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Understanding austerity

Understanding austerity

There is a general confusion in Pakistan, whereby austerity policies are taken as belt-tightening in terms of...
Published 10 Mar, 2023 03:46am
Budgetary outcome in 1HFY23
Opinion

Budgetary outcome in 1HFY23

The information on fiscal operations from July to December 2022 of the federal and the provincial governments has...
Published 14 Feb, 2023 05:58am
State of the economy
Opinion

State of the economy

The first six months of 2022-23 have witnessed considerable uncertainty about country’s economic prospects. ...
Published 31 Jan, 2023 06:01am
Prices and inflation
Opinion

Prices and inflation

It is quite clear that overall the monetary policy tool of raising policy rate to rein in inflation has not had any...
Updated 27 Jan, 2023 07:57am
The darkness deepens
Opinion

The darkness deepens

They say the night is darkest before the dawn. On Monday, it couldn’t have gotten darker—somewhere, someone in...
Published 25 Jan, 2023 06:25am
GDP growth in 2022-23 — II
Opinion

GDP growth in 2022-23 — II

The previous article by this writer had presented the estimate of the GDP growth rate in 2022-23 as negative 1% from...
Updated 26 Jan, 2023 12:50am