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Prices of essential food items increase slightly

PESHAWAR: A nominal increase in prices of essential food items including sugar, cooking oil/ghee, flour, vegetables,...

Published 24 Jul, 2023 06:11am

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India’s fight against inflation far from over

MUMBAI: Food price spikes in India, typical at the onset of the monsoon, drove up headline inflation in June,...

Published 17 Jul, 2023 06:51pm

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Improving foreign investment climate

‘After a steep drop in 2020 and a strong rebound in 2021, global foreign direct investment (FDI) declined by 12 per...

Published 14 Jul, 2023 06:55am

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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

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Prices of essential items show mixed trend

PESHAWAR: Mixed trend in prices of essential food commodities were witnessed in the local markets, said a survey...

Published 03 Jul, 2023 06:04am

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Food Security Update: Prices may remain on the higher side: World Bank

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has warned that prices will continue to rise and are expected to remain on the higher side...

Published 27 Jun, 2023 06:15am

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Rising prices: Poorer nations will cut food imports: UN

PARIS: High food prices will prompt poorer nations to cut back on food imports this year, the UN’s Food and...

Published 16 Jun, 2023 06:27am

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WFP welcomes €3.5m contribution from France to support flood affectees

ISLAMABAD: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of EUR 3.5 million from the...

Published 09 Jun, 2023 06:20am

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Policy rate hike couldn’t arrest inflation rise

ISLAMABAD: The government has acknowledged that increasing the policy rate by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has...

Updated 09 Jun, 2023 09:02am

Markets

Kitchen items’ prices show upward trend

PESHAWAR: Upward trend in prices of important kitchen items, like live chicken/meat, vegetables, flour, pulses,...

Published 22 May, 2023 06:23am

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SPI inflation falls 0.16pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended May 18, 2023, decreased by 0.16...

Updated 20 May, 2023 06:39am

Markets

Peshawar: prices of food items show rising trend

PESHAWAR: Prices of essential food commodities like flour, vegetables, live chicken/ meat, beef, fruits, pulses and...

Published 15 May, 2023 06:41am

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SPI inflation up 0.27pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended May 11, 2023, increased by 0.27...

Published 13 May, 2023 05:59am

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Causes of the rising inflation

The rate of inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), has been persistently rising since September...

Published 09 May, 2023 05:37am

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Interest rates: no more room for tightening

Interest rates in Pakistan are almost at historic highs and still the country is running negative real rates on both...

Published 08 May, 2023 06:40am

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Rates of edibles soar in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: Prices of daily-use kitchen items, especially flour, live chicken/ meat, sugar, vegetables and pulses have...

Published 08 May, 2023 06:40am

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World food prices rise for first time in a year: FAO

ROME: The United Nations food agency’s world price index rose in April for the first time in a year, but is still...

Published 06 May, 2023 06:45am

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SPI-based weekly inflation records 48.35pc increase YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended May 4, 2023, recorded an increase...

Published 06 May, 2023 06:42am

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Food pushes inflation to record 36.4pc in April

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation increased to 36.4 per cent on a year-on-year basis in ...

Published 03 May, 2023 06:35am

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An upcoming catastrophe

The recommendations we are going to discuss here may create unrealistic expectations from the authorities as we are...

Published 30 Apr, 2023 05:10am

Markets

Prices of kitchen items witness mixed trend

ISLAMABAD: The prices of essential kitchen items have witnessed a declining trend during this week past against the...

Published 30 Apr, 2023 05:10am

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Economy is not out of the woods yet: MoF

Govt has a daunting task to follow effective revenue mobilisation and cautious expenditure management strategy to end the current fiscal year

Updated 30 Apr, 2023 09:18am

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SPI inflation up 0.15pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) inflation witnessed an increase of 0.15 percent in the week that ended on...

Published 29 Apr, 2023 06:04am

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ADB lists factors that have aggravated BoP position

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday stated that the steep increase in energy price and food...

Updated 28 Apr, 2023 08:50am

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Options to address rising inflation

The SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) is trying to check inflation through just one instrument, the interest rate, based...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 06:15am

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Contrasting trends

The economy is showing contrasting trends in different segments of activity. This is due to various factors like the...

Published 25 Apr, 2023 06:25am

Opinion

‘Watermelon saves the day’

This is apropos a letter to the Editor ‘Watermelon saves the day’ carried by the newspaper yesterday. It is true...

Published 22 Apr, 2023 03:38am

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SPI inflation up 0.51pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended April 19, 2023, increased by 0.51...

Published 21 Apr, 2023 05:56am

BR Research

Back from the precipice?

With Pakistan facing both economic and security crises of increasing proportions, lately arguments have been put...

Published 19 Apr, 2023 08:34am

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Pakistan: the scourge of inequality

Wealth inequality in Pakistan is overwhelming. According to a World Inequality Database report, the top 10% of...

Published 17 Apr, 2023 06:41am