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<ul><li>Pakistan listed banks profitability increased to record Rs131bn (up 3x YoY) in 2Q2023. This was primarily driven by significant jump in Net Interest Income (NII) amid high interest rates, and balance sheet growth. In US$ terms listed banks profit was up 2x YoY to US$459mn in 2Q2023.</li><li>NII of the sector clocked in at Rs420bn in 2Q2023 vs. Rs243bn in 2Q2022 up 73% YoY as average policy rates during 2Q2023 remained to 21% vs. 13% in 2Q2023. Interest income was up by 97% YoY to Rs1.4trn, whereas interest expense was up by 109% YoY to Rs946bn.</li><li>Non-interest income of the sector down marginally by 1% to Rs86bn in 2Q2023 mainly due to decline in FX income. On other hand, non-markup expense was up 33% YoY to Rs217bn in 2Q2023 due to higher admin expense which is in line with inflation.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Pakistan listed banks profitability increased to record Rs131bn (up 3x YoY) in 2Q2023. This was primarily driven by significant jump in Net Interest Income (NII) amid high interest rates, and balance sheet growth. In US$ terms listed banks profit was up 2x YoY to US$459mn in 2Q2023.NII of the sector clocked in at Rs420bn in 2Q2023 vs. Rs243bn in 2Q2022 up 73% YoY as average policy rates during 2Q2023 remained to 21% vs. 13% in 2Q2023. Interest income was up by 97% YoY to Rs1.4trn, whereas interest expense was up by 109% YoY to Rs946bn.Non-interest income of the sector down marginally by 1% to Rs86bn in 2Q2023 mainly due to decline in FX income. On other hand, non-markup expense was up 33% YoY to Rs217bn in 2Q2023 due to higher admin expense which is in line with inflation.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Pakistan Banks: Listed Banks Report Record Profitability; Earnings Jump 3 Times in 2Q2023

Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation for Dec 2016 stood at 3.7% YoY as compared to 3.8% in Nov 2016. Inflation remained below market expectations. On MoM basis, inflation declined by 0.68%, which is a 22-month low, as against an increase of 0.2% in previous month, on the back of significantly lower food inflation. Food inflation that contributes around 35% to the total headline CPI inflation was up 2.4% YoY in Dec 2016 vs. 2.5% in Nov 2016. On MoM basis, food inflation declined by 2.3%, which is…

Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation for Dec 2016 stood at 3.7% YoY as compared to 3.8% in Nov 2016. Inflation remained below market expectations. On MoM basis, inflation declined by 0.68%, which is a 22-month low, as against an increase of 0.2% in previous month, on the back of significantly lower food inflation. Food inflation that contributes around 35% to the total headline CPI inflation was up 2.4% YoY in Dec 2016 vs. 2.5% in Nov 2016. On MoM basis, food inflation declined by 2.3%, which is…

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Pakistan Banks: Listed Banks Report Record Profitability; Earnings Jump 3 Times in 2Q2023

Pakistan listed banks profitability increased to record Rs131bn (up 3x YoY) in 2Q2023. This was primarily driven by significant jump in...

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Pakistan Inflation Review - Dec 2016

Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation for Dec 2016 stood at 3.7% YoY as compared to 3.8% in Nov 2016. Inflation remained below market expectations....

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