An explosion in crisis borrowing around the world has not yet given so-called “bond vigilantes” sleepless nights or spurred them to pick fights with all-powerful central banks. Global indebtedness, as…
Major global central banks are ramping up purchases of euro zone government bonds, banking sources say, enticed by rising yields, a buoyant single currency and an uncertain outlook for U.S.…
Chinese banks lent more money in January alone than the annual GDP of South Africa, as borrowers rushed to take advantage of government policies intended to stimulate the economy with…
Just a week ago, before deadly floods swept through central Europe, the Czech Republic looked on track to become the first country in the region since COVID-19 to pull its…
Inflation is falling rapidly, nearing a four-year low, with FY25 (July 2024–June 2025) average inflation expected to fall within the SBP’s medium-term target of 5-7 percent. The tight monetary and…
Unfortunately, economic policy globally is settled on very unsettling fundamentals, and rather than fixing this, the blame for high level of inequality and increasing absolute poverty that this Neoliberalism oriented…
THERE was one line in Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s remarks last Sunday that caught my eye. In his press conference on that day, he announced that Islamabad is seeking the re-profiling…
In the intricate fabric of Pakistan’s economic landscape, a daunting debt crisis casts a long shadow, threatening the nation’s quest for stability and prosperity. Recent revelations from key economic institutions,…
Sovereign debt sales from developing nations scaled an all-time record for January at $47 billion led by major and less risky emerging markets but a lack of investor flows into…
Markets have raced ahead of the US, euro zone and UK central banks to price in sizeable and frenetic interest rate cuts next year, fueling a so-called everything rally that…
