Macro & Fiscal
I worked in the IRS for 19 years and have seen the same ritual unfold every year
Updated 19 Oct, 2026 02:30pm
The award has been widely hailed as well-deserved, with both laureates’ influential work shaping not only academic discourse and university curricula but also public policy worldwide.
Published 19 Oct, 2026 06:50am
Only around 1,400 traders, including 150 new taxpayers, have filed returns in tax year 2026 under the scheme.
Published 19 Oct, 2026 06:50am
Protectionism isn’t the factor behind stagnant exports; high cost of doing business plaguing the industry.
Updated 19 Oct, 2026 08:37am
These conflicts around the world are starting to crash into each other, and they’re having an impact not just on global oil and diesel prices but on economies as well, Rubio says.
Updated 18 Oct, 2026 11:07am
Jameel Ahmad cites prudent policies, structural reforms at IMF meetings.
Published 18 Oct, 2026 06:39am
Assemblers see a 12pc year-on-year and 3pc month-on-month drop in sales of cars, SUVs, pickups and vans in September.
Published 18 Oct, 2026 06:39am
Significance of the chairmanship lies mainly in greater international representation and opportunities to engage with senior economic policymakers.
Published 16 Oct, 2026 09:41pm
Number of people affected by poverty rises to 1.2bn, with children comprising more than half of those in acute poverty.
Published 12 Oct, 2026 03:07pm
Pakistan’s real problems were swept under the carpet, and when the honeymoon with the US ended, we had inadequate investment, no power, no gas, weak growth and high inflation. And the cycle continues.
Updated 14 Sep, 2026 07:46am
Cells created after the goals were adopted in 2015 first became dysfunctional and were eventually dissolved
Updated 07 Sep, 2026 07:46am
Despite the credit-rating progress the country has made, prolonged high US rates will keep borrowing costs elevated.
Updated 24 Aug, 2026 08:00am
The last year had a mixed effect on the middle-income group. The annual Business & Finance survey that assesses...
Published 14 Jun, 2021 07:27am
The agriculture sector’s share was reduced as the government’s focus will be on the completion of on-going schemes.
Published 23 Jun, 2020 11:23pm
The historical baggage of corruption, political biases and underperformance failed to rekindle hope or generate much goodwill
Published 23 Jun, 2020 11:18pm
Short of a winged messenger bringing glad tidings, all talk of the growth rate and future prospects is just that: talk.
Published 15 Jun, 2020 01:08pm
Many leading local business groups were calm … second tier companies were nervous while for the struggling third tier
Updated 23 May, 2017 10:29am
The current growth rate calls for more effort than complacency
Updated 22 May, 2017 07:01am
For the argumentative democratic people of Pakistan, the concluding year was harder than the year before
Updated 31 Dec, 2013 10:25pm
