World Bank projects 2pc growth ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has projected Pakistan’s GDP growth rate at two percent in the fiscal year 2022-23, half... Published 11 Jan, 2023 05:53am
Supplements South Asian Countries Real GDP Growth % TEXT: South Asian region (excluding Afghanistan) 2021 2022(f) 2023(f) 2024(f) 7.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 Maldives... Published 09 Dec, 2022 07:00am
Markets RBI seen raising rates by smaller 35bps in Dec, hiking again in early 2023 BENGALURU: The Reserve Bank of India will raise interest rates by a smaller 35 basis points to 6.25% in December,... Published 01 Dec, 2022 11:25am
Print World Bank says growth to slow to 2pc next year WASHINGTON: Remittances to low- and middle-income countries grew by nearly 5% to around $626 billion in 2022 - about... Published 01 Dec, 2022 05:47am
Opinion Economic framework yet to be finalized Setting the bar unrealistically high or looking at filling the glass up to more than capacity by any administration... Published 21 Nov, 2022 06:23am
Print Flood damage reassessed at $30bn ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Secretary Syed Zafar Ali Shah Thursday said... Updated 23 Sep, 2022 09:54am
Business & Finance Most budget figures to undergo fluctuations: MoEA ISLAMABAD: Most of the budget figures for the current fiscal year 2022-23, including GDP growth rate, debt-to-GDP... Updated 16 Sep, 2022 09:51am
Opinion IMF’s macroeconomic projections for FY23 The IMF staff report on the seventh and eighth reviews of the EFF with Pakistan contains a detailed set of... Published 13 Sep, 2022 06:12am
Editorials FBR impresses, but bigger challenges await EDITORIAL: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has clearly impressed by overshooting the July-August tax collection... Published 10 Sep, 2022 04:14am
Opinion FY2022-23: IMF’s BoP projections The much-awaited staff report of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) on the seventh and eighth reviews was ... Published 06 Sep, 2022 04:08am
Opinion Reducing C/A deficit The rupee has taken a real beating last week, falling by 8 percent with respect to the dollar. There are both... Published 26 Jul, 2022 04:31am
Editorials The woeful rupee slide EDITORIAL: The rupee remains in a free fall and a number of relevant economic rationale and explanations are being... Published 23 Jun, 2022 06:05am
Editorials Budget falls far short of IMF conditionalities EDITORIAL: The budget for 2022-23 not only did not implement key International Monetary Fund (IMF) conditions,... Published 22 Jun, 2022 05:58am
Opinion Global economy at a delicate crossroad – I Global economy stands at a delicate crossroad, where wrong policy choices will be difficult to unwind in at least ... Published 10 Jun, 2022 06:16am
Print 5pc growth target set but govt says will try for 6pc NEC approves proposal to allocate a federal development budget of Rs800 billion for financial year 2022-23 Updated 09 Jun, 2022 01:59pm
Opinion 2020-21: Overstatement of employment The labour force survey for 2020-21 has been released recently by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). Despite... Published 06 May, 2022 05:03am
Print 2022: IMF projects rise in Pakistan's inflation, slowdown in GDP growth ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected Pakistan’s GDP growth rate at four percent for 2022... Updated 20 Apr, 2022 12:27pm
Opinion GDP growth rate in 2020-21 The PBS has released the revised estimate of the GDP growth rate for 2020-21. It has increased to 5.57 percent from... Published 08 Feb, 2022 06:10am
Pakistan Pakistan revises 2020-21 GDP growth to 5.37% With the new 2015-16 baseline, GDP growth stands at 5.57%, total GDP is now $346.76 billion, and per capita income is $1,666 Updated 20 Jan, 2022 09:30pm
Opinion Economic outlook for 2021-22 The motivation for this article lies in the macroeconomic projections for 2021-22 contained in the Annual Report for... Updated 30 Nov, 2021 06:26am
Editorials One rice crop a season, please EDITORIAL: It's about time somebody made some noise about the recent practice, especially in Punjab, of planting two... Published 22 Aug, 2021 04:09am
Opinion When good news is bad GDP growth rate for fiscal year 2020-2021 decreases to -7.7%. Elation. But wait a minute this is not Pakistan, but... Published 31 May, 2021 03:12am
Pakistan Economists suggest bringing discount rate, interest rate to 5pc ISLAMABAD: Economists at a webinar have suggested to the government to bring down discount rate to five percent by... Updated 19 May, 2021 10:13am
Print ADB projects 2pc growth, 8.7pc inflation ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB), while projecting slower growth for agriculture sector of Pakistan, has... Published 29 Apr, 2021 03:52am
Pakistan Opposition, treasury must end conflict: analyst KARACHI: Economic & Financial Analyst, Ateeq Ur Rehman has said that the war between opposition and treasury... Updated 13 Apr, 2021 09:33am
Following $600mn Ambani wedding, India has set the stage for its next growth phase, Pakistan is still lost
Following $600mn Ambani wedding, India has set the stage for its next growth phase, Pakistan is still lost
Following $600mn Ambani wedding, India has set the stage for its next growth phase, Pakistan is still lost