The Monetary Policy Committee has decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 10.5 percent in its meeting held on 09th March 2026 owing to massive jump in petroleum prices and raise in inflation. The inflation is increasing day by day from 11pc to 13 pc, which is enormous, raising the cost of doing business, effecting industries / manufacturing / businesses, the competitiveness is declining exports and widening the trade deficit said ateeq ur rehman (economic & financial analyst).
Thus the cost of transportation / logistic support services has jumped gigantically consequently brining the consumer goods, groceries, fruit, vegetable, ghee / oil, dairy products, etc out of reach of a common man.
Further our power and petroleum sector always been in trouble and their difficulties has been an impacting source of augmenting inflation thus burdening the middle and salaried class to suffer the most he added.
