Increase in inflation main obstacle in reducing interest rate: Mian Zahid KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, Mian... Published 07 Dec, 2023 04:35am
BR Research No road leads to 21 percent Since the beginning of current financial year, the State Bank of Pakistan has maintained the benchmark interest rate... Published 05 Dec, 2023 07:51am
Business & Finance Central banks ‘not out of the woods’ in inflation battle: BIS LONDON: Global central bank umbrella body, the BIS, eased its hardline stance on inflation on Monday, calling recent... Published 05 Dec, 2023 03:01am
Editorials No delay in elections EDITORIAL: Good of ECP (Election Commission of Pakistan) to crush all talk of any possible delay in the February... Published 05 Dec, 2023 03:01am
Markets Successful IMF review, stable monetary policy driving PSX: Ministry of Finance The Ministry of Finance in its latest report has attributed the ongoing bullish wave at the Pakistan Stock Exchange... Updated 04 Dec, 2023 04:04pm
Business & Finance Turkish inflation near 62%, highest this year ISTANBUL: Turkiye’s annual inflation rate edged up to 61.98% in November, data showed on Monday, just shy of... Published 04 Dec, 2023 12:36pm
BR Research Inflation: Rate cut seems farther away The headline inflation inched up again. It stood at 29.2 percent in November 2023 and the monthly increase stood at... Published 04 Dec, 2023 07:39am
Pakistan JI demands a level playing field for all contestants LAHORE: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Sirajul Haq has reiterated the call for providing equal opportunities to every... Published 04 Dec, 2023 05:35am
Pakistan CDA body grants approval for building plan of CCP ISLAMABAD: The Design Vetting Committee of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has officially granted approval... Published 02 Dec, 2023 05:09am
Markets Pakistan’s headline inflation reading clocks in at 29.2% in November Inflation reading higher than October's when it stood at 26.9% Updated 01 Dec, 2023 10:38pm
Business & Finance As inflation cools, Fed officials signal rate hikes likely done WASHINGTON: Federal Reserve policymakers signaled on Thursday the US central bank’s interest rate hikes are likely... Published 01 Dec, 2023 04:43am
Opinion 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
Print 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
Print 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