July-March 2025: LSM experiences 1.5% negative growth ISLAMABAD: Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) has experienced a negative growth of 1.5 percent during July-March 2025... Updated 10 Jun, 2025 10:49am
BR Research LSM ticks up – but scars remain The State Bank’s Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) surged to a 30-month high in April 2025, signaling a noticeable... Updated 19 May, 2025 08:08am
Print Gradual recovery likely in LSM sector, says FD ISLAMABAD: Finance Division has said that amid continued contraction, gradual recovery is expected in Large Scale... Updated 25 Apr, 2025 08:42am
BR Research Too many young, too few factories More than half of Pakistan’s 241 million citizens are under the age of 19. Every year, millions of them join the... Published 11 Apr, 2025 08:50am
BR Research Growth on ventilator, credibility in a coma The only thing more stable than a dead corpse is a patient on a ventilator. That’s the current state of... Published 03 Apr, 2025 08:34am
Print Finance Division outlook: YoY LSM slump shows underlying weaknesses ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has warned that the year on year (YoY) decline in Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM)... Updated 26 Mar, 2025 02:24pm
BR Research LSM slumber deepens Twelve out of 22 LSM sub-sectors shrank in January 2025, extending the diffusion index’s sub-50 streak to five... Published 25 Mar, 2025 07:58am
BR Research Business confidence on the up – just The latest Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) for January 2025 presents... Published 17 Feb, 2025 07:46am
BR Research LSM: Stuck in the red “Key large-scale manufacturing sectors – such as textile, food, automobiles, POL and tobacco – were already... Published 18 Dec, 2024 09:06am
BR Research Should the SBP be procyclical? Inflation isn’t the monster it used to be—at least, not for now. But complacency is dangerous. The central bank’s... Published 17 Dec, 2024 09:04am
Business & Finance Jul-Oct LSM output shows -0.64pc contraction YoY ISLAMABAD: The Overall Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector has shown a growth of -0.64 percent during the first... Updated 17 Dec, 2024 09:31am
Business & Finance Sustained recovery expected: FD foresees Nov inflation to range between 5.8pc and 6.8pc ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division is anticipating sustained economic recovery in the ongoing fiscal year, inflation to... Updated 28 Nov, 2024 09:28am
BR Research Current account roundup 4MFY25: surpluses galore! The current account posted a surplus of $349 million in October, and the 4MFY25 surplus stands at $218 million.... Published 19 Nov, 2024 08:50am
BR Research LSM: 1QFY25 back in red While most macroeconomic indicators have improved in the past few months, and the authorities are increasingly... Published 19 Nov, 2024 08:47am
Business & Finance Jul-Sept LSM sector shows growth of -0.76pc ISLAMABAD: The Overall Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector has shown a growth of -0.76 per cent during the first... Published 16 Nov, 2024 06:54am
Print LSM negativity falls to 0.19pc: C/A surplus drops to $98m in Q1 Finance Division in its monthly economic update and outlook for October says economy has demonstrated sustained recovery during first quarter of fiscal year 2025 Updated 31 Oct, 2024 03:06pm
BR Research LSM: Cement pulls growth back The Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) index for August 2024 was down 2.65 percent year-and-year and served as an early... Published 24 Oct, 2024 08:08am
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
Editorials Macroeconomic data: welcome improvement EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) released two positive macroeconomic indicators this Friday past –... Published 20 Sep, 2024 06:10am
Print July LSM output down 2.08pc MoM ISLAMABAD: The Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector’s output decreased by 2.08 percent for July 2024 when compared... Updated 17 Sep, 2024 09:14am
BR Research Rate cut: inadequate aggression or insufficient restraint? If the litmus test of successful central banking is to remain widely unpopular throughout its term, the existing... Published 13 Sep, 2024 08:51am
Business & Finance FY24 LSM sector grows 0.92pc YoY ISLAMABAD: The Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector has shown a growth of 0.92 per cent during fiscal year... Published 17 Aug, 2024 06:12am
BR Research LSM: Slow rebound starts Large Scale Manufacturing index for May 2024 grew 7.3 percent year-on-year – the highest growth in 23 months or July... Published 23 Jul, 2024 08:28am
Business & Finance July-May LSM output grows 0.99pc YoY ISLAMABAD: The Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector has shown a growth of 0.99per cent during July-May 2023-24 ... Published 19 Jul, 2024 06:05am
Print Jul-Apr LSM sector posts 0.45pc growth YoY ISLAMABAD: The Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector has shown a growth of 0.45 per cent during July-April 2023-24... Updated 15 Jun, 2024 02:23pm
BR Research Rising NPLs? “Private sector credit declines by 39.7 percent”, read the headline in this newspaper yesterday. The headline,... Published 31 May, 2024 09:20am
Print Monthly Economic Update and Outlook of EAW: Credit to private sector declines 39.7pc YoY Finance Ministry states that expenditures remained under significant pressure due to rising mark-up payments Updated 30 May, 2024 09:31am
Print Jul-Feb LSM posts negative growth YoY ISLAMABAD: The overall Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector has shown a growth of -0.51 per cent during the first... Updated 17 Apr, 2024 08:59am
BR Research LSM: Still in red, just The Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) Index, on a cumulative basis, stayed negative for the 19th straight month, as... Published 18 Mar, 2024 08:17am
Business & Finance Jul-Jan LSM sector attains negative growth YoY ISLAMABAD: The overall Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector has shown a growth of -0.52 percent during the first... Published 16 Mar, 2024 06:26am