Pakistan’s budget to support negotiations with IMF for new programme: Moody’s Says government spends more than half its revenue on interest payments, indicating very weak debt affordability which drives high debt sustainability risks Updated 14 Jun, 2024 07:40pm
Markets Inflation cheer boosts Wall St ahead of Fed decision NEW YORK: US stocks rose broadly on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq touching fresh record highs after... Published 13 Jun, 2024 06:59am
Business & Finance Dollar drops on softer than expected May inflation NEW YORK: The dollar tumbled on Wednesday after data showed that consumer prices in May rose less than economists... Published 13 Jun, 2024 06:59am
Print Inflation target of 21pc will be missed ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will miss the inflation target of 21 percent set for the current fiscal year and will remain in... Updated 12 Jun, 2024 08:57am
Editorials Economic Survey EDITORIAL: The Economic Survey 2024-25 gives good news: key macroeconomic indicators are better than the comparable... Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am
Business & Finance Dollar hits four-week high before inflation report NEW YORK: The dollar hit a four-week high on Tuesday, ahead of a highly anticipated inflation report that is likely... Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am
Business & Finance ECB’s Rehn sees considerable progress in bringing inflation down to target HELSINKI: The European Central Bank’s monetary policy has successfully dampened price pressures, Finnish ECB... Published 11 Jun, 2024 01:28pm
Opinion Big fall in the rate of inflation The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has come up with a very pleasant surprise. The year-to-year rate of... Published 11 Jun, 2024 03:17am
Business & Finance FPCCI terms policy rate cut ‘too little’ LAHORE: Atif Ikram Sheikh, President FPCCI, has said that the policy rate cut announced on Monday is too less, too... Published 11 Jun, 2024 03:17am
Markets Wall Street Week Ahead: Inflation, Fed meeting to give clues for US market direction NEW YORK: Investors will closely watch next week’s inflation numbers and Federal Reserve meeting for clues on... Published 10 Jun, 2024 06:52am
Opinion Policy rate decision ahead of budget presentation State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will be making its monetary policy public today. As May inflation has already dropped... Updated 10 Jun, 2024 08:06am
Opinion Budget: inflation must be top priority Inflation is pushing an ever increasing number below the poverty line (currently estimated at 40 percent comparable... Updated 10 Jun, 2024 08:13am
Editorials Improving business confidence EDITORIAL: It’s welcome news, of course, that the 25th wave of the Business Confidence Index (BCI) conducted by ... Updated 10 Jun, 2024 08:02am
Business & Finance Govt praised for arresting inflation rise KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, Mian... Published 09 Jun, 2024 03:10am
BR Research Road to medium term: the math is not adding up The central bank of Pakistan believes that the medium-term inflation target of 5 – 7 percent shall be achievable by... Published 07 Jun, 2024 08:12am
World ECB cuts rates even as inflation fight goes on FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank went ahead with its first interest rate cut since 2019 on Thursday, citing... Published 07 Jun, 2024 06:24am
Editorials Policy rate manoeuvrability EDITORIAL: Domestic pressure is clearly mounting on the Monetary Policy Committee scheduled to meet on June 10 to... Updated 07 Jun, 2024 10:55am
Business & Finance Philippine annual inflation at 3.9% in May MANILA: Philippine annual inflation was 3.9% in May, versus the previous month’s 3.8% print, the statistics agency... Published 05 Jun, 2024 10:24am
Editorials Is inflation finally easing? EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) estimated the Consumer Price Index (CPI) at 11.8 percent in May,... Published 05 Jun, 2024 06:44am
Business & Finance South Korea consumer inflation slows to 10-month low SEOUL: South Korea’s consumer inflation slowed for a second straight month in May to a 10-month low, official data... Published 04 Jun, 2024 10:51am
BR Research CPI: a surprise reading – but will it hold? Over the past two years, rising inflation shattered records and surpassed analysts’ expectations. However, a... Published 04 Jun, 2024 09:01am
Print SBP likely to lower policy rate: S&P GMI ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s headline inflation rate declined for the fifth consecutive month to 11.8 per cent in May and... Updated 04 Jun, 2024 09:22am
Print Taming inflation, providing jobs high priorities: Musadik ISLAMABAD: Minister for Petroleum Division Dr Musadik Masood Malik on Saturday said that controlling inflation and... Updated 02 Jun, 2024 04:15pm
Business & Finance Cut in policy rate likely KARACHI: With the decline in the inflation and improvement in external account, analysts are expecting easing in the... Published 01 Jun, 2024 06:59am
Editorials Inflation is cooling? EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) estimated a 0.34 percent decline in the sensitive price index (SPI),... Updated 30 May, 2024 06:52am
Markets Ministry of Finance expects inflation to fall further to 13.5-14.5% in May Govt's commitment to curbing inflation through stringent administrative measures paints a promising picture for the inflation outlook Updated 29 May, 2024 10:26pm
Business & Finance Australia inflation quickens to 5-month high, sounding rate alarm SYDNEY: Australian consumer price inflation unexpectedly picked up to a five-month high in April due in part to... Published 29 May, 2024 12:03pm
Business & Finance Vietnam inflation rises in May, nears government limit HANOI: Vietnam’s annual inflation rate edged up to 4.44% in May, official data showed on Wednesday, nearing the... Published 29 May, 2024 11:33am
Business & Finance Dollar slips ahead of inflation data NEW YORK: The dollar eased against most currencies on Tuesday ahead of key US and euro zone inflation data later ... Published 29 May, 2024 06:05am
Business & Finance Dollar firm ahead of global inflation data SINGAPORE/LONDON: The dollar held steady on Monday, but was set for its first monthly loss this year, as investors... Published 28 May, 2024 05:30am