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LSM growth

LSM growth

LSM growth

Published 24 Mar, 2026 03:00am
EDITORIAL: Large-scale manufacturing (LSM) index rose by 5.75 percent during July-January 2026 against the same...
LSM: Momentum cools; recovery holds

LSM: Momentum cools; recovery holds

Updated 20 Feb, 2026 08:12am
After an exceptionally strong November, Large-Scale Manufacturing entered December on a softer footing. Year-on-year...
Aug LSM growth down 2.75pc MoM

Aug LSM growth down 2.75pc MoM

Updated 18 Oct, 2025 09:31am
ISLAMABAD: Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector growth declined by 2.75 percent on a month-on-month basis in...
LSM ticks up – but scars remain

LSM ticks up – but scars remain

Updated 19 May, 2025 08:08am
The State Bank’s Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) surged to a 30-month high in April 2025, signaling a noticeable...
Too many young, too few factories

Too many young, too few factories

Published 11 Apr, 2025 08:50am
More than half of Pakistan’s 241 million citizens are under the age of 19. Every year, millions of them join the...
Ittefaq Iron Industries Limited

Ittefaq Iron Industries Limited

Published 08 Apr, 2025 08:54am
Ittefaq Iron Industries Limited (PSX: ITTEFAQ) was incorporated in Pakistan as a private limited company in 2004 and...
LSM: Still reeling

LSM: Still reeling

Published 30 Jan, 2025 09:28am
“Meanwhile, the decline in industrial sector growth in Q1-FY25 moderated relative to last year, “said the State Bank...
Stability not translating into growth

Stability not translating into growth

Published 01 Jan, 2025 08:55am
The GDP provisionally grew by a meager 0.92 percent in the 1QFY25. The figures have a flavor of Dar’s recipe where...
LSM: 1QFY25 back in red

LSM: 1QFY25 back in red

Published 19 Nov, 2024 08:47am
While most macroeconomic indicators have improved in the past few months, and the authorities are increasingly...
LSM: Clocked back in the past

LSM: Clocked back in the past

Published 20 Aug, 2024 06:46am
Large Scale Manufacturing index for June 2024 went down 0.03 percent year-on-year – the first such instance since...
Circling the drain

Circling the drain

Published 30 Jul, 2024 06:46am
Inflation was fairly tamed, a second policy rate cut well in play, and after a particularly gruelling exercise of...
Rate cut: the virtues of patience

Rate cut: the virtues of patience

Published 29 Apr, 2024 07:50am
If Pakistan were a person, it would have probably been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Few trips to Gulf capitals;...
LSMI growth

LSMI growth

Published 20 Feb, 2024 03:09am
EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics provided the quantum indices of Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI)...
LSM growth

LSM growth

Published 17 Jan, 2024 06:02am
EDITORIAL: The latest Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) growth figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics...
Austerity measures

Austerity measures

Published 26 Dec, 2023 04:30am
EDITORIAL: A Business Recorder exclusive reveals that austerity measures for the current year are awaiting Caretaker...
LSM inching up gradually

LSM inching up gradually

Published 16 Nov, 2023 08:43am
The tide is finally turning after a disastrous 15 months of large scale manufacturing performance. Having turned...
LSM: low base in play

LSM: low base in play

Published 19 Sep, 2023 08:53am
The Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) marked the thirteenth consecutive month of negative year-on-year growth – an...
LSM: Tanks double-digits

LSM: Tanks double-digits

Published 18 Aug, 2023 08:40am
Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM)growth settled in negative double digits for the outgoing fiscal year. This is so...
LSM sector travails

LSM sector travails

Published 07 Aug, 2023 06:34am
Large-scale manufacturing (LSM) sector, as per data released by the Finance Division, registered negative 8.1 ...
Current account roundup: 10MFY23

Current account roundup: 10MFY23

Published 18 May, 2023 08:47am
The current account hung in balance in April 2023, and the deficit in 10MFY23 is down to one-fourth and stood at...
Power generation keeps going down

Power generation keeps going down

Updated 21 Mar, 2023 12:44pm
Nine months and running. Electricity generation has continued to dip year-on-year. This has never happened in at...
Toshakhana: asset accumulation

Toshakhana: asset accumulation

Published 20 Mar, 2023 06:12am
The release of the list of those who received extremely expensive gifts during their official foreign tours (mostly...
Inflation and lower output

Inflation and lower output

Published 23 Jan, 2023 05:57am
EDITORIAL: A former Finance Minister, Dr Hafiz A. Pasha, while addressing the members of Pakistan Industrial and...
LSM deep in red

LSM deep in red

Published 18 Jan, 2023 09:23am
Large Scale Manufacturing went down for the fifth straight month, but on a cumulative and monthly basis. This last...
LSM: The slide deepens

LSM: The slide deepens

Published 16 Dec, 2022 09:01am
Large Scale Manufacturing went down 7.75 percent year-on-year for October 2022. That is the sharpest October drop...
Tough times ahead for LSM

Tough times ahead for LSM

Published 20 Jun, 2022 09:39am
Old base or revised, April year-on-year or 10-months year-on-year, Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) has continued the...
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