CPI: a surprise reading – but will it hold? Over the past two years, rising inflation shattered records and surpassed analysts’ expectations. However, a... Published 04 Jun, 2024 09:01am
Markets Pakistan’s headline inflation decelerates further to 11.8% in May 2024 CPI-based figure lowest after 29 months, making case for rate cut stronger Updated 03 Jun, 2024 08:36pm
Business & Finance Japan inflation slows to 2.2% in April TOKYO: The pace of Japanese inflation slowed in April to 2.2 percent as gas bills fell, government data showed... Published 24 May, 2024 12:12pm
Business & Finance Thai April inflation rises slightly, first time in 7 months BANGKOK: Thailand’s headline consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.19% in April from a year earlier, versus a 0.47%... Published 03 May, 2024 10:55am
Business & Finance April CPI-based inflation soars 17.3pc YoY ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation increased to 17.3 percent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis in... Published 03 May, 2024 06:29am
Business & Finance Indonesia’s inflation rate eases slightly in April JAKARTA: Indonesia’s annual inflation rate cooled slightly in April as pressure from some food prices eased as the... Published 02 May, 2024 10:29am
Editorials Pension reforms: key to fiscal health EDITORIAL: The long-festering issue of pension reforms has gained significant traction in recent times due to the... Published 06 Apr, 2024 05:28am
Print March CPI inflation soars 20.7pc YoY ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation increased to 20.7 percent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis in... Updated 02 Apr, 2024 09:40am
Opinion Dip in the rate of inflation There has been a visible and welcome slowdown in the rate of inflation in February 2024. The year-to-year rate of... Updated 12 Mar, 2024 05:05am
Print Feb CPI-based inflation up 23.1pc YoY ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation increased to 23.1 percent on a year-on-year basis in... Updated 02 Mar, 2024 08:39am
Business & Finance Jan CPI inflation soars to 28.3pc YoY ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation increased to 28.3 percent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis in... Published 02 Feb, 2024 05:20am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: The number of misses is rising exponentially “Eggs have become very expensive.” “Everything has, the Sensitive Price Index is over 42 percent and the... Published 10 Jan, 2024 05:22am
Editorials Domestic borrowing EDITORIAL: Domestic borrowing rose to 40.955 trillion rupees by end November 2023 as per data uploaded by the State... Published 09 Jan, 2024 04:18am
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 Problematic statistics The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has been endeavoring to improve the quality and coverage of statistics in... Published 02 Jan, 2024 05:21am
Print Dec CPI inflation jumps 29.7pc YoY ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation increased to 29.7 percent on a year-on-year basis in... Updated 02 Jan, 2024 09:54am
Editorials Nov economic update: discernable recovery EDITORIAL: The Finance Division as per practice uploaded the Monthly Economic Update and Outlook for November 2023... Published 06 Dec, 2023 04:27am
Business & Finance Nov CPI inflation rises to 29.2pc YoY ISLAMABAD: Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation increased to 29.2 percent on a year-on-year basis in November 2023 ... Published 02 Dec, 2023 05:09am
Editorials Rise in LSM output EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) released very encouraging data on large-scale manufacturing (LSM)... Published 19 Oct, 2023 05:10am
Business & Finance Dollar extends gains after inflation data lift NEW YORK: The US dollar edged higher on Friday, extending its gains from the previous session when hot US consumer... Published 14 Oct, 2023 05:32am
BR Research Demystifying higher rural inflation Over the last four years, a higher rate of inflation in the rural (versus urban) economy has mystified experts and... Published 10 Oct, 2023 08:59am
Editorials No respite from ever-rising inflation EDITORIAL: Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 4 percentage points in September – 31.4 percent year on year against... Updated 05 Oct, 2023 06:43am
Business & Finance Sept CPI rises 4 percentage points to 31.4pc MoM ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 4 percentage points in September to 31.4 percent against the... Published 03 Oct, 2023 06:02am
Editorials Initiative required from caretakers EDITORIAL: The induction of well-respected technocrats in the caretaker cabinet on 17 August was widely hailed but a... Published 04 Sep, 2023 06:21am
Business & Finance Aug CPI inflation soars 27.4pc YoY ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation increased to 27.4 percent on a year-on-year basis in ... Published 02 Sep, 2023 06:30am
Markets Major Gulf markets mixed ahead of US inflation data Major stock markets in the Gulf were mixed in early trade on Thursday ahead of a US inflation report that will... Published 10 Aug, 2023 01:45pm
Business & Finance July CPI inflation rises 28.3pc YoY ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation increased to 28.3 per cent on a year-on-year basis in July... Published 02 Aug, 2023 06:47am
Pakistan CPI reading likely to decrease in July: brokerage house AHL says it expects inflation to clock in at 26.4% Updated 26 Jul, 2023 04:30pm
Editorials Inflation down MoM EDITORIAL: Consumer Price Index (CPI) for June dropped by 8.6 percentage points compared to the month before – ... Published 05 Jul, 2023 06:00am
Business & Finance June CPI inflation rises to 29.4pc YoY ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation increased to 29.4 percent on a year-on-year basis in June... Published 04 Jul, 2023 05:07am