News stories for Dr Omer Javed

Dr Omer Javed

Opinion

Policy rate and oil subsidy — I

In its latest Monetary Policy Statement (MPS), released a few days ago, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) raised policy...

Published 28 May, 2022 05:11am

Opinion

Urgent need for economic diplomacy activism

‘It is therefore in advanced economies’ interest to help poorer countries reduce the mounting risk of little...

Published 20 May, 2022 05:42am

Opinion

Controlling inflation, financing deficits — II

Moreover, the government should even think of immediately quitting the IMF programme. If the Fund does not ...

Published 17 May, 2022 05:39am

Opinion

Controlling inflation and financing deficits — I

In April 2020, International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director (MD) had reportedly called the Covid pandemic a...

Published 14 May, 2022 04:05am

Opinion

Economy: Demystifying some policy choices

In a recent blog article ‘War dims global economic outlook as inflation accelerates’ published by the...

Published 07 May, 2022 05:46am

Opinion

The cost of IMF programme

Pakistan has been a prolonged user of International Monetary Fund (IMF) resources since the decade starting 1990,...

Published 29 Apr, 2022 05:43am

Opinion

Reaching a good balance between austerity and counter-cyclical policies

First it was vaccine apartheid practiced by many rich, advanced countries, which significantly contributed to an...

Published 22 Apr, 2022 05:36am

Opinion

Reaching an appropriate cure for inflation

‘This is a cost-push inflation… it’s a rise in costs of fuel, which is something that is used in everything...

Published 15 Apr, 2022 05:29am

Opinion

Shehbaz Sharif’s election year economic policies

Immediately after being elected as the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif announced in National ...

Published 13 Apr, 2022 06:03am

Opinion

Economic and political instability

‘“Only a crisis — actual or perceived — produces real change. When the crisis occurs, the actions that are...

Published 08 Apr, 2022 05:28am

Opinion

Neoliberalism, globalization, and economic dependence

Pakistan has been a prolonged user of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) resources during the last three decades...

Published 01 Apr, 2022 05:41am

Opinion

A brewing commodity crisis and developing countries

The United Nations has warned that Russia’s invasion of Ukr-aine could trigger a global famine as Moscow’s Black...

Published 25 Mar, 2022 05:47am

Opinion

Beyond neoliberal and pro-cyclical policy

‘It is well known that the old model of austerity does not work. Not only does it cause the economy to contract ...

Published 18 Mar, 2022 05:20am

Opinion

Economic impact of war in Ukraine

The world was already seeing a severe onslaught of commodity supply-driven inflationary pressures in the wake of the...

Published 11 Mar, 2022 05:12am

Opinion

Climate change crisis and global response

The existential threat of climate change is unfolding fast, and the window of limiting average global temperatures...

Published 04 Mar, 2022 04:37am

Opinion

Global economic crisis and Neoliberalism

‘The global multilateral economic system has been stress tested twice this century. The first time was with the...

Published 25 Feb, 2022 06:19am

Opinion

Crisis of inflation, debt, and weak SDR allocation response

‘We’ve entered an era where supply constraints are the driving force of inflation rather than excess demand. ...

Published 18 Feb, 2022 04:31am

Opinion

Serious debt distress facing developing countries

Many of the developing countries are net importers of oil whose price has been rising, only recently to a seven-year...

Published 11 Feb, 2022 04:31am

Opinion

Covid-19: a pandemic that lays bare deep cracks in the neoliberal economic order

The pandemic has exposed the limited institutional capacity of both individual governments, and multilateral...

Published 04 Feb, 2022 04:43am

Opinion

Economic recovery, inequality, corruption, and wealth tax

January 2022 update of the IMF’s (International Monetary Fund’s) flagship report ‘Global Economic Outlook’...

Published 28 Jan, 2022 04:45am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 29 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.20 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 29 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	294.70 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 29 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 29 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 29 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 29 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	70.95 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 29 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	638.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 29 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 29 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	8.79 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / May 29 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	82.02 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 29 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.20 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 29 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	294.70 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 29 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 29 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 29 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 29 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	70.95 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 29 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	638.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 29 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 29 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	8.79 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / May 29 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	82.02 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume

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Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 27	199.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 27	199.20
USD to Japanese Yen / May 27	127.12
USD to Swiss Franc / May 27	0.96
Pound Sterling to USD / May 27	1.26
Euro to USD / May 27	1.07
UK LIBOR % / May 27	0.82

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 27	4158.24
India Sensex / May 27	54884.66
Tokyo Nikkei / May 27	26781.68
Nasdaq / May 27	12131.13
Hang Seng / May 27	20697.36
FTSE 100 / May 27	7585.46
Dow Jones / May 27	33212.96
Germany DAX 30 / May 27	14462.19
France CAC40 / May 27	6515.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 27	115.07
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 27	21180.00
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 27	122600.00
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 27	1853.72
Cotton US¢/pound / May 27	122.95

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