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LSM Index

LSM: Between hope and hard reality

LSM: Between hope and hard reality

Updated 21 Oct, 2025 08:24am
The Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) data for August 2025 is out, and the euphoria of last month has all but fizzled....
LSM 2025: Output from 2016

LSM 2025: Output from 2016

Updated 19 Aug, 2025 08:31am
Pakistan’s Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) finally returned a positive quarterly growth in 4QFY25 — the first in...
LSM remains stuck in the past

LSM remains stuck in the past

Published 17 Jul, 2025 03:32am
Pakistan’s large-scale manufacturing (LSM) sector continues to flirt with the idea of recovery, but the data tells a...
Consumer Confidence Index

Consumer Confidence Index

Updated 26 Jun, 2025 07:28am
EDITORIAL: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) was calculated at its peak since 2022 based on interviews conducted...
LSM: Time machine the wrong way

LSM: Time machine the wrong way

Updated 18 Jun, 2025 08:46am
The latest data from Pakistan’s Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector paints a troubling picture: not of a...
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...
LSM slumber deepens

LSM slumber deepens

Published 25 Mar, 2025 07:58am
Twelve out of 22 LSM sub-sectors shrank in January 2025, extending the diffusion index’s sub-50 streak to five...
LSM: Running to the ground

LSM: Running to the ground

Published 16 May, 2023 08:53am
Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) index for March 2023 went down 25 percent year-on-year. This is the steepest monthly...
LSM horror run deepens

LSM horror run deepens

Published 20 Apr, 2023 09:40am
Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) data comes with a considerable lag and has of late only stamped the worst fears. The...
LSM: Exports remain the saving grace

LSM: Exports remain the saving grace

Published 21 Oct, 2022 08:46am
Pakistan’s goods’ exports may have only risen 2.6 percent year-on-year in 1QFY23, but there is enough in it to...
LSM contraction begins

LSM contraction begins

Published 26 Sep, 2022 08:54am
The inevitable has happened. Or better put, just starting to unfold, as the Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) index ...
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