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Foreign currency requirement for taming inflation

In the year 2016 an operational limit to the debt-ceiling was introduced whereby the annual federal deficit...

Updated 30 Nov, 2023 05:17am

BR Research

Cement prices: Fast in Slovember

For months—and long before this fiscal year began—cement prices have soared without showing any signs of weakness or...

Published 29 Nov, 2023 08:43am

Business & Finance

POL products’ prices to remain unchanged?

ISLAMABAD: People are anticipating a relief from inflation in first half of December as the global crude and refined...

Published 29 Nov, 2023 05:09am

Business & Finance

US Fed official ‘encouraged’ by progress against inflation

WASHINGTON: The US Federal Reserve is making encouraging progress in the fight against inflation, a senior bank...

Published 28 Nov, 2023 08:26pm

World

New Zealand to scrap world-leading anti-smoking laws

WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s plans for world-leading anti-smoking laws will be revoked, Christopher Luxon confirmed...

Published 28 Nov, 2023 04:57am

World

Lawmakers criticise Bank of England inflation forecast

LONDON: Members of the House of Lords, Britain’s upper chamber of parliament, demanded Monday that the Bank of...

Published 27 Nov, 2023 07:49pm

Opinion

Economy on its knees

The initial euphoria of tens of billions of dollars investment by friendly countries is slowly fading away. The...

Updated 27 Nov, 2023 06:34am

Business & Finance

FPCCI’s BMP spells out reasons behind rising inflation

LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry’s Businessmen Panel (BMP), while fearing of...

Published 27 Nov, 2023 06:13am

Inflation will go down gradually, says Shamshad

Effective policies of the caretaker government were resulting in improvement in the economic conditions, adds caretaker finance minister

Updated 25 Nov, 2023 05:34pm

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

Markets

Inflation expected to go over 28% in Nov following gas price hike: report

Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation in November is expected to hit 28.26%, higher than 26.9%recorded in...

Updated 23 Nov, 2023 11:39pm

Business & Finance

Singapore Oct core inflation picks up to 3.3% y/y

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s key consumer price gauge rose 3.3% in October on a yearly basis, higher than economists’...

Published 23 Nov, 2023 11:47am

Editorials

SBP Vision 2028

EDITORIAL: It’s easy to lose one’s way in the complex and sometimes deliberately vague language of financial...

Published 22 Nov, 2023 05:48am

Business & Finance

Lagarde warns against premature inflation celebration

FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank has time now to assess how inflation unfolds after a record string of rate ...

Published 22 Nov, 2023 05:48am

Business & Finance

Sri Lankan inflation rises to 1% in October

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s consumer price inflation rose to 1% in October year-on-year from 0.8% in September, the...

Published 21 Nov, 2023 02:54pm

World

President-elect Milei vows ‘end of Argentina’s decline’

BUENOS AIRES: Libertarian outsider Javier Milei swept to victory in Argentina’s presidential election Sunday,...

Published 21 Nov, 2023 06:02am

Polls open in knife-edge Argentine election

BUENOS AIRES: Argentines voted Sunday in a nail-biter election pitting Economy Minister Sergio Massa against ...

Updated 20 Nov, 2023 07:31am

World

UK’s Hunt says won’t implement tax cuts that fuel inflation

LONDON: British Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt said on Sunday he would not implement tax cuts that would push up...

Published 19 Nov, 2023 05:17pm

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

Business & Finance

LCCI organises awareness seminar on mutual funds

LAHORE: Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry organised a seminar on Mutual Fund Industry in Pakistan with the aim...

Published 18 Nov, 2023 06:03am

BR Research

IMF: finally, a timely review!

As expected, the IMF review has been successful. Pakistanis witnessed smooth sailing through a Fund review after a...

Published 17 Nov, 2023 09:08am

Markets

US inflation data drives Indian stocks to near one month highs

BENGALURU: India’s main indexes advanced on Wednesday to near one-month highs, mirroring global stocks after...