Opinion Fall in industrial production The statistics on the Quantum Index of Manufacturing (QIM) has been released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics... Published 26 Dec, 2023 04:30am
Opinion Outlook for inflation The statement released recently by the Monetary Policy Committee of the SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) indicates that... Published 19 Dec, 2023 05:20am
Opinion Mixed economic trends The first five months of 2023-24 have witnessed upturns and downturns both globally and within Pakistan. There was... Published 12 Dec, 2023 05:28am
Opinion Growth in federal tax revenues The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has released recently the Revenue Division Year Book for 2022-23. This is a very... Published 05 Dec, 2023 03:01am
Opinion Unusual balance of payments The data on the balance of payments in the first four months of 2023-24 has been released recently by the SBP (State... Updated 28 Nov, 2023 05:22am
Opinion Low inflows of external financing The first quarterly review of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) Stand-by Facility has been successfully... Published 21 Nov, 2023 06:01am
Opinion Estimation of the quarterly GDP Pakistan has committed to the IMF in the Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies, as part of the Stand-by... Updated 14 Nov, 2023 05:42am
Opinion SBP projections for 2023-24 The Annual Report for 2022-23 on the State of the Economy by the SBP has been released recently. Along with a... Published 07 Nov, 2023 07:02am
Opinion Budgetary outcome in first quarter The information on fiscal operations in the first quarter of 2023-24 by the Federal and the four Provincial... Published 31 Oct, 2023 05:26am
Opinion Value of PKR There have been unusual developments in the value of the rupee (PKR) during the last seven weeks. From a trend in ... Updated 24 Oct, 2023 05:50am
Opinion The state of provincial finances The financial year, 2023-24, has started with an ambitious target for generation of cash surpluses by the four... Updated 17 Oct, 2023 06:59am
Opinion Spurt in inflation The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has released the estimate of the rate of inflation in the national Consumer... Updated 10 Oct, 2023 06:47am
Opinion Improving tax compliance The caretaker government has set up a tax reforms taskforce to come up with recommendations to close the ‘tax... Published 03 Oct, 2023 06:02am
Opinion Fall in industrial production The estimate of the Quantum Index of Manufacturing (QIM) for the month of July 2023 has recently been released by ... Updated 26 Sep, 2023 07:12am
Opinion Early warning signs The first quarter of 2023-24 is about to come to an end. It has been an eventful quarter. It started well with the... Updated 19 Sep, 2023 07:32am
Opinion Balochistan falls behind Balochistan is the smallest province of Pakistan, with a share of 6.2% in the national population, according to the... Published 12 Sep, 2023 06:56am
Opinion The population bulge The results of the seventh Population and Housing Census of Pakistan in 2023 have been announced recently by the... Updated 05 Sep, 2023 07:08am
Opinion BoP projections: risk and uncertainty The year, 2022-23, closed with a truly remarkable reduction in the size of the current account deficit by 84% to ... Updated 29 Aug, 2023 06:44am
Opinion Rising unemployment and falling real wages The devastation caused by the floods and the resulting supply shortages, along with severe import restrictions, has... Updated 22 Aug, 2023 06:53am
Opinion Mixed start of FY2023-24 The current financial year, 2023-24, started on a very positive note. The talks with the IMF (International Monetary... Published 15 Aug, 2023 06:49am