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public debt

Addressing energy poverty
Opinion

Addressing energy poverty

Pakistani citizens are grappling with the alarming reality of their energy expenses. The range is noted to hover...
Updated 29 Aug, 2023 07:03am
Public debt distress
Opinion

Public debt distress

The unprecedented fiscal firepower used to protect the vulnerable from the harsh socio-economic impact of the...
Updated 05 Apr, 2023 06:43am
Debt, fiscal challenges
Editorials

Debt, fiscal challenges

EDITORIAL: The Finance Ministry uploaded the Public Debt Bulletin and Fiscal Policy Statement on its website on...
Published 05 Apr, 2023 06:16am
Rising public debt
Opinion

Rising public debt

The extremely worrying indicator today is the large and rapidly growing level of public debt, including the external...
Published 04 Apr, 2023 03:24am
Soaring public debt
Opinion

Soaring public debt

The latest estimate of the stock of public debt of Pakistan by the SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) as of end-March 2022...
Published 16 Aug, 2022 03:59am
GDP rebase long overdue
BR Research

GDP rebase long overdue

The talk of the town in economic circles right now is that Pakistan’s total debt and liabilities stock has crossed...
Published 26 Nov, 2021 06:34am
EU debt limit of 60pc no longer makes sense - ESM's Regling
Markets

EU debt limit of 60pc no longer makes sense - ESM's Regling

  • The COVID-19 pandemic made the need for change all the more pressing, Regling, who runs the euro zone's powerful European Stability Mechanism, told a seminar of the Belgian central bank.
  • "In my view the 3% deficit limit remains relevant, and that's good because it's also mentioned in the Treaty. But we need to think about the debt limit. Or I should say a debt target of 60%, which made sense when the Maastricht Treaty was negotiated, but it doesn't make sense now," he said.
Published 05 May, 2021 08:24pm
Germany's profit from public debt may reach 600 million euros by 2029: document
Markets

Germany's profit from public debt may reach 600 million euros by 2029: document

  • The calculations are likely to fuel a debate in Germany about when Berlin should end massive deficit-spending triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, and return to the fiscal rules of a debt brake that parliament suspended for 2020 and 2021.
  • Deputy Finance Minister Bettina Hagedorn said the calculations were only estimates and fraught with uncertainty due to the long time period.
Published 24 Feb, 2021 07:56pm