Claims of economic improvement The narrative of the stakeholders today is that there has been a noticeable uptick in various macroeconomic... Published 15 Jan, 2024 05:03am
Opinion A low growth trap: assessing challenges Over the past two years, the Pakistani economy has weathered a highly turbulent period. Inflation reached... Published 15 Jan, 2024 05:03am
Business & Finance December: Russian inflation unexpectedly slows MOSCOW: Russia’s annual rate of inflation unexpectedly slowed in December after ticking up continuously for seven... Published 15 Jan, 2024 05:03am
Business & Finance Asian currencies subdued after US CPI data BENGALURU: Asian emerging markets currencies were tentative on Friday as higher-than-expected inflation in the ... Published 15 Jan, 2024 05:03am
Opinion An anatomy of economic clichés/mantras of 2023—II It would not be out of place to state that a smaller group of economists in the community in these forums also... Published 14 Jan, 2024 03:13am
Business & Finance Weekly market inflation: Prices of essential kitchen items increase further ISLAMABAD: The prices of essential kitchen items have witnessed a further increase during this week past against the... Published 14 Jan, 2024 03:13am
Business & Finance SPI inflation rises 1.36 WoW ISLAMABAD: The weekly inflation Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the current week ended on January 11, 2024... Published 13 Jan, 2024 05:38am
Business & Finance Spain’s 12-month inflation falls to 3.1% in December Spanish national consumer prices rose 3.1% in the 12 months through December, down from a 3.2% increase in the... Published 12 Jan, 2024 03:20pm
Business & Finance Hungary’s December CPI slows down to 5.5% y/y, below forecast Hungarian headline inflation slowed to an annual +5.5% in December from +7.9% in November, below analysts’... Published 12 Jan, 2024 12:34pm
Opinion 2024—Business winds and waves Goodbye 2023. A year that was tentative, testing and turbulent. The world became more uncertain and businesses more... Published 11 Jan, 2024 06:15am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: The number of misses is rising exponentially “Eggs have become very expensive.” “Everything has, the Sensitive Price Index is over 42 percent and the... Published 10 Jan, 2024 05:22am
BR Research PKR to appreciate? The currency market has been moving smoothly for the past month because the PKR is stable in both the interbank and... Updated 09 Jan, 2024 11:33am
BR Research Cement: Not enough! Sluggish domestic construction would suggest very little cement is sold in the market. Numbers indicate such an... Published 08 Jan, 2024 07:42am
Business & Finance At 4.1%, French inflation rises as expected in December PARIS: French December consumer prices rose in line with expectations, preliminary data from the national statistics... Published 04 Jan, 2024 01:30pm
BR Research CY23: disaster, stability, and hope After all that’s said or done, the fact of the matter is that the bleeding has stopped under the caretaker setup.... Updated 04 Jan, 2024 12:07pm
BR Research Startup ecosystem 2023 The year 2021 was a defining moment for tech firms, with significant global expansion. The trend continued through... Published 03 Jan, 2024 09:01am
Opinion Outlook 2024 – II Increasing bank lending should to be the next move. The ratio of advances to deposits should increase from present... Updated 03 Jan, 2024 05:59am
Editorials Inflation is rightly regarded as costly EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) released the following data for the last month of 2023: (i) consumer... Updated 03 Jan, 2024 02:48pm
BR Research Inflation: Throwing gas on fire Inflation is not coming down. The headline number stood at 29.7 percent in December 2023 – slightly higher than... Updated 02 Jan, 2024 11:39am
Print Dec CPI inflation jumps 29.7pc YoY ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation increased to 29.7 percent on a year-on-year basis in... Updated 02 Jan, 2024 09:54am
Markets US Treasuries: Ten-year yields end 2023 slightly higher NEW YORK: Benchmark US 10-year Treasury yields ended 2023 higher year-over-year as investors digested weak economic... Published 02 Jan, 2024 05:21am
Markets Pakistan’s headline inflation reading clocks in at 29.7% in December Reading is marginally higher than official estimates that put CPI reading in range of 27.5-28.5% Updated 01 Jan, 2024 07:51pm
Business & Finance BMP underscores need for revisiting economic policies LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry’s Businessmen Panel (BMP) has stressed the... Updated 01 Jan, 2024 06:51am
Markets Oil prices set to end year 10pc lower LONDON: Oil prices are set to end 2023 about 10 percent lower after two years of gains as geopolitical concerns,... Published 30 Dec, 2023 06:28am
Print SBP terms FY23 ‘extraordinarily challenging’ KARACHI: The fiscal year 2023 was extraordinarily challenging, with a host of external and domestic shocks,... Updated 30 Dec, 2023 08:16pm
Print ‘Insecurity’ persists: Q3 business expectations rise 42pc against Q2: Gallup KARACHI: Largely negative about their ongoing prospects, the country’s business owners have started gaining... Updated 30 Dec, 2023 04:19pm
Business & Finance Higher markup payments challenge persists: MoF ISLAMABAD: The challenge of higher markup payments persists, so stated the Finance Ministry while emphasizing both... Published 28 Dec, 2023 04:52am
Business & Finance Singapore Nov core inflation slows to 3.2% y/y SINGAPORE: Singapore’s key consumer price gauge slowed to 3.2% in November on the year, in line with expectations,... Published 26 Dec, 2023 12:14pm
Opinion The challenge of rising inflation This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed “Some important economic policy questions” published by the newspaper... Published 24 Dec, 2023 04:00am
Business & Finance Inflation likely to escalate, warns economist KARACHI: In Pakistan general inflation is constantly soaring, already surpassing almost 45% and it is expected to go... Published 24 Dec, 2023 04:00am