Profit Rates on National Savings Plans Dropped Once Again

The national savings certificates and programs’ profit rates have been lowered by the government by up to 72 basis points. The national savings certificate profit rates have dropped for the second time in a row. In January 2024, there were reductions as high as 46 basis points from the preceding update. Four of the certificates had their profit rates lowered last month, while the remaining securities saw no change.

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Profit rates on Regular Income Certificates (RIC), Short Term Savings Certificates (STSC), Special Savings Certificates (SSC), and Defense Savings Certificates (DSC) have been lowered in today’s update.

Additionally, there has been a raise in the profit rates on Saving Accounts Rate (SAR), Behbood Saving Certificates (BSC), Shuhda Family Welfare Accounts (SFWA), and Pensioners Benefit Accounts (PBA).

The Sarwa Islamic Saving Account and Sarwa Islamic Term Account continue to offer the same rates of return. While the rate of return on SSC has dropped by 40 basis points to 15.6%, the rate of return on RIC has dropped by 36 basis points to 14.64 percent.

The rate of return on STSC has been reduced lower by 58 basis points to 19.76 percent, while the profit rates on BSC, PBA, and SFWA have decreased by 72 basis points to 15.36 percent apiece. Defense Savings Certificates (DSC) now have a rate of return of 13.67 percent, a 55 basis point decrease.

The rates of return on the Saving Account Rate (SAR), which is currently 20.5 percent, have not changed.