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
Pakistan Economic policy over next several months crucial for Pakistan: US Ambassador KARACHI: US Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome has said economic policy developed over the next several months... Updated 05 Mar, 2024 04:32pm
Editorials State of the economy EDITORIAL: The December Monthly Economic Update and Outlook, uploaded on the Finance Division website, indicates the... Updated 01 Jan, 2024 06:53am
Editorials Macroeconomic indicators not satisfactory EDITORIAL: External borrowing failed to meet the budgeted target by 51 percent as per data released by the Pakistan... Published 21 Dec, 2023 03:54am
Opinion Pakistan’s promising economic outlook The finance division’s ‘monthly economic outlook report’ for the month of November reveals that Pakistan’s... Published 14 Dec, 2023 05:24am
Editorials Policy rate paradigm EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) dated 30 October left the policy rate unchanged premised on the... Updated 01 Nov, 2023 06:29am
BR Research Power generation: Gradually inching up The worst is behind us. All high frequency data points are increasingly pointing out that much. After LSM numbers... Published 24 Oct, 2023 08:13am
Print Aug LSMI output up by 2.52pc YoY ISLAMABAD: The large-scale manufacturing industries (LSMI) output increased by 2.52 percent for August 2023 compared... Updated 17 Oct, 2023 09:17am
Editorials Initiative required from caretakers EDITORIAL: The induction of well-respected technocrats in the caretaker cabinet on 17 August was widely hailed but a... Published 04 Sep, 2023 06:21am
Editorials The grimness of macroeconomic data EDITORIAL: Macroeconomic data recently released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) merits immediate ... Updated 23 Aug, 2023 06:40am
Opinion LSM sector travails Large-scale manufacturing (LSM) sector, as per data released by the Finance Division, registered negative 8.1 ... Published 07 Aug, 2023 06:34am
Opinion FY23: Uncovering drivers of economic performance The National Account numbers for FY2023 have been published and, unfortunately, they paint a truly dismal picture of... Published 30 May, 2023 03:37am
Business & Finance IT roadmap developer explains how LSM sector can boost exports LAHORE: Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector in Pakistan has potential to significantly increase exports by using... Published 16 Mar, 2023 06:01am
Print Jul-Oct: Fiscal deficit rises 1.5pc of GDP to Rs1.266trn YoY ISLAMABAD: Overall, the fiscal deficit has increased to 1.5 percent of GDP (Rs1,266 billion) during July-October... Updated 31 Dec, 2022 08:50am
Business & Finance Jul-Oct LSM sector output down 2.89pc YoY ISLAMABAD: The overall output of the Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector declined by 2.89 percent during the ... Published 16 Dec, 2022 05:58am