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Anjum Ibrahim

Policy rate cut
Opinion

Policy rate cut

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) met for the third time in less than one month on 16 April 2020 and reduced the rate to 9 percent - from 13.25 percent effective 20 July to 16 March, 12 .5 percent from 17 March to 23 March and 11 percent effective 24 Ma
Published 20 Apr, 2020 12:00am
Sugar under greater focus
Opinion

Sugar under greater focus

While the poor and the vulnerable continue to grapple with the serious implications of the Coronavirus that has compromised their ability to feed their families prompting the government to disburse cash to meet their daily needs the media and peoples' rep
Published 13 Apr, 2020 12:00am
Partly Facetious:  A scientific approach?
Opinion

Partly Facetious: A scientific approach?

"The Khan administration, I will have ye all of little faith know, is assessing the on-the-ground situation every day before tweaking if required its strategy on a daily basis on how to deal with the Coronavirus..."
Published 11 Apr, 2020 12:00am
Spending without due process not advised
Opinion

Spending without due process not advised

Primary deficit of 0.6 percent with singular lack of focus on the fiscal deficit (7.2 percent was set as the target for 2019-20 - identical to what the authorities erroneously claimed was the projected deficit for 2018-19) was an International Monetary Fu
Published 06 Apr, 2020 12:00am