Economic developments and business confidence We have a mixed bag of economic developments. The foreign trade data for October shows encouraging signs. The ... Published 11 Nov, 2022 05:54am
Opinion The optimism of SBP The recent statement by the Monetary Policy Committee of the SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) has certainly provided... Published 01 Nov, 2022 05:55am
Pakistan Efforts underway to improve availability of alternative fuels: minister KARACHI: Dr Musaddik Malik, Federal Minister for Petroleum has said that LPG is the unregulated sector and the... Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am
Business & Finance BMP for revisiting trade, immigration policies LAHORE: Raising questions on the poor mechanisms to ensure dollars availability, the Federation of Pakistan Chambers... Published 29 Oct, 2022 05:55am
Opinion Emerging economic stability The balance of payments (BOP) for the first quarter Jul-Sep is encouraging for the stability of the economy. There... Published 26 Oct, 2022 05:52am
Opinion Understanding the forex market The last few months have been a roller coaster for the Pakistani Rupee (PKR) and there is a lot of talk about market... Published 23 Oct, 2022 03:21am
Business & Finance External debt ‘devouring’ economy, says expert KARACHI: The Financial and economic conditions of Pakistan are precarious, landing the country into a deep trouble,... Published 23 Oct, 2022 03:21am
Business & Finance Curbs on CKD imports: Govt may lose around Rs327bn in revenue, says IMC CEO KARACHI: The government is expected to lose around Rs. 327 billion or $1.5 billion in revenue during the ongoing... Published 13 Oct, 2022 05:59am
BR Research Negative real rates: SBP risking macroprudence? As expected, policy rate has been maintained at 15 percent. SBP expects average inflation to be higher than its... Published 11 Oct, 2022 09:16am
Editorials Trade deficit declines EDITORIAL: The trade deficit for the first quarter 2022-23 registered negative 9.2 billion dollars against 11.7... Published 06 Oct, 2022 05:59am
Opinion Country headed for recession As we had warned prior to the vote of no-confidence (VONC) in March 2022, the PDM (Pakistan Democratic Movement)... Updated 06 Oct, 2022 02:50am
Business & Finance CAD shrinks 19pc in Jul-Aug KARACHI: Current account deficit and balance of payment crisis are always been two big problems of Pakistan’s... Published 02 Oct, 2022 05:48am
Opinion Emerging economic trends We have nearly full data for the first two months of the fiscal year. The level of expenditures, tax collections,... Published 28 Sep, 2022 05:51am
Business & Finance Pakistan & Scotland enter into B2B collaboration: FPCCI KARACHI: Irfan Iqbal Sheikh, President FPCCI, has apprised the entire business, industry and trade community of the... Published 28 Sep, 2022 05:51am
BR Research CAD in control The current account deficit is coming under control. This was expected. The transmission of tightening policies... Published 27 Sep, 2022 08:56am
Editorials A welcome decline in C/A deficit, indeed EDITORIAL: The July-August 2022 current account (C/A) deficit shrank by 19 percent due to 240 million dollar lower... Updated 27 Sep, 2022 12:31pm
Print Apparently on PM’s debt relief plea: Pakistan’s dollar bonds plunge KARACHI: Pakistan’s dollar bond maturing in 2022 fell by 12 percent on Friday whereas dollar bond maturing in 2024... Updated 24 Sep, 2022 10:12am
Print Jul-Aug CAD shrinks 19pc YoY KARACHI: The country’s current account deficit shrank by 19 percent during the first two months of this fiscal year... Updated 22 Sep, 2022 09:29am
Opinion FY2022-23: Balance of payments The continuing turmoil in the forex market is a bewildering experience with no parallel in the country’s history.... Published 21 Sep, 2022 05:57am
Business & Finance Restrictions still in place for import of raw materials, says FPCCI KARACHI: Acting President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Suleman Chawla has... Published 15 Sep, 2022 05:57am
BR Research Economy in a shambles The foremost and immediate concern of both SBP and MoF is to control imports and to bridge the gap between imports... Published 13 Sep, 2022 09:00am
Opinion Shocks and Pakistan’s economy ‘We are living in a time of overlapping emergencies: the pandemic is not over, climate change is a reality, and... Published 09 Sep, 2022 06:09am
Business & Finance Turkey sees inflation at 65pc at 2022 end, C/A deficit at $47.3bn ISTANBUL, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Turkey expects inflation to ease to 65% by the end of the year from nearly 80% in July,... Published 05 Sep, 2022 07:34am
Business & Finance IMF urges bilateral creditors to maintain exposure to Pakistan ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged all key bilateral creditors to maintain their exposure to... Updated 03 Sep, 2022 12:31pm
Opinion A drifting economy It is quite distressful to see the nascent economic recovery ceding way to the same uncertainty and drift that... Published 01 Sep, 2022 05:50am
Opinion A fragile BoP The statistics on the balance of payments (BoP) of Pakistan have been released recently by the State Bank of ... Published 30 Aug, 2022 06:21am
BR Research Floods 2022 - initial economic assessment Floods in 2022 are sending havoc in the country. It's a significant humanitarian loss, and it's not appropriate to... Published 29 Aug, 2022 08:39am
Opinion Pakistan – a perennial Fund borrower Twenty-third International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, on average three year per programme, in our 75 years of... Updated 29 Aug, 2022 02:46pm
Pakistan Flash floods: Bilawal hopes financial institutions to take economic fallout into account ISLAMABAD: Pakistan needs financial help to deal with “overwhelming” floods, its foreign minister said on Sunday,... Updated 29 Aug, 2022 09:47am
Editorials Current account deficit EDITORIAL: The government has succeeded in containing the current account deficit to 1.2 billion dollars in July... Published 29 Aug, 2022 05:44am
