Government got a favourable interest rate from the issuance of the 5-year domestic dollar denominated bond, a day after the announcement of the 2022 budget and Economic Policy. It mobilised $168.98 million from the debt instrument which was opened to both local and foreign investors, the auctioning results revealed.
As expected, Inflation – which is the average change in price of goods and services – shot up by 0.4% to 11% in October 2021. This was triggered by increase in Transport inflation as a result of rising fuel prices. Indeed, it was actually the item with the highest contribution to the increase in inflation last month.