Opinion Policy rate decision ahead of budget presentation State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will be making its monetary policy public today. As May inflation has already dropped... Updated 10 Jun, 2024 08:06am
Opinion Gold price surges to record high The “DOT PLOT”, which predicts three interest rate decreases in 2024, remains intact despite Fed Chairman... Updated 22 Mar, 2024 05:33am
Opinion Policy rate: a cut is likely? Despite a decline in inflation, overall costs are still growing this year in comparison to prior years. Regarding... Published 18 Mar, 2024 04:56am
Opinion Outlook 2024 – II Increasing bank lending should to be the next move. The ratio of advances to deposits should increase from present... Updated 03 Jan, 2024 05:59am
Opinion Outlook 2024-I Global perspective has recently changed as economies have shown to be more resilient than experts had anticipated.... Published 02 Jan, 2024 05:21am
Opinion PKR’s performance Fitch Solutions Co. was as quoted by Bloomberg as saying that the PKR would drop as low as 350 by the end of 2024.... Published 04 Dec, 2023 05:35am
Opinion Is PKR only currency under duress? The market has recently seen a decline in the value of PKR in relation to USD. This has been happening non-stop for... Published 10 Nov, 2023 03:07am
Opinion Outsourcing govt borrowing! On Friday Feb 24, a news report appeared in this newspaper that the ministry of finance (MoF) is working on a plan ... Published 27 Feb, 2023 06:17am
Opinion Outlook 2023 After a very disappointing and disorderly year end, the global market is probably heading for another difficult... Published 03 Jan, 2023 03:25am
Opinion Pakistan won’t default The ongoing ‘default’ discussion is a favourite political and economic pastime. After the first decade since... Published 12 Dec, 2022 06:07am
Opinion Economy needs a rate cut Last week, the cut-off yield of PIBs and T/bills was mostly lower. It moved down by about 15 basis points to 50 ... Published 23 May, 2022 06:15am
Opinion Policy rate: 25bps to 50bps hike on the cards? After the passage of the SBP autonomy bill by the National Assembly, the State Bank of Pakistan will be unveiling ... Published 24 Jan, 2022 06:50am
Opinion 2022: What’s in store?—II In December, SBP conducted open market operations (OMOs) three times, which did not prove to be an effective ... Published 05 Jan, 2022 05:36am
Opinion 2022: What’s in store?—I While the world economies are maintaining a robust growth momentum, there are strong indicators pointing towards an... Published 04 Jan, 2022 06:54am
Opinion The Hawala challenge There is a lot of talk and concern about Hawala business. The surge is not new; the gap widened soon after the... Published 22 Dec, 2021 06:13am
Opinion IMF and the challenges ahead An analysis by this writer ‘Policy Rate Hike-Weak Rupee can be deadly combination’ was carried by this newspaper... Published 18 Nov, 2021 03:58am
Opinion Policy rate hike-weak rupee can be 'deadly' combination Five global central banks, including State Bank of Pakistan, will be making policy announcements this week. The ... Published 20 Sep, 2021 05:23am
Opinion Remittances: SBP deserves a lot of praise The country's remittances hit an all-time high of USD 29,370.9 million. When I wrote (July 18, 2020 article in... Published 14 Jul, 2021 03:59am
Opinion Inflation: Fed’s hawkish overtones Global markets will remain jittery after the US Fed unexpectedly signalled it could begin tapering its massive... Published 21 Jun, 2021 03:43am
Opinion In response to J.P. Morgan’s report This is apropos a J.P. Morgan report carried by the newspaper on Friday. Although publishing reports is JP’s ... Published 14 Jun, 2021 03:39am
Capacity-based model transition to take-and-pay model: 24 conditions proposed to strike new deals between govt, IPPs