Topic

global financial crisis

Learning from China’s economic philosophy and policy — VIII

Updated 18 Sep, 2026 07:51pm

With regard to China’s financial system, and how it is effectively reined in to appropriately gel with fiscal policy...

Nikkei jumps 5pc as Trump signals timeline to end Iran war

Published 02 Apr, 2026 06:03am

TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei share average rose 5 percent on Wednesday, supported by hopes of de-escalation in the Middle...

Nobel economist Aghion says no repeat 2008 financial crisis

Published 09 Mar, 2026 09:06pm

PARIS: The war in the Middle East is unlikely to trigger a collapse of the world economy on the scale of the 2008...

BCBS phase II reforms: SBP issues revised instructions

Updated 25 Sep, 2025 09:19am

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has issued revised instructions under the Basel Capital Adequacy Framework...

The worst market crashes since 1929

Published 08 Apr, 2025 05:40am

PARIS: Monday’s stock market collapses in Asia and Europe after China retaliated to steep US tariffs revived...

Managing public investment the mission-oriented way

Updated 24 Nov, 2023 06:37am

Two renowned intellectuals – Greece’s former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, and columnist for Guardian ...

Important global economic challenges

Updated 20 Oct, 2023 06:33am

Decades of neoliberal assault of advocating greater market fundamentalism, and lesser government regulation produced...

World Bank needs to revisit its policy and lending focus

Updated 06 Oct, 2023 09:56am

In its recently released report ‘Pakistan development update October 2023: restoring fiscal sustainability’ the...

Bank of England projects 100 billion pound loss for QE programme

Published 28 Apr, 2023 06:26pm

LONDON: The Bank of England estimated on Friday that its quantitative easing programme would rack up a total...

Shock therapy neoliberal market reform in Pakistan

Updated 28 Apr, 2023 06:28am

One can only be shocked to see the lack of understanding by local media, and many of their guests on TV shows...

US lending slowed last month on banking concerns: Fed

Published 20 Apr, 2023 12:19am

WASHINGTON: Lending declined in many parts of the United States over recent weeks, the Federal Reserve announced...

US Fed warns of 'widespread' inflationary pressures

Published 09 Mar, 2023 01:24am

WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve warned Wednesday that the United States still faces "widespread" inflationary...

Caught in the crossfire?

Published 06 Mar, 2023 08:25am

While the government is getting considerable flak due to the long delay in IMF program revival and resulting...

The darkness deepens

Published 25 Jan, 2023 06:25am

They say the night is darkest before the dawn. On Monday, it couldn’t have gotten darker—somewhere, someone in...

Most CEOs gloomy on growth in more than a decade: PwC survey

Published 23 Jan, 2023 05:57am

DAVOS: Confidence among companies in their growth prospects has dropped the most since the 2007-08 global financial...

Yellen says a US default could cause global financial crisis

Published 21 Jan, 2023 06:41am

DAKAR/WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday that a potential US default could cause a global...

Gated UK property funds are open to further risk

Published 12 Jan, 2023 06:26am

UK property funds face further exit requests, asset fire sales and reduced demand from pension schemes after payout...

IMF policy needs a serious rethink

Published 16 Dec, 2022 05:58am

The first major jolt to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) thinking regarding pursuing austerity policy...

Austerity and SDR allocation

Published 21 Oct, 2022 05:57am

The world is suffering from multiple crises — from strong inflationary headwinds to low growth — at the back of...

Global Economy: Factory data dampen global ‘soft landing’ hopes

Published 01 Jul, 2022 07:18pm

LONDON/TOKYO: Global factory growth stalled in June as higher prices and a darker economic outlook left consumers...

World Bank’s Reinhart sees ‘long haul’ before any debt reductions for developing countries

Published 29 Jun, 2022 07:01pm

MADRID: World Bank chief economist Carmen Reinhart said it could take many more years before the growing number of...

PIA reports revenue shortfall for 2021

Published 29 May, 2022 06:48am

KARACHI: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has reported a revenue shortfall for 2021 as compared to 2020,...

Fraying central bank consensus spurs dollar and market stress: McGeever

Published 04 May, 2022 11:18am

ORLANDO: The highest inflation in decades is unraveling whatever policy consensus there was between the world's ...

The cost of IMF programme

Published 29 Apr, 2022 05:43am

Pakistan has been a prolonged user of International Monetary Fund (IMF) resources since the decade starting 1990,...

‘Black swan’ LME nickel chaos shows regulators still missing market risks

Published 14 Apr, 2022 04:55am

Last month’s chaos in London Metal Exchange nickel trading has shone a light on the failure of a core reform from...

How the world has changed—II

Published 31 Mar, 2022 05:11am

The above (carried in the first part of this two-part article) appears to paint a rather bleak picture of the future...

Britain cedes control of bailed-out NatWest bank

Published 30 Mar, 2022 06:08am

LONDON: Britain announced Monday that it has ceded control of bailed-out bank giant NatWest, cutting its stake to...

Russian default no longer ‘improbable’, but no trigger for financial crisis: IMF

Published 14 Mar, 2022 07:22am

WASHINGTON: Russia may default on its debts in the wake of unprecedented sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine, but...

Russian default no longer 'improbable', but no trigger for global financial crisis: IMF

Published 13 Mar, 2022 10:01pm

WASHINGTON: Russia may default on its debts in the wake of unprecedented sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine, but...

Pakistan should leave IMF programme

Updated 22 Oct, 2021 04:54pm

Pakistan should come out of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, pursue active economic diplomacy, and...

BR100
BR30
KSE100
KSE30
KMI30

1D 5D 3M 6M 1Y

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 30	277.31
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 30	277.11
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 1	158.32
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 1	0.84
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 1	1.32
Euro to USD / Oct 1	1.13
SOFR % / Sep 29	3.88

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 30	7,651.54
Nasdaq / Sep 30	26,861.06
Hang Seng / Sep 30	24,613.27
FTSE 100 / Sep 30	10,606
Dow Jones / Sep 30	50,906.05
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 30	25,199.19
France CAC40 / Sep 30	7,964.51
India Sensex / Oct 1	71,770.30
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 1	68,956.72

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 30	18,680
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 30	378,631
Petrol/Litre / Oct 1	387.54
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 1	92.53
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 1	4,162.20
Diesel/Litre / Oct 1	402.24
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 1	78.41

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Oct 1 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	15.70 ▲ 1.43 (10.02%)
Arctic Textile / Oct 1 Arctic Textile Mills Limited(ARCTM)	57.33 ▲ 5.21 (10%)
Dewan Motors / Oct 1 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	17.49 ▲ 1.59 (10%)
Ellcot Spinning / Oct 1 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	196.28 ▲ 17.84 (10%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Oct 1 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	286.94 ▲ 26.09 (10%)
Fazal Cloth / Oct 1 Fazal Cloth Mills Limited(FZCM)	280.46 ▲ 25.5 (10%)
Mandviwala / Oct 1 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	84.78 ▲ 7.71 (10%)
Asim Textile / Oct 1 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	125.35 ▲ 11.39 (9.99%)
Popular Islamic / Oct 1 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	65.60 ▲ 5.96 (9.99%)
Premier Sugar / Oct 1 The Premier Sugar Mills(PMRS)	388.99 ▲ 33.18 (9.33%)

Stock	Price
EFU Life Assr / Oct 1 EFU Life Assurance Limited(EFUL)	126 ▼ -38.01 (-23.18%)
Ashfaq Textile / Oct 1 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	45.51 ▼ -5.06 (-10.01%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Oct 1 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	26.14 ▼ -2.9 (-9.99%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Oct 1 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	29.62 ▼ -2.87 (-8.83%)
Imperial Limited / Oct 1 Imperial Limited(IML)	22.55 ▼ -2.14 (-8.67%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Oct 1 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	45.12 ▼ -3.8 (-7.77%)
Pakistan Credit Rating Agency / Oct 1 The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Ltd(GEMPACRA)	45.01 ▼ -3.51 (-7.23%)
Fateh Sports / Oct 1 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	145 ▼ -10 (-6.45%)
Agro Processors & Atmospheric / Oct 1 Agro Processors & Atmospheric Gases Ltd(SOYASUP)	28.79 ▼ -1.97 (-6.4%)
J.K.Spinning / Oct 1 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	315.15 ▼ -20.25 (-6.04%)

Stock	Volume
Kohinoor Spinning / Oct 1 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	77,049,350 ▲ 0.28
First Punjab Modaraba / Oct 1 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	22,451,746 ▼ -2.9
Pak Int.Bulk / Oct 1 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	20,103,757 ▼ -0.05
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Oct 1 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	15,143,550 ▲ 1.43
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Oct 1 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	15,132,880 ▲ 0.03
Cnergyico PK / Oct 1 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	14,821,505 ▼ -0.15
Oilboy Energy / Oct 1 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11,100,247 ▲ 0.08
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 1 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	10,843,502 ▲ 0
Yousuf Weaving / Oct 1 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	10,527,068 ▲ 0.03
Pak Refinery / Oct 1 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	9,555,956 ▼ -1.67

global financial crisis

Most Popular