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Int’l Conference on Managing Pakistan’s Economy: SBP recommends comprehensive reform programme

LAHORE: Economists and researchers discussed their findings and gave suggestions with regard to Pakistan’s banking...

Published 04 May, 2023 04:26am

Opinion

Democratization of narrative building

‘If there are five economists in a room there will be at least six opinions in the room, because at least one...

Updated 05 Apr, 2023 06:37am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Dar doesn’t like qualified economists

“Ishaq Dar says that he has to fix the economy that was mishandled by the inexperienced Khan administration.”...

Published 17 Feb, 2023 06:00am

Policy rate hike unlikely to appease IMF: economists

ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) decision to increase policy rate by 100 basis points is unlikely to...

Updated 24 Jan, 2023 09:10am

Markets

Soaring energy costs push UK public borrowing to November record

LONDON: British public borrowing unexpectedly jumped last month to hit its highest for any November on record,...

Published 26 Dec, 2022 06:45am

Business & Finance

Spurt in India’s liquidity surplus may not sustain for long: economists

MUMBAI: The recent rise in India’s banking system liquidity surplus due to government spending and capital inflows...

Published 19 Dec, 2022 06:00am

Business & Finance

PTI forms Tarin-led body to chart economic roadmap

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday constituted a ‘core economic group’ headed by ex-finance...

Updated 21 Sep, 2022 09:43am

Pakistan

In Twitter thread, economist Atif Mian highlights Pakistan's economic woes

Says Pakistan stands out in how poorly its median citizen fares on basic needs such as education and health, even when compared to countries with similar income per capita

Published 21 Jul, 2022 11:35pm

Business & Finance

Credit Suisse scraps negative rates for Swiss private clients

ZURICH: Credit Suisse is scrapping the negative interest rates it has charged wealthy Swiss clients since 2020, the...

Published 30 Jun, 2022 07:46am

Business & Finance

French 2021 economic growth strongest in 52 years at 7%

PARIS: France saw its strongest growth in over five decades last year as the euro zone's second-biggest economy...

Published 28 Jan, 2022 12:04pm

‘Thorough surgery’ of economy required: economists

LAHORE: Renowned economists at a session on “State of the Economy: Inequality in Income and Wealth in Pakistan”...

Updated 22 Nov, 2021 09:52am

Business & Finance

All eyes on MSCI as reclassification decision expected on Pakistan

All eyes are set on Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI), which will announce whether or not Pakistan is...

Updated 08 Sep, 2021 12:02am

Markets

Yuan set for longest weekly winning streak since Sept

Export growth unexpectedly picked up in April, data showed on Friday, as the world's second-largest economy extended its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Published 07 May, 2021 11:24am

World

Benefits of 'drastic' climate action outweigh costs: economists

Nealey 80 percent of respondents said that their level of concern over climate had increased during the last five years.

Published 30 Mar, 2021 09:32am

Business & Finance

Brazil economy creates record number of formal jobs in January

BRASILIA: Brazil’s economy created more than a quarter of a million formal jobs in January, official figures ...

Published 27 Mar, 2021 05:41am

World

Philippines GDP shrinks 8.3pc y/y in Q4

The gross domestic product shrank 8.3% in the December quarter from a year earlier, the statistics agency said.
The economy to shrink 8.5% after a revised 11.4% fall year-on-year in the third quarter.

Published 28 Jan, 2021 06:39pm

World

Spain's unemployment falls to 16.13% in Q4

Economists polled by Reuters had forecast Spain's unemployment rate would reach 16.6%.

Published 28 Jan, 2021 01:14pm

World

Canada's economic recovery falters amid renewed COVID-19 restrictions

The Jan. 11-18 Reuters poll of over 40 economists predicted the economy, which grew a record annualized 40.5% in the third quarter of 2020.
It was expected to grow just 0.7% this quarter - the weakest since polling began for that period in October 2019.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 06:43pm

World

UK economy shrinks but might avoid double-dip recession

GDP falls 2.6% in November from October vs 5.7% forecast.
ONS says many businesses have adapted well to lockdown.
Services output down 3.4%, construction up 1.9%, industry flat.
Finance minister Sunak warns "things will get harder".
Headwinds from Brexit disruption, renewed lockdown mount in Q1.

Published 15 Jan, 2021 06:16pm

Markets

Swiss National Bank keeps expansive policy in place

The SNB kept its policy rate locked at minus 0.75%, as unanimously forecast by economists in a Reuters poll.

Published 17 Dec, 2020 01:38pm

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dewan Sugar / Nov 30 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	2.75 ▲ 0.26 (10.44%)
Atlas Honda Ltd / Nov 30 Atlas Honda Limited(ATLH)	373.27 ▲ 26.04 (7.50%)
MithchellsFruit / Nov 30 Mitchells Fruit Farms Limited(MFFL)	245.32 ▲ 17.12 (7.50%)
Pak Hotels / Nov 30 Pakistan Hotels Developers Limited(PHDL)	476.23 ▲ 33.23 (7.50%)
United Brands / Nov 30 United Brands Limited(UBDL)	17.22 ▲ 1.20 (7.49%)
Arctic Textile / Nov 30 Arctic Textile Mills Limited(ARCTM)	15.95 ▲ 1.11 (7.48%)
Bilal Fibres / Nov 30 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	2.88 ▲ 0.20 (7.46%)
Shezan Inter. / Nov 30 Shezan International Limited(SHEZ)	128.50 ▲ 8.89 (7.43%)
AKD Hospitality / Nov 30 AKD Hospitality Limited(AKDHL)	183 ▲ 10.81 (6.28%)
Crescent Steel / Nov 30 Crescent Steel & Allied Products Limited(CSAP)	42.85 ▲ 2.36 (5.83%)

Stock	Price
Metro Steel / Nov 30 Metropolitan Steel Corporation Limited(MSCL)	22.10 ▼ -1.00 (-4.33%)
Exide (PAK) / Nov 30 Exide Pakistan Limited(EXIDE)	411.55 ▼ -7.66 (-1.83%)
Kohinoor Spining / Nov 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	3.94 ▼ -0.05 (-1.25%)
Loads Limited / Nov 30 Loads Limited(LOADS)	8.74 ▼ -0.10 (-1.13%)
Al-Shaheer Corp / Nov 30 Al Shaheer Corporation Limited(ASC)	8.73 ▼ -0.07 (-0.80%)
Haseeb Waqas / Nov 30 Haseeb Waqas Sugar Mills Limited(HWQS)	9.32 ▼ -0.06 (-0.64%)
Colgate Palm / Nov 30 Colgate-Palmolive (Pakistan) Limited(COLG)	1650 ▼ -7.49 (-0.45%)
Pakistan Cables / Nov 30 Pakistan Cables Limited(PCAL)	106 ▼ -0.39 (-0.37%)
Suraj Cotton / Nov 30 Suraj Cotton Mills Limited(SURC)	156.75 ▼ -0.50 (-0.32%)
Attock Petroleum / Nov 30 Attock Petroleum Limited(APL)	367 ▼ -0.90 (-0.24%)

Stock	Volume
B.O.Punjab / Nov 30 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	50,052,966 ▲ 0.10
Cnergyico PK / Nov 30 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	35,689,157 ▲ 0.02
Pak Refinery / Nov 30 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	35,409,231 ▲ 0.21
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	30,751,189 ▲ 0.01
Kohinoor Spining / Nov 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	23,573,500 ▼ -0.05
The Searle Co. / Nov 30 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	21,694,598 ▲ 0.26
Dewan Cement / Nov 30 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	21,032,000 ▲ 0.06
Pak Elektron / Nov 30 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	15,329,837 ▲ 0.21
TPL Properties / Nov 30 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	14,893,960 ▲ 0.07
Image Pakistan / Nov 30 Image Pakistan Limited(IMAGE)	14,707,000 ▲ 0.26

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 29	285.52
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 29	285.02
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 29	146.97
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 29	0.87
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 29	1.27
Euro to USD / Nov 29	1.11
UK LIBOR % / Nov 29	5.46

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 29	4550.58
India Sensex / Nov 29	66901.91
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 29	33268.78
Nasdaq / Nov 29	14258.49
Hang Seng / Nov 29	16993.44
FTSE 100 / Nov 29	7423.46
Dow Jones / Nov 29	35430.42
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 29	16166.45
France CAC40 / Nov 29	7267.64

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 29	77.69
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 29	17735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 29	185614
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 29	2045.47
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 29	79.59

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