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
Print Peshawar: prices of essential food items remain almost unchanged PESHAWAR: Prices of essential food commodities, like live chicken/meat, flour vegetables, pulses, farm eggs and... Updated 10 Jun, 2024 09:03am
BR Research 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
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
Pakistan Ramazan: people irked by hike in energy tariffs, food prices LAHORE: The soaring prices of edibles and the recent hike in petrol by Rs 10 per litre have perturbed the people of... Published 07 Apr, 2024 03:01am
World World food prices rebound from 3-year low, says UN agency PARIS: World food prices rebounded in March from a three-year low, boosted by increases in vegetable oils, meat and... Published 06 Apr, 2024 05:28am
Markets Prices of essential food items remain high PESHAWAR: Prices of essential food items like vegetables, flour, cooking oil/ghee, pulses, live chicken/meat and... Published 01 Apr, 2024 05:34am
World Global warming to raise food prices, inflation: study PARIS: Global warming and heatwaves are expected to further increase food prices and overall inflation across the... Published 23 Mar, 2024 05:41am
Markets Prices of essential food items witness rising trend PESHAWAR: Prices of essential food commodities, including vegetables, live chicken/meat, fruits, vegetables, grocery... Published 18 Mar, 2024 04:56am
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
BR Research Inflation: don’t lower rates on Food (CPI)’s account The average inflation for the fiscal year 2023-24 may very well be off target, but the taper has most certainly... Published 07 Mar, 2024 07:42am
BR Research Inflation respite – but for how long? The headline inflation is down to a 20-month low (since June 22) at 23.1 percent in Feb 24, and still only in five... Published 04 Mar, 2024 08:54am
BR Research Six quarters of LSM decline The Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) Index was in red for December 2023 – marking the 18 th consecutive month of... Published 19 Feb, 2024 08:20am
BR Research Oil prices – bracing for a rally? The global oil market has seen falling oil prices in recent times – from the high of $90 a barrel in Sept-23 to a... Published 16 Jan, 2024 08:54am
Markets Peshawar: prices of essential food items remain high PESHAWAR: Prices of essential food commodities, including vegetables, food grains, sugar, flour, live chicken/meat,... Published 15 Jan, 2024 05:03am
World Global food prices drop 13.7pc in 2023: FAO PARIS: World food prices fell in 2023, with considerable declines for grains and oils as supply concerns eased, the... Published 06 Jan, 2024 05:17am
BR Research CY23: disaster, stability, and hope After all that’s said or done, the fact of the matter is that the bleeding has stopped under the caretaker setup.... Updated 04 Jan, 2024 12:07pm
Markets Fuel price decline unlikely to ease cost of living LAHORE: The people saw the recent slash in the price of petroleum products as insignificant, saying it would not... Published 19 Dec, 2023 05:20am
Markets Peshawar: prices of essential food items remain high PESHAWAR: Prices of essential food commodities remained unchanged in the local market. According to a survey... Published 18 Dec, 2023 06:42am
BR Research Food inflation: past its peak The headline inflation seems to be creeping up again. And if there is one obvious culprit – beyond the phenomenal... Published 08 Dec, 2023 08:51am
Business & Finance SPI inflation down 0.06pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based inflation for the current week, ended 23 November 2023, decreased ... Published 25 Nov, 2023 05:19am
Business & Finance SPI inflation up 9.95pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based inflation for the current week, ended 16 November 2023, increased ... Published 18 Nov, 2023 06:03am
Markets Peshawar: prices of essential food items increase slightly PESHAWAR: A nominal increase in the prices of essential food items like live chicken/ meat, vegetables, sugar, ... Published 13 Nov, 2023 06:31am
Editorials One big reason for food inflation EDITORIAL: The National Price Monitoring Committee’s (NPMC’s) revelation of a 40 percent differential in... Published 09 Nov, 2023 05:38am
Business & Finance SPI inflation down 1.7pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based inflation for the current week, ended 19th October 2023, decreased... Updated 21 Oct, 2023 08:53am
Markets India extends export tax on parboiled rice MUMBAI: India has extended its export tax on parboiled rice until March 2024, according to a government order... Published 15 Oct, 2023 03:19am
Business & Finance SPI inflation up 0.11pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) based inflation for the week ended October 5, increased by 0.11 per cent... Published 07 Oct, 2023 06:01am
BR Research Inflation drags the economy further Waiting for inflation to taper is like Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, a theater in absurdity. It is showing no... Published 03 Oct, 2023 08:57am
BR Research Petroleum price: dollar at the core Petrol and diesel both soared to new highs last Saturday. It appears that years of messaging is finally starting to... Published 18 Sep, 2023 08:52am
Opinion Price hike, inflation challenges The price hike and prohibitive inflation are exacting their toll on people in an unprecedented manner. The food... Published 09 Sep, 2023 06:20am