The post-Covid economy
Over two million infected and more than 150,000 dead world-wide. That is the toll the new coronavirus has caused at the time of writing these lines. The pandemic may wind…
Is street economy panacea for the post-Covid recovery?
On June 1st this year, Chinese Premier visited stalls of street vendors in Yantai City of Shandong provinces. He applauded the role of street vendors as an important source of…
Covid-19 and the economy
For the first 19 months of the current government's tenure, economic failures were all attributed to the previous PML-N government or the mess of the last 70 years. In the…
The state of the economy
The good news is that, as per the national accounts committee’s numbers, the provisional GDP growth rate for the current fiscal year (2021-22) is 5.97 per cent. The bad news…
Pakistan’s Covid success story
Five years back, on March 18, Pakistan recorded its first Covid fatality -- the pandemic which was sweeping the globe bringing death to Pakistan as well. The world was facing…
Political turmoil shakes South Korea’s economy
After South Korea’s president and his replacement were both deposed over a failed bid to impose martial law, deepening political turmoil is threatening the country’s currency and shaking confidence in…
Falling farm income reverberates across wider economy
One of the key reasons for macroeconomic stability is the decline in commodity prices, driven by both global and domestic factors. However, this trend is taking a toll on the…
Economy has been nursed to some semblance of health
There is some semblance of macroeconomic stability in Pakistan as inflation decreases, interest rates fall, and the currency stabilizes, primarily due to domestic and global high base effects. However, achieving…
Trump, global economy, and a world of polycrisis
The last time Donald Trump was in office, the world was in the midst of a global pandemic, and the cost of living was fast moving north, both at home…
Sachs on Pakistan’s economy
Koi khwaab na ho to bataen kya?’ (When no dreams stay what can one say?) — Athar Nafees (sung by Farida Khanum) ON Nov 21, Dr Jeffrey Sachs, the renowned…
