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IMF

A better approach to price hike

EDITORIAL: Federal Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin directed the Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) to add 19 cities ...

Published 21 Apr, 2021 03:21am

Business & Finance

Serbia sells bad loans of eight bankrupt banks, debt agency says

In June 2019 the debt management agency sold about 240 million euros of bad loans, in line with a now-expired arrangement between Belgrade and the International Monetary Fund.
Serbia's non-performing loans ratio fell to 3.7% by the end of 2020, down from 4.1% in 2019 and 17% in 2016.

Published 20 Apr, 2021 07:33pm

Opinion

Budgetary framework in IMF programme

The IMF Programme which remained suspended for almost one year has become operational once again. Effectively the...

Published 20 Apr, 2021 04:00am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Tarin all praise for Baqir

“Shaukat Tarin says that the other half of the previous two-member economic team

Updated 20 Apr, 2021 04:20am

Business & Finance

Meeting IMF conditions biggest challenge for Tarin, says Expert

On Friday, Shaukat Tarin was appointed as the fourth Finance and Revenue Minister to head Ministry of Finance (MoF) in less than three years ahead of the budget for the next fiscal year.

Published 19 Apr, 2021 01:30pm

Opinion

Whither the economy?

The cabinet approved the medium-term strategy paper this Tuesday past and projected a Gross Domestic Product (GDP)...

Published 19 Apr, 2021 03:22am

Opinion

Tarin: FM of ‘last resort’?

There is another reshuffle in the economic team. Shaukat Tarin has been appointed as the fourth Finance Minister in...

Published 18 Apr, 2021 03:09am

Editorials

Developing countries and SDGs

EDITORIAL: It’s interesting to note that Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Dr Mohammad Jahanzeb Khan quoted from...

Published 18 Apr, 2021 03:09am

Markets

Currency values in terms of Special Drawing Rights

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF), treasuries' department's currency

Published 17 Apr, 2021 03:28am

Tarin given finance portfolio in economic team shake-up

• Hammad Azhar, Omar Ayub and Khusro Bakhtiar made Minister of Energy, Minister of Economic Affairs Division,...

Published 17 Apr, 2021 03:28am

Editorials

Welcome advice from PBC

EDITORIAL: Finance Minister Hammad Azhar should welcome the advice, however unsolicited, that came from the Pakistan...

Published 17 Apr, 2021 03:28am

Opinion

A difficult economic triangle

In a recent Financial Times (FT) article ‘IMF urges eurozone to boost spending to fuel economic recovery’, ...

Published 16 Apr, 2021 03:40am

Additional SDRs to give ‘meaningful’ support: Moody’s

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund’s additional Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) allocation would provide ...

Published 16 Apr, 2021 03:40am

Editorials

Medium-term budget strategy

EDITORIAL: The cabinet approved the medium-term budget strategy paper which projected a growth rate of 4.2 percent...

Published 16 Apr, 2021 03:40am

World

Sub-Saharan Africa to see world's slowest growth in 2021: IMF

Africa rebounding from worst contraction on record.
International community must help make vaccines available.
External financing needs total $425 bln over 2021-2025.

Published 15 Apr, 2021 07:28pm

World

IMF calls for ‘strong’ fiscal consolidation in Kuwait

The Gulf state's economy shrank by 8% last year, the Fund said in a statement on Thursday, adding that the country's fiscal balance worsened significantly year-on-year.
The IMF expects a gradual recovery and said that, as the recovery firms up, "strong fiscal consolidation and structural reforms would be needed to preserve fiscal buffers and strengthen growth."

Published 15 Apr, 2021 06:17pm

Business & Finance

IMF's SDR could provide 'meanigful support' to Pakistan: Moody's

Measured against upcoming cross-border debt repayments, the additional SDR allocations could provide meaningful support for Zambia, Suriname, Tajikistan, Pakistan and Namibia.

Updated 15 Apr, 2021 02:11pm

BR Research

Subsidy reforms: massive price hike on the cards

Pakistan’s power sector has undergone first tariff restructuring in March 2021. The same would be visible in the...

Published 15 Apr, 2021 07:31am

World

Europe needs more aid to counter continued Covid risks: IMF

WASHINGTON: Europe faces more risks to its economic recovery due to Covid-19 variants and delays in vaccination...

Updated 15 Apr, 2021 10:09am

EFF programme open to adjustment

ISLAMABAD: The duration and size of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) Extended Fund Facility (EFF)...

Published 15 Apr, 2021 03:22am

Goodbye oil glut thanks to OPEC+ and recovery: IEA

PARIS: A glut in global oil markets is being worked off as the world economy begins to recover from the Covid-19...

Published 15 Apr, 2021 03:22am

In the event of moratorium on energy prices: Govt asked to spell out its circular debt alternate plans

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) are said to have sought alternate plans from ...

Updated 15 Apr, 2021 10:08am

ISI, RAW officials held secret talks?

NEW DELHI: Top intelligence officers from India and Pakistan held secret talks in Dubai in January in a new effort ...

Updated 15 Apr, 2021 10:08am

Opinion

Covid-19 and economies

Prime minister Imran Khan has proposed a five-point roadmap to materialize the vision of D-8, which include...