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International Experts identified that there is a fundamental reason why emerging and developing countries amass external debt is lack of…
The State Bank of Pakistan has raised key interest rate by 125 basis points and now, the interest rate is…
Contrary to market expectations, measures announced in Federal Budget FY23 are being termed ‘Neutral to Positive’ for the stock market.…
Tuesday, April 12, 2022 was a black day in the history of the island nation Sri Lanka, as they defaulted…
Govt must produce more skilled workers to achieve better economic goals Interview with Mr Zaheer Ahmed — a Pakistani working…
Pakistan’s power sector remains in news for all the wrong reasons. Circular debt is continuously increasing where private power producers…
FDI must for the growth of failing power sector The most adverse side of the inflation is not its rate,…
Where should the remittances sent by the Pakistani diaspora be invested? Well, the prevalent assumption is that the major chunk…
The unprecedented tale of Pakistan’s power sector has been a tale of institutional weaknesses, weak governance and a lack of…
Defining Microfinance is not easy as no proper definition of the term exists. Some say it could mean anything from…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Alice Charles Project Lead, Cities, Infrastructure and Urban Services Platform, World Economic Forum Kalin Bracken Lead,…
Globally, fast rising trend of both external and domestic debt, emerging in 2008 and onwards due to economic recession has…
Globally, fast rising trend of both external and domestic debt, emerging in 2008 and onward due to economic recession has…
Researchers believe that with the rise in energy usage by developing states, the financial crises has enveloped because of energy…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Niall McCarthy, Mar 22, 2021[/box] The value of outstanding student loans in the United States has…
The debt-laden economy of Pakistan needs foreign inflows in order to address its economic woes. The global economic landscape seems…
Collectively, financial sector’s risk indicators have significantly strengthened since the last financial crisis of 2008. In terms of capitalization, the…
Statistics show that during July-December of fiscal year 2020-21, Pakistan has received $5.7 billion in external loans from multiple financing…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sandy Brian Hager, City, University of London and Joseph Baines, King’s College London[/box] When the COVID-19…
Presently Pakistan’s external debt and liabilities reached historical level of $113.8 billion at the end of September 2020, due to…
Circular debt is one of the biggest challenges Pakistan’s energy sector is facing since 2008-09, which has just crossed the…
The Government of Pakistan has recently tabled an Amendment Bill to the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) Act (Regulation…
The present government of Pakistan statistics showed that, took over $13 billion in foreign loans in the previous fiscal year…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Martin Armstrong, Aug 6, 2020[/box] This chart uses IMF estimates to show the countries most burdened…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Felix Richter, Jul 22, 2020[/box] When millions of Americans started losing their jobs due to the…
The federal budget for 2020-21 is set in difficult circumstances with an exceptional degree of uncertainty generated by COVID-19. The…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Anton Muscatelli, University of Glasgow[/box] The macroeconomic shock to the world economy from the COVID-19 pandemic…
Analysis of Economic Survey FY2019 of Pakistan recorded that the main purpose of public debt management is to make sure…
The word on the street about New World Order is corona. The pandemic treated all the human beings, objects and…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jefferson Frank, Royal Holloway[/box] Markets abhor uncertainty. The coronavirus pandemic is a severe supply shock that…
International studies identified that economic growth and development is a main goal of most developing states; hence resources are mobilized…
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 19th December 2019 completed the first review of Pakistan’s economic…
When the Government of Pakistan (GoP) entered into an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout program…
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in its latest report, has projected the economic growth rate of Pakistan at 2.8%; which…