Economic turmoil
The country needs about $32bn this fiscal year to make payments against foreign obligations.
Updated 25 Oct, 2022 05:31pm
“Pakistan’s debt and fiscal dynamics flag rising solvency concerns,” JPMorgan’s analysts say.
Published 19 Oct, 2022 07:37pm
Except for about $1bn worth of foreign aid expected for flood relief, all other sources of forex inflows would be debt-creating.
Updated 17 Oct, 2022 09:04am
With global markets in turmoil and the prospect looming of worldwide recession, Pakistan faces a perfect storm.
Updated 17 Oct, 2022 10:26am
Fund projects Pakistan’s current account deficit at 2.5pc of GDP for current fiscal year against 4.6pc of last year.
Updated 12 Oct, 2022 07:59am
UNCTAD report shows Turkiye and Pakistan face bond yields around 10 percentage points relative to US 10-year treasury bills.
Updated 04 Oct, 2022 09:52am
Pakistan’s dollar funding needs for next 5 years have never been so large and world’s appetite to hold its hands never so poor.
Updated 26 Sep, 2022 08:37am
Further monetary tightening amidst phasing out interest rate subsidies on the Fund’s demand will increase the cost of production.
Updated 27 Sep, 2022 09:13am
Says economic outlook depends on political stability, IMF programme...
Published 22 Sep, 2022 06:57am
Recent floods have added “profound risk to the country’s economic outlook”, says ADB official.
Published 21 Sep, 2022 02:03pm
While Pakistan has been advised to seek climate-based reparations, experts say there is no mechanism to do so at the moment.
Updated 17 Sep, 2022 07:44am
The scale of destruction caused by the current disaster is truly staggering.
Updated 15 Sep, 2022 10:42am
We are afflicted by our elites’ madness, driven as it is by high and borrowed consumption.
Updated 08 Sep, 2022 09:04am
Price inflation, especially food inflation, should be the key concern of the government.
Updated 03 Sep, 2022 08:20am
Deluge triggered by climate change shows economy is going to slow down significantly in near to medium term.
Updated 02 Sep, 2022 08:35am
Pakistan is struggling to tackle a troubling current account deficit and one of the world’s fastest-growing inflation levels.
Updated 26 Aug, 2022 08:53am
Assures that the country's balance-of-payments position is "well under control".
Published 10 Aug, 2022 11:01am
Economy “not close to recession mode”, rupee will not be managed artificially, he says.
Published 08 Aug, 2022 02:44pm
In current climate of political polarisation and crisis, the private sector is taking the lead in drafting a Charter of Economy.
Updated 08 Aug, 2022 09:49am
The booms appear to be getting shorter and the busts ever sharper and frequent.
Updated 08 Aug, 2022 09:50am
Says govt to complete term as polls impossible before next August.
Updated 08 Aug, 2022 10:12am
Auto sector, commodity dealers say consumers anticipate a reduction in rates.
Updated 07 Aug, 2022 09:47am
Doubles down on government decision to curtail imports for three months, terming it a necessity.
Updated 06 Aug, 2022 07:10pm
The political crisis is preventing the economy from healing through normal doses of price increase.
Updated 06 Aug, 2022 08:47am
All the policies and tough decisions implemented by the PML-N-led ruling coalition have so far translated to firefighting.
Updated 06 Aug, 2022 08:33am
Cash margins reversed from 100pc to 25pc and in some cases to zero; SBP says moved aimed at providing relief to importers.
Updated 06 Aug, 2022 09:40am
The SPI increased by 0.82pc from the previous week, mainly due to a slight increase in perishable food products.
Updated 06 Aug, 2022 09:33am
Says banks won’t have to pay higher tax rates for maintaining a low advances-to-deposits ratio on their earnings from 2021.
Updated 06 Aug, 2022 07:30am
Maintaining price stability is especially crucial when the state does not offer any safety net.
Updated 05 Aug, 2022 08:40am
Says some banks are charging much higher dollar rates than the rates shown by the State Bank.
Updated 04 Aug, 2022 09:24am
