Weekly SPI-based inflation down 0.79pc ISLAMABAD: Weekly Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended on April 18, 2024, has ... Published 20 Apr, 2024 04:18am
Business & Finance Jul-Mar petroleum group imports dip 7.63pc ISLAMABAD: Petroleum group imports have decreased by 7.63 per cent to $12.084 billion during July-March 2024 from... Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:07am
Business & Finance Jul-Mar ’24: Textile group exports down 0.25pc to $12.44bn YoY ISLAMABAD: The country’s textile group exports declined by around 0.25 percent during the first nine months... Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:07am
Business & Finance Economic developments: PBS develops calendar to release ‘QNAs’ ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has developed a dissemination and revision policy while... Published 18 Apr, 2024 03:24am
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
Editorials T-bill rate hike as inflation falls EDITORIAL: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased the cut-off yields for benchmark six-month treasury bills by a 100... Published 09 Apr, 2024 05:06am
Opinion Inflation: what the govt is doing wrong? Inflation for the current year, so projected the then finance minister Ishaq Dar in his 9 June 2023 budget speech,... Published 08 Apr, 2024 04:46am
Business & Finance ECC clears Rs274bn CCL for wheat procurement ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee of Cabinet approved a Rs274 billion Cash Credit Limit (CCL) for the... Published 06 Apr, 2024 05:28am
Business & Finance Weekly SPI-based inflation up by 0.96pc ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) based inflation for the week ended on April 04, 2024, increased by 0.96... Published 06 Apr, 2024 05:28am
Editorials The March data EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has estimated the March 2024 Consumer Price Index (CPI) at 20.7... Published 04 Apr, 2024 04:56am
Print Jul-Mar trade deficit shrinks 24.94pc to $17.03bn YoY Country’s exports increases by eight percent Updated 02 Apr, 2024 09:51am
Print March CPI inflation soars 20.7pc YoY ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation increased to 20.7 percent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis in... Updated 02 Apr, 2024 09:40am
Pakistan Pakistan’s trade deficit shrinks 25% to $17.03bn in 9MFY24 However, trade deficit in March alone higher on yearly and monthly basis Updated 01 Apr, 2024 10:10pm
Business & Finance Weekly SPI down 0.09pc ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) for the week ended on March 28, 2024, decreased by 0.09 per cent due to a... Published 30 Mar, 2024 04:58am
Business & Finance NAC to approve Q2 GDP estimates today ISLAMABAD: The National Accounts Committee (NAC) is scheduled to meet on Thursday (Mar 28) to approve the 2nd... Updated 28 Mar, 2024 09:38am
Opinion Pakistan and IMF The second and final review of the nine-month Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)... Published 25 Mar, 2024 06:05am
Business & Finance Weekly SPI down 1.13pc ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) for the week ended March 21, 2024, declined by 1.13 per cent due to a... Published 23 Mar, 2024 05:41am
Editorials Monetary policy: staying the course EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 22 percent – a rate... Published 20 Mar, 2024 03:00am
Business & Finance PBS inflation rates understated, says economist ISLAMABAD: “Consumer price index (CPI) and sensitive prices index (SPI) based inflation rates computed by the... Updated 20 Mar, 2024 11:57am
Pakistan 7th Population & Housing Census-2023: Data collected strategic resource for Data-Driven Policy Making: Ahsan ISLAMABAD: The data collected through 7th Population and Housing Census-2023 is a strategic resource for Data-Driven... Published 16 Mar, 2024 06:26am
Business & Finance Petroleum group: Jul-Feb imports show 10.93pc negative growth YoY ISLAMABAD: Petroleum group imports witnessed a negative growth of 10.93 per cent during the first eight months... Published 16 Mar, 2024 06:26am
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
Editorials Increase in debt burden EDITORIAL: Total domestic and external debt stocks rose by 6 percent during the first seven months of the current... Published 09 Mar, 2024 04:59am
Business & Finance SPI up by 1.11pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) for the week ended on March 7, 2024 increased by 1.11 per cent due to an... Published 09 Mar, 2024 04:59am
Opinion Economic contradictions There are a number of economic events and happenings in Pakistan which are difficult to find immediate and rational... Published 05 Mar, 2024 03:09am
Print Jul-Feb trade deficit falls 30.2pc to $14.87bn YoY ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit narrowed down by 30.18 percent in the first eight months (July-February) of the... Updated 02 Mar, 2024 09:23am
Print Feb CPI-based inflation up 23.1pc YoY ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation increased to 23.1 percent on a year-on-year basis in... Updated 02 Mar, 2024 08:39am
Print Weekly SPI up 1.27pc ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) for the week ended on February 29, 2024, increased by 1.27 per cent due... Updated 02 Mar, 2024 08:38am
Markets Pakistan’s trade deficit narrows 30% to $14.9bn in 8MFY24 Deficit stood at $21.3bn in 8MFY23 Updated 01 Mar, 2024 10:28pm
Markets Pakistan’s headline inflation reading slows to 23.1% in February This is the lowest CPI-based figure since June 2022 Updated 01 Mar, 2024 10:22pm
Behind the screens: SECP probe into State Life’s equity investment process opens Pandora’s box at PSX?
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