Growth target missed: Economic Survey ISLAMABAD: Economy is likely to have expanded by 2.4% in the fiscal year that ends this month, missing a target of... Updated 12 Jun, 2024 09:13am
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 Export growth EDITORIAL: The unstated economic policy is to keep the current account deficit close to zero. For that, the trade... Updated 10 Jun, 2024 08:00am
Markets Pakistan receives record remittances of $3.24bn in May, up over 54% YoY Inflows from Saudi Arabia, UAE, UK dominate overall amount Updated 07 Jun, 2024 09:36pm
Print Reform steps yielding results: PM BEIJING: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said the reform measures taken by his government had already... Updated 07 Jun, 2024 09:04am
Pakistan Pakistan’s current account posts surplus of $491mn in April 2024 Overall, during 10 months of ongoing fiscal year, current account balance stands at deficit of $202mn Updated 17 May, 2024 07:43pm
Business & Finance H1FY24: Contained CAD, better inflows help improve external account KARACHI: Pakistan’s external account improved in the first half of FY24, as current account deficit (CAD) remained... Published 15 May, 2024 05:47am
Editorials No feel-good factor within general public EDITORIAL: There is a level of comfort internationally in the improvement of key macroeconomic indicators - higher... Published 15 May, 2024 05:47am
BR Research Rate cut – maybe next time! SBP has kept the policy rate unchanged at 22 percent despite the April inflation coming down to 18 percent. It... Published 30 Apr, 2024 08:55am
BR Research CA surplus – will it sustain? The current account surprisingly posted a surplus of $619 million in March 24,which is the highest surplus since... Updated 23 Apr, 2024 10:07am
BR Research Current account roundup: 8MFY24 The practice of having near zero current account balance continues. In February 2024, the current account posted a... Published 21 Mar, 2024 08:56am
Pakistan Pakistan’s current account posts surplus of $128mn in February 2024 Overall balance stands at deficit of $1bn during 8MFY24 against $3.85bn in same period of FY23 Updated 19 Mar, 2024 09:56pm
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
Editorials February Economic Update and Outlook EDITORIAL: The February 2024 Economic Update and Outlook uploaded on the Finance Division website on the last day of... Published 06 Mar, 2024 04:18am
BR Research Fiscal update: H1-FY24 The Finance ministry has released its Monthly Economic Update, which gives a snapshot of the performance of the... Updated 01 Mar, 2024 11:06am
BR Research Current account roundup: 7MFY24 The current account posted a deficit of $269 million in Jan 2024 against a surplus of $404 million during Dec 2023.... Published 20 Feb, 2024 08:45am
Print Jan CAD stands at $269m KARACHI: Pakistan has recorded current account deficit (CAD) of $269 million in January 2024 as compared to current... Updated 20 Feb, 2024 09:14am
Markets Pakistan’s current account posts deficit of $269mn in January 2024 Imports increase 11% on monthly basis, contributing to C/A deficit Updated 19 Feb, 2024 09:15pm
BR Research Monetary easing still on pause The monetary policy committee has kept the policy rate unchanged at 22 percent, as per the general analysts’... Published 30 Jan, 2024 09:07am
BR Research Current account: Food and oil to the rescue The current account is back in surplus after five months as the December 2023 balance of payment clocked in at a... Published 19 Jan, 2024 09:34am
Perspectives Solving the ‘current account deficit’ problem Pakistan’s current account deficit (CAD) reduced to 1.2% of GDP in FY23 and it is expected to remain at a similar... Published 18 Jan, 2024 09:30am
Markets Pakistan’s current account posts significant surplus of $397mn in December Overall deficit during July-December FY24 stands at $831mn compared to $3.63bn in same period of FY23 Updated 17 Jan, 2024 08:33pm
Business & Finance Policy rate likely to remain unchanged KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is most likely to maintain the policy rate at 22 percent in the next... Updated 06 Jan, 2024 09:47pm
Business & Finance Businessman optimistic about business outlook KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, and... Published 05 Jan, 2024 03:12am
Editorials Trade deficit: welcome decline? EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) released balance of trade figures for July-December 2023, which... Published 04 Jan, 2024 05:41am
Markets Ministry of Finance projects inflation at 27.5-28.5% for December In latest ‘Monthly Economic Update and Outlook’ report, it anticipates reading to further ease out to 24-25% in January Updated 27 Dec, 2023 10:27pm
Business & Finance Tight monetary policy reduces current account deficit KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals From, Mian... Published 22 Dec, 2023 05:22am
Editorials Macroeconomic indicators not satisfactory EDITORIAL: External borrowing failed to meet the budgeted target by 51 percent as per data released by the Pakistan... Published 21 Dec, 2023 03:54am
BR Research Current account roundup: 5MFY24 The economy is unofficially in a zero current account deficit (CAD) mode, and it is an unannounced policy of SBP, as... Published 19 Dec, 2023 09:05am
Print Nov C/A posts $9m first monthly surplus after June KARACHI: After posting deficits for four consecutive months, the country’s current account improved significantly... Updated 19 Dec, 2023 10:01am