{
  "id": 16593438,
  "title": "State Bank raises Pakistan’s interest rate to 12%",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/state-bank-raises-pakistans-interest-rate-to-12",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-26T11:02:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1572519/state-bank-raises-pakistans-interest-rate-to-12/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pakistan’s central bank has raised its key interest rate by 50 basis points, taking it to 12 percent. The State Bank of Pakistan announced the decision as part of its latest monetary policy review. The increase raises the benchmark rate from its previous level of 11.5 percent. State Bank Governor Jameel Ahmad announced the decision […]",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}