Opinion Macroeconomic choices for 2022 State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased policy rate by 1 percent (100 basis points) to 9.75 percent. This is the... Published 17 Dec, 2021 04:30am
Opinion Covid’s Omicron variant and some likely repercussions ‘The global risk from the new Omicron coronavirus variant is “very high”, the World Health Organization... Updated 03 Dec, 2021 05:22am
Opinion A tight macroeconomic policy stance and its repercussions State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is its latest monetary policy statement (MPS) increased policy rate by 150 basis points... Published 26 Nov, 2021 05:15am
Opinion COP26 left a lot to be desired ‘Many people around the world already consider the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow a... Published 19 Nov, 2021 04:35am
Opinion High commodity prices — what could have been done differently? With Brent Crude prices at very low position of around $20 a barrel around the third week of April last year, and... Published 12 Nov, 2021 04:46am
Opinion Climate change crisis and COP26 'Parties to the 2015 Paris Agreement pledged to limit global warming to well below 2°C and to pursue efforts to... Published 05 Nov, 2021 04:39am
Opinion Supply chain crisis: balancing globalization and autarky 'The supply chain crisis threatening the global economy risks lasting at least another year unless governments step... Published 29 Oct, 2021 05:05am
Opinion Pakistan should leave IMF programme Pakistan should come out of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, pursue active economic diplomacy, and... Updated 22 Oct, 2021 04:54pm
Opinion Politics and Bretton Woods institutions ‘The “Doing Business” controversy has shaken confidence in the World Bank and the IMF. But it must not obscure... Published 15 Oct, 2021 04:08am
Opinion Supply chain crisis, imported inflation, and greater autarky Prime Minister, Imran Khan reportedly indicated that inflationary pressures are mainly due to imported inflation, as... Published 08 Oct, 2021 04:30am
Opinion Dilemma facing IMF, and programme countries The pandemic has seen international commodity prices, especially food prices, sky rocket; while oil prices also ... Published 01 Oct, 2021 04:07am
Opinion Rising stagflationary concerns The world, including developing countries where food inflation is particularly on the higher side, is facing... Published 24 Sep, 2021 04:40am
Opinion Pandemic and a difficult economic situation of developing countries ‘Developing countries have been ravaged by a combination of the pandemic-driven health crisis, collapsing exports,... Published 17 Sep, 2021 03:52am
Opinion Dirty air, foreign aid, and climate funds Burning of fossil fuel has had a significant role in exacerbating climate change crisis, the tipping point of which... Published 10 Sep, 2021 04:41am
Opinion Tackling air pollution ‘The Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) shows that strong pollution policies pay back in additional years of life for... Published 03 Sep, 2021 04:58am
Opinion SDRs: Allocation, reallocation, and fiscal usage Writing in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) in 2009 in a Project Syndicate published article ‘The new... Published 27 Aug, 2021 04:52am
Opinion Starkest report on climate change and ‘unequivocal’ human involvement ‘It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land. Widespread and rapid changes in... Published 13 Aug, 2021 04:44am
Opinion SDR allocation of $650bn – important but inadequate The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved allocation of US$650 billion, which is worth 456 billion of Special... Published 06 Aug, 2021 04:18am
Opinion Climate disasters, vaccine inequality and global economic recovery 'Six years ago, in Paris, the countries of the world committed themselves to avoiding the worst of that nightmare by... Published 30 Jul, 2021 05:10am
Opinion Towards better global corporate tax regime ‘Since the 1980s, countries have competed for business by reducing companies’ taxes. A few nations, like Ireland... Published 16 Jul, 2021 04:34am