mar.’18.