PIB yields fell 47 to 70 basis points, June CPI eased to 11.1%, and the Fed's mixed signal softened the dollar. The bond market read that as room for a cut. In the same fortnight the trade deficit hit a four-year high of $39.5bn and FBR missed the IMF's Rs 13.979tr target by Rs 975bn. The ceiling moved; it did not lift.
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