Pakistan’s headline inflation reading clocks in at 27.4% in August This is the lowest inflation figure in calendar year 2023 Updated 01 Sep, 2023 07:36pm
Business & Finance Capacity payments to IPPs: Caretakers must invoke ‘force majeure’: FCCI chief FAISALABAD: Caretakers must invoke “force majeure” to stop capacity payments to the IPPs in prevailing... Published 01 Sep, 2023 05:41am
Print Last six months: Sugar moguls pocketed Rs260bn in profit: PTI ISLAMABAD: Lashing out at the former Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) government for opening the floodgate of... Updated 01 Sep, 2023 09:09am
Print Rising debt servicing emerges as hindrance: Projection of cut in C/A deficit subject to certain risks ISLAMABAD: The government projection of a reduction in the current account deficit to US$ 3.7 billion is subject to... Updated 01 Sep, 2023 09:11am
Editorials Sugar: smuggling is the elephant in the room EDITORIAL: The sugar export ban is back in the news with increasing sugar prices. This is not the first time when... Published 01 Sep, 2023 05:41am
Markets Analysts expect rate hike of up to 300bps in SBP’s monetary policy announcement High inflation and currency depreciation seen as reasons behind expected increase in key policy rate Updated 31 Aug, 2023 07:28pm
Opinion Acting on autopilot From 13.25% policy rate in 2020 to all time high of 22% in 2023, the state of Pakistan’s economy still seems to... Published 31 Aug, 2023 06:00am
Opinion It begins… Why do you think the only thing to come out of emergency cabinet meetings – to do something about these protests... Published 31 Aug, 2023 06:00am
Business & Finance Global dividends hit record $568bn in second quarter PARIS: Dividends paid by the world’s biggest listed companies soared to a record $568.1 billion in the second... Published 31 Aug, 2023 06:00am
Business & Finance German inflation eases slightly to 6.1% in August BERLIN: German inflation dipped slightly in August, official data showed Wednesday, but remained at a level three... Published 30 Aug, 2023 06:45pm
Markets Wall St gains as investors eye key economic data NEW YORK: Wall Street’s main indexes rose on Monday ahead of key inflation and jobs data this week that will offer... Published 29 Aug, 2023 06:01am
Pakistan ‘A group of judges’ responsible for rising inflation, claims Dastgir ISLAMABAD: Central leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and former federal minister for energy Khurram... Published 29 Aug, 2023 06:01am
Life & Style Fashion retailers in India suffer sales pain as tomato, onion prices surge NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Across India’s malls and high streets, the mood at fashion shops is sombre - foot traffic is down,... Published 28 Aug, 2023 03:47pm
Pakistan JI criticises ‘perks for elite only’ policy KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi chapter Ameer Engr Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, while addressing protesters, said it is... Published 28 Aug, 2023 06:27am
Business & Finance Global economic transformation risks fuelling inflation: Lagarde JACKSON HOLE (Wyoming): Profound changes in how the global economy operates, from increased protectionism to energy... Published 28 Aug, 2023 06:27am
Editorials Same old story EDITORIAL: Perhaps successive governments have simply failed to understand the power sector circular debt issue from... Published 26 Aug, 2023 06:13am
Business & Finance SPI inflation up 0.05pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended August 24, 2023, increased by 0.05... Published 26 Aug, 2023 06:13am
Opinion Need for greater discretionary economic policy The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has pushed for pro-cyclical, austerity-based policies in its Stand-By... Updated 25 Aug, 2023 07:08am
Markets Pandemic, inflation push 68 million more in Asia into extreme poverty, Asian Development Bank says MANILA: The coronavirus pandemic and rise in cost of living have pushed close to 70 million more people in... Published 24 Aug, 2023 10:31am
Business & Finance Economic crisis: Motiwala vows full support to interim govt KARACHI: Chairman Businessmen Group (BMG) Zubair Motiwala, while warmly welcoming the positive gestures shown by... Published 24 Aug, 2023 06:22am
Business & Finance ‘High prices of fuel are hitting exports badly’ KARACHI Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum and All... Published 23 Aug, 2023 05:50am
Editorials The grimness of macroeconomic data EDITORIAL: Macroeconomic data recently released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) merits immediate ... Updated 23 Aug, 2023 06:40am
BR Research Understanding credit side of inflation The current tightening cycle, which began almost two years ago in Sep 2021 is showing no sign of abatement,... Published 22 Aug, 2023 08:38am
BR Research Al-Ghazi Tractors Limited Al-Ghazi Tractors Limited (PSX: AGTL) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in June, 1983. AGTL... Published 22 Aug, 2023 08:33am
Print Govt collects Rs75bn PL in July ISLAMABAD: The government collected Rs 75 billion in July 2023 on account of petroleum levy (PL), a key source of... Updated 22 Aug, 2023 08:56am
Business & Finance Sri Lanka’s July consumer inflation eases to 4.6% COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s consumer price inflation slowed to 4.6% year-on-year in July from 10.8% in June, helped by... Published 21 Aug, 2023 03:25pm
Opinion New tenants in ‘Block Q’ neighbourhood The macro numbers are not showing a good picture. Inflation is creeping up again. The current account posted a... Updated 21 Aug, 2023 07:53am
Editorials Continuity of policies EDITORIAL: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar has pledged to continue the economic policies of the outgoing... Published 21 Aug, 2023 06:43am
Pakistan Govt urged to help reduce prices of daily use items KARACHI: Traders have shown a financial vulnerability to pay soaring electricity bills for being beyond their... Published 20 Aug, 2023 03:20am
Markets India imposes 40% export duty on onions with immediate effect MUMBAI: India will impose with immediate effect a 40% export duty on onions up to December 31 in an attempt to... Published 19 Aug, 2023 07:36pm