ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s banks are set to benefit from better opportunities to generate business volumes due to improving operating conditions amid receding macroeconomic headwinds, Fitch Ratings said in its latest report.
Pakistan’s economy has shown signs of stabilization in recent months after securing a $7 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout program in September 2024, which helped restore investor confidence. Ratings agencies have since upgraded the country’s sovereign credit profile, citing fiscal reforms, lower inflation, and easing external pressures.
“Pakistan’s banks are set to benefit from better opportunities to generate business volumes due to improving operating conditions amid receding macroeconomic headwinds,” Fitch Ratings said, adding that the view was reinforced by the country’s improved sovereign credit profile following its upgrade of Pakistan’s Long-Term Issuer Default Rating to ‘B-’/Stable from ‘CCC+’ in April 2025.
Fitch said Pakistan’s economic recovery comes after “a period of significant turmoil and high inflation,” with real GDP growth expected to accelerate to 3.5 percent by 2027 from 2.5 percent in 2024.
“Consumer price inflation eased to 4.1 percent in July 2025 from its peak of 38 percent in May 2023, and we expect it to average around 5 percent in 2025,” the ratings agency noted.
