The delay in implementing a new value added tax has soured relations between Pakistan and the IMF and means that the capital inflow needed to shore up the balance of payments will be slow in coming through. Accordingly, the depreciation of the rupee will probably accelerate in coming months. The central bank discount rate should remain at 12.5% into 2011, but the risk is that policy rates move up.
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