Statistics identify that the exports of sports goods recorded a fall of 14.03 percent during the first 5-month of the ongoing fiscal 2020-21 as against to the exports of the same period of last year. Sources said that as the …
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Since key policy rate is at 7 percent for the next two months with the hope that the discount rate would remain in single digits for at least a year or two to spur the economic growth, auto financing seems …
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In many of the countries where cash is king, the Covid-19 pandemic is resulting in changing attitudes towards banknotes and coins. In both the United Kingdom and Ireland, for example, ATMs have seen fewer withdrawals during lockdowns as people have …
Read More »Pakistan has sizeable growth in many sectors amid world economic limbo in 2020
Lower interest rate, resolution of circular debt, enhancing exports, and spotlighting on digitalization the positive steps for progress Need for improvement in agriculture research to compete advanced marketplace Government and private sector must stay on same page to achieve demand …
Read More »Melbourne is worth 7% of Australia’s economy. How can it build back post-COVID?
• Melbourne’s rich history of adaptation to crisis will inform its pandemic recovery. • The recovery plan is divided into an immediate response and a longer-term transformation. • Its regeneration will be in line with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. In the …
Read More »Working online a biggest opportunity for changing competitiveness, economic prosperity
Interview with Mr Wali Zahid – CEO, Skill City PAKISTAN & GULF ECONOMIST had discussion with Mr Wali Zahid regarding digitization in the prevailing circumstances. Following are the excerpts of the conversation: Covid-19 has accelerated digitization and virtual workplace. This has …
Read More »Cement manufacturers likely to enjoy bright prospects
The onset of the winter season is likely to have adverse impact on cement sales in November 2020 due to local dispatches likely to decline up to 27%MoM. Northern region is expected to witness a contraction up to 30%MoM, while …
Read More »How secure is your data? 3 predictions and 3 protections in the age of hybrid work
Hybrid working between home and office has required a recalibration of how organizations provide secure, productive and digitally enabled environments for their employees. A recent study revealed that 78% of employees put data at risk inadvertently. What major cyber-security related changes and …
Read More »Gold investors should get ready to face emerging developments
Demand for gold dropped to 892.3 tons in Q3 – its lowest quarterly total since Q3 2009 – as consumers and investors continued to battle the effects of COVID-19. At 2,972.1 tons year-to-date (ytd) demand is 10% below the same …
Read More »Net-zero carbon emissions won’t be sustainable if social inequalities aren’t addressed
With COP26, the UN’s climate change conference, on the horizon next year in Glasgow, all eyes are on securing the decarbonisation of the global economy. What this will mean and how it will be achieved will be hotly debated before, …
Read More »COVID-19 and acceleration of new trends in transport, logistics and global supply chains
A unique and terrifying moment in modern history is unfolding before us, every day but it teaches us a lesson of rapid transformation in many areas of public life as no country, or state, or locality, or even individual hospital …
Read More »Maersk offers great prospect in logistics and managing supply chain
Interview with Ms. Aruna Hussain — Managing Director, Maersk Pakistan The first female CEO leading a multinational logistics company in Pakistan Maersk Pakistan’s progress rely on constant care, humbleness, uprightness, right team and image building For growth of country’s ports …
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