The country is facing a horrible wheat crisis as its markets have run out of wheat flour and the scarcity…
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At present Pakistan is plagued by policy paralysis and the situation is likely to get worse before getting better. The…
As per The State of Economy Report 2021-22 released by the State Bank of Pakistan, the country’s economic growth is…
It goes without saying that remittances by overseas Pakistanis have been the biggest savior. Lately, a declining trend has been…
As the end of the year approaches, a series of events have led to a boisterous global economy raising a need…
Ultimate Guide on Car Financing Setback State Bank of Pakistan has made significant adjustments in the prudential regulations, in an…
When Pakistan received a tranche of US$1.2 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), it was anticipated that PKR would…
Executive statement The KSE 100 declined 3252 points or 7.29% since the commencement of FY 2021-22, according to trading on…
This year Pakistan is celebrating Independence Day, when the clouds of imminent are getting thicker. While the people have complete…
The total size of the federal government expenditure is estimated around Rs9.5 trillion, which is higher by nearly Rs350 billion…
In its meeting on May 23, 2022, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to raise the policy rate by 150…
Interview with Mr. Barkatullah Lone, from Saudi Arabia Profile: Mr. Barkatullah Lone is Chairman of GB International Economic Forum and a…
Interview of Mr. Zia ul Mustafa, President ICMA Pakistan [box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””]Profile: Zia ul Mustafa is currently the…
Experts record that governments and central banks globally are showing clear intentions of doing everything possible to mitigate adverse economic…
In Pakistan, statistics showed that in the first two months of the current fiscal year of 2020-21 the Foreign Direct…
Pakistan has successfully managed to handle COVID-19 so far but its impact on Pakistan’s economy is so far massive. In…
Before the COVID-19 outbreak, Pakistan’s economy was already struggling to stay afloat but was in no danger of collapse. However,…
Central banks around the world have slashed interest rates, though perhaps none as aggressively as State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).…
Before the Covid-19 infections commenced to be detected in Pakistan, the country’s economy the economist of Pakistan revealed, had clearly…
The monetary policy is the key to influence trade/ current account of any country. The extent and the effectiveness of that, however,…
Pakistan’s economy in 2019 faced many challenges like trade, current account and budget deficits, increase in electricity and gas prices,…
The year 2019 is proving to be a very hard for global growth which is projected to slowdown to 3.3…
Recently, the government has been touting reduction in current account deficit as one of its achievements but in my opinion,…
It is important for the government to revive the economy but it is equally important to attract foreign investors to…
Globalization has made the world shrink into a small unit where action of one country can easily be felt by…
The world has indeed become a Global Village. Physical boundaries now carry little significance. This was first propounded by Canadian…
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in its latest report, has projected the economic growth rate of Pakistan at 2.8%; which…
Pakistan continues to suffer from ‘confidence deficit’, mainly because of poor economic indicators. Over the last one year, the level…
The economy of Pakistan is struggling with growth. Various economists accept that economy is going through its most critical phase.…
The present government unveiled its first full budget with total outlay of Rs. 7.022 trillion for FY 2019-2020. Following is…
The recent budget for FY 2019-20 has outlined incentives for some industries while other may feel the pinch. On a…
In developing countries, researchers see that the current account deficit is regarded as one of the significant reasons for unsteady…
In the shaping of economic growth of any country, researchers revealed that external debt plays both an optimistic as well…
Pakistan capital market is likely to remain volatile and reactive to the news flows. Exchange rate parity will be the…
Pakistan’s accumulated current account deficit has reached US$19 billion and it faces payments worth US$9 billion for previously taken loans.…
The outlook is facing increased uncertainty. In this global context, Pakistan’s economy continues to expand while vulnerabilities mount. Agriculture, industry…
Generally, there are misconceptions that current account deficit (CAD) and depreciation of currency are bad omen for any given economy.…
Various economists identified in their research reports that the existence of great and persistent current account deficit is always looked…
Pakistan’s external sector is in under serious trouble as the current account deficit has increased drastically. Due to this crisis,…
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]ince 2000, the worldwide economic situation has been characterized by large global imbalances, in mainly elevated surpluses in the rapidly…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t is heartbreaking to observe that the current account (C/A) deficit of Pakistan continues to increase. Rising current account deficit…