Inflation target of 21pc will be missed ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will miss the inflation target of 21 percent set for the current fiscal year and will remain in... Updated 12 Jun, 2024 08:57am
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
Editorials Policy rate manoeuvrability EDITORIAL: Domestic pressure is clearly mounting on the Monetary Policy Committee scheduled to meet on June 10 to... Updated 07 Jun, 2024 10:55am
Editorials Is inflation finally easing? EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) estimated the Consumer Price Index (CPI) at 11.8 percent in May,... Published 05 Jun, 2024 06:44am
BR Research WPI bottoming out? The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) at 9.9 percent for May 2024 is the first single digit reading in 40 months. The WPI... Published 05 Jun, 2024 06:43am
Print SBP likely to lower policy rate: S&P GMI ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s headline inflation rate declined for the fifth consecutive month to 11.8 per cent in May and... Updated 04 Jun, 2024 09:22am
Print Inflation slows to 11.8pc in May, lowest in 30 months ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation increased to 11.8 per cent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis... Updated 04 Jun, 2024 09:33am
Opinion Fighting corruption through e-procurement regime Transparency International (TI) — a global watchdog of corruption, ranks Pakistan at 29 out of 180 countries in ... Updated 18 May, 2024 06:19am
Markets National Saving Schemes: CDNS revises rates on almost all products Changes take effect from May 14 onward Updated 14 May, 2024 09:23pm
Markets Rupee records marginal decline against US dollar Currency settles at 278.2 against the greenback in inter-bank market Updated 09 May, 2024 09:29pm
Business & Finance Multi-Year Tariff mechanism: KE seeks Rs3.8/unit hike in base tariff for seven years ISLAMABAD: K-Electric (KE) has sought increase in its base tariff by Rs 3.8375 per unit under Multi-Year Tariff... Updated 04 May, 2024 09:27am
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
Markets Pakistan’s headline inflation decelerates further to 17.3% in April 2024 CPI-based figure is lowest in 23 months Updated 02 May, 2024 10:18pm
Opinion Labour Day thoughts Do you think the country’s labour class, especially daily wagers, spent the Labour Day holiday celebrating and... Published 02 May, 2024 04:58am
Opinion Political stability critical to attaining sustainable external account stability The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has managed to maintain forex reserves despite facing substantial debt servicing... Updated 29 Apr, 2024 05:26am
Opinion It’s about time MPC revisited its policy stance The monetary policy committee is meeting next Monday. In the last review, two out of ten members voted for a rate ... Published 22 Apr, 2024 04:39am
Editorials Decline in inflation EDITORIAL: Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb while addressing a think-tank in Washington DC stated that... Published 18 Apr, 2024 03:24am
Markets S&P, Nasdaq muted as bond yields rise NEW YORK: The Nasdaq and the S&P 500 were muted on Tuesday as higher Treasury yields pressured equities, though... Published 17 Apr, 2024 05:28am
Markets US dollar hits highest against yen since mid-1990 after inflation data LONDON: The yen weakened on Wednesday, pushing the dollar to its highest against the Japanese currency since 1990,... Published 10 Apr, 2024 06:36pm
Business & Finance Most Asian currencies subdued ahead of US CPI BENGALURU: Most Asian currencies were muted on Tuesday as traders exercised caution ahead of this week’s US... Published 10 Apr, 2024 02:16am
Editorials The March data EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has estimated the March 2024 Consumer Price Index (CPI) at 20.7... Published 04 Apr, 2024 04:56am
BR Research WPI: Much more than it shows While the last two years have piled on a misery of historic proportions on retail prices, the seeds were sown a year... Published 03 Apr, 2024 09:18am
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
Markets Pakistan’s headline inflation reading slows further to 20.7% in March CPI-inflation reading drops to lowest level since May 2022, is now below key policy rate after over three years Updated 01 Apr, 2024 09:44pm
Opinion Possible need for price controls ‘The Reagan-era policies also paved the way for China’s rise. As Weber’s scholarly work shows, China’s economic... Published 29 Mar, 2024 04:45am
Editorials Monetary policy: staying the course EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 22 percent – a rate... Published 20 Mar, 2024 03:00am
Business & Finance PBS inflation rates understated, says economist ISLAMABAD: “Consumer price index (CPI) and sensitive prices index (SPI) based inflation rates computed by the... Updated 20 Mar, 2024 11:57am
Markets SBP keeps key policy rate unchanged at 22% This is the sixth successive decision to hold rates by Pakistan's central bank Updated 18 Mar, 2024 08:43pm
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
BR Research MPS: Stay put in March The monetary policy meeting is on Monday, March 18, 2024 and analysts are divided on where they will be, some... Updated 15 Mar, 2024 04:58pm