A man selling vegetables waits for customers at his makeshift stall at the Empress Market in Karachi. — Reuters/FileReading comes week after SBP kept policy rate at 10.50%.Finance ministry forecasts January inflation at 5–6%.IMF warns against early monetary easing under loan…
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