APTMA urges MPC to cut interest rate by 400bps ISLAMABAD: The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has called for a significant reduction in interest... Updated 25 Oct, 2024 08:57am
Business & Finance Most Asian central banks have room to cut interest rates, IMF says WASHINGTON: Most Asian central banks have room to cut interest rates, as the start of the US monetary easing cycle... Published 24 Oct, 2024 08:35pm
Business & Finance ECB makes back-to-back interest rate cuts as inflation falls FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank cut interest rates again Thursday, upping the tempo at which it is lowering... Updated 17 Oct, 2024 06:38pm
Editorials Stock market: what it means to be cautious EDITORIAL: Pakistan Stock Market (PSX) is on a consistent rise. There are elements of re-rating of country risk by... Published 15 Oct, 2024 06:47am
World Fed seen cutting rates gradually to 3.5% by mid-2025 Federal Reserve policymakers are seen as likely to deliver a quarter-percentage-point interest-rate cut next month... Published 10 Oct, 2024 07:33pm
BR Research Debt dilemma: Fixing the fiscal flip The central government debt increased to Rs48.4 trillion in August 2024, 21 percent higher than the same period last... Published 09 Oct, 2024 08:58am
Print Reducing power tariff top priority: Awais ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Energy, Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari, said on Sunday that the government is... Updated 07 Oct, 2024 03:07pm
Markets Nikkei heads for weekly drop as Ishiba rattles markets SYDNEY: Japanese stocks headed for their steepest weekly fall in a month on Friday as Prime Minister Shigeru... Published 05 Oct, 2024 06:43am
Business & Finance FPCCI demands lowering policy rate to 9pc KARACHI: Atif Ikram Sheikh, President Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), has... Published 03 Oct, 2024 07:50am
Opinion The investment slump The year, 2023-24, has witnessed the lowest ever level of fixed investment in Pakistan. It is estimated at 11.4% of... Updated 01 Oct, 2024 07:21am
World US Fed Chair sees ‘further disinflation’ in economy WASHINGTON: The United States is set to see inflation cool further towards policymakers’ target, Federal Reserve... Published 01 Oct, 2024 12:23am
Business & Finance FBATI president underscores need for reducing interest rates KARACHI: The increasing cost of doing business and high interest rates are major challenges for industries to... Published 30 Sep, 2024 07:06am
Business & Finance Govt urged to facilitate traders after successful IMF talks LAHORE: United Business Group (UBG) Patron-in-Chief S M Tanveer has urged the government to facilitate the business... Published 27 Sep, 2024 07:21am
Opinion Poor reflection of economic history by policymakers ‘A World Bank study of 177 sovereign external and domestic debt defaults found that five years after successful... Updated 27 Sep, 2024 08:14am
Print IMF refutes it asked Pakistan to seek loan at 11pc from commercial bank ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stated that it did not ask Pakistan to get a commercial loan... Updated 27 Sep, 2024 10:04am
BR Research LSM: Slow revival starts The fiscal year FY25 started on a positive note for Large Scale Manufacturing as the index for July2024 registered a... Published 25 Sep, 2024 08:56am
Business & Finance China’s central bank unveils most aggressive stimulus since pandemic BEIJING: China’s central bank on Tuesday unveiled its biggest stimulus since the pandemic to pull the economy out... Published 25 Sep, 2024 06:48am
Opinion Economy has been nursed to some semblance of health There is some semblance of macroeconomic stability in Pakistan as inflation decreases, interest rates fall, and the... Updated 23 Sep, 2024 07:32am
Business & Finance Turkish central bank keeps rates steady, alters guidance ISTANBUL: Turkiye’s central bank held its main interest rate steady at 50% for a sixth straight month on Thursday as... Updated 19 Sep, 2024 06:16pm
Opinion Rising public debt The SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) has released figures of total debt and public debt of Pakistan as of end-June 2024.... Published 19 Sep, 2024 06:37am
World Fed cuts rates by half a percentage point, cites ‘greater confidence’ about inflation Fed had held policy rate in the 5.25%-5.50% range since July of 2023 as inflation fell from a 40-year high to a level that is now approaching the central bank's target Updated 19 Sep, 2024 12:23am
Business & Finance ECB cuts interest rates as growth dwindles FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank cut interest rates again on Thursday as inflation slows and economic growth... Updated 13 Sep, 2024 07:27am
Business & Finance SBP made its most aggressive move on the interest rate, but business associations are still unhappy The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) moved more aggressively on the key interest rate than what the wider market had... Updated 12 Sep, 2024 09:26pm
Business & Finance KATI urges SBP to reduce bank interest rates KARACHI: Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI) has issued an urgent call to the State Bank of Pakistan... Published 07 Sep, 2024 06:59am
Business & Finance UBG for cut in interest rates in upcoming monetary policy KARACHI Syed Mazhar Ali Nasir, Vice Chairman UBG Sindh Region has appealed to the government and the State Bank of... Published 07 Sep, 2024 06:59am
Business & Finance FPCCI urges govt to cut interest rate to 12pc LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has called on the government to reduce... Published 03 Sep, 2024 07:43am
Print APTMA urges SBP’s MPC to cut interest rate by 400bps ISLAMABAD: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has called upon the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to... Updated 03 Sep, 2024 09:01am
Print ‘Fleecing by Islamic banks’: Senate panel seeks detailed briefing from SBP ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance, Wednesday, directed the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to provide... Updated 29 Aug, 2024 08:56am
Business & Finance Business community expecting higher cuts in key policy rate: FPCCI KARACHI: Atif Ikram Sheikh, President FPCCI, has said that the policy rate cuts announced over the last two monetary... Published 27 Aug, 2024 06:44am
World Fed’s Powell says ‘time has come’ to cut rates JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday offered an explicit endorsement of an imminent... Updated 23 Aug, 2024 11:28pm
Satellite photos show Israel hit Iran former nuclear weapons test building, missile facilities, researchers say