Back to basics EDITORIAL: Of all the ideas being tossed around these days, from all quarters, to control deficits and rescue the... Published 24 Mar, 2023 05:55am
Business & Finance Enhancement in exports requires wide structural reforms, says BMP LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry’s Businessmen Panel stressing the need for... Published 20 Mar, 2023 06:56am
Opinion Containment of imports The latest international trade statistics for the period, July to February, 2022-23, have just been released by the... Published 14 Mar, 2023 03:18am
Opinion Lethargic economic management About 84% of countries are expected to have lower headline (consumer price index) inflation in 2023 than in 2022.... Published 03 Feb, 2023 06:17am
World World food prices hit record high in 2022 PARIS: World food prices fell for a ninth month in a row in December, though they hit their highest level on record... Published 06 Jan, 2023 04:27pm
Opinion Equity mutual funds: a half year of turmoil The first half of fiscal year 2023 has come to an end, and will be remembered as a time where Pakistan lurched from... Updated 06 Jan, 2023 10:36am
Markets Falling commodity prices to ease inflationary pressures: India NEW DELHI: India’s inflation is likely to ease in the coming months, partly due to fall in commodity prices,... Published 25 Nov, 2022 05:48am
Business & Finance PALSP urges SBP to reduce rate immediately ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Association of Large Steel Producers (PALSP) has urged the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) for... Published 04 Oct, 2022 05:55am
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
BR Research Power tariffs: No respite in sight Electricity fuel price adjustments have been the talk of the town of late, with confusion aplenty. Only recently has... Published 15 Sep, 2022 08:38am
Business & Finance India’s economy grows at fastest pace in a year; slowdown expected NEW DELHI: India’s economy grew at its fastest pace of 13.5% year-on-year in the April-June quarter though... Published 01 Sep, 2022 05:50am
BR Research Monetary Policy: A pause As expected, SBP kept the policy rate unchanged. SBP took a pause. The monetary policy is expected to remain data... Published 23 Aug, 2022 08:40am
Markets FTSE 100 ends higher as AstraZeneca offsets commodity losses LONDON: Britain’s blue-chip share index ended higher on Monday, as gains in drugmaker AstraZeneca and consumer... Published 16 Aug, 2022 03:59am
BR Research Grain prices: glass half-empty? If you think only a well-timed investment in US dollars earlier this year could have yielded stupendous returns,... Published 11 Aug, 2022 10:27am
Opinion FY2023: An auspicious start Around mid-July, Pak-istan witnessed most volatile conditions in the forex market. Political turmoil, delays in... Published 11 Aug, 2022 04:35am
Markets Easing raw material costs promising for Indian consumer cos NEW DELHI: Softening commodity prices are holding out hope for Indian consumer-goods firms that have struggled with... Published 04 Aug, 2022 05:43am
Business & Finance Nestlé reports 1H sales for 2022 LAHORE: Nestlé Pakistan reported its financial results for the first half of the year, posting revenue of Rs 80.4... Published 29 Jul, 2022 06:14am
Opinion Silver lining in sight? The political drama continues. Arguments and moral positions switch in matter of days for politicians and media... Published 25 Jul, 2022 06:12am
Opinion Reimagining globalisation Recent years have been witness to the world being rocked by unforeseen and unimaginable global catastrophes. The... Published 17 Jul, 2022 05:19am
BR Research Oil price: Market remains incredibly tight As the US inflation number has surprised all and sundry, rate hike expectations by the Fed have gone up too. This ... Published 15 Jul, 2022 08:34am
Markets UK stocks slide over 1pc LONDON: British stocks fell on Thursday as investors worried about the prospect of a more aggressive stance by major... Published 15 Jul, 2022 06:20am
Markets Wall St slips as hot inflation data rattles investors NEW YORK: US stocks slipped on Wednesday after hotter-than-expected inflation data fanned fears that the Federal... Published 14 Jul, 2022 05:00am
BR Research Tightening goes on Policy rate is up by 125 bps to round it off at 15 percent. It was not an easy decision. The SBP expects FY23 (next... Published 13 Jul, 2022 08:41am
Business & Finance Australian dollar gets some reprieve from record trade data SYDNEY: The Australian and New Zealand dollars hovered near multi-year lows on Thursday, having been shoved around ... Published 08 Jul, 2022 05:36am
Opinion ‘As warm as the weather in Riyadh’ Poor, oil-importing countries like Pakistan ought to wish US President Joe Biden well as the cold calculus of the... Published 07 Jul, 2022 05:35am
Business & Finance Australia, NZ dollars roiled by resource rout SYDNEY: The Australian and New Zealand dollars were on the defensive on Wednesday after fears of global recession... Published 07 Jul, 2022 05:35am
Opinion Should the SBP hike interest rates again? The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is due to announce its next monetary policy statement (MPS) on July 7th, 2022.... Published 06 Jul, 2022 05:35am
Print July-May period: C/A deficit crosses $15bn mark KARACHI: The country’s current account deficit crossed the $15 billion mark during the first eleven months of this... Updated 29 Jun, 2022 09:50am
Markets European shares hit two-week high as China eases Covid-19 curbs LONDON: European shares closed at a two-week high on Monday, boosted by miners as an easing of COVID-19 restrictions... Published 28 Jun, 2022 06:10am
Markets Indian shares post first weekly gain in three BENGALURU: Indian shares marked their first weekly gain in three on Friday, lifted by sharp gains in automakers and... Published 27 Jun, 2022 06:06am