Lethargic economic management
About 84% of countries are expected to have lower headline (consumer price index) inflation in 2023 than in 2022. Global inflation is set to fall from 8.8% in 2022 (annual…
About 84% of countries are expected to have lower headline (consumer price index) inflation in 2023 than in 2022. Global inflation is set to fall from 8.8% in 2022 (annual…
Prime Minister Imran Khan continues to blame those operating in the private sector for high inflation through engagement in illegal activities - profiteering, smuggling and colluding - a charge that…
THE present government has been roundly criticised for its handling of the economy ever since it took office over two years ago. In rich irony, the sharpest criticism has come…
Prime Minister Imran Khan shows sporadic interest in economic management. One can count on one’s fingertips how many times he has spoken substantively on the subject. Most recently, on the…
SO the circle is complete. As of this week, we have the two favourite ingredients that have defined our economic management for a decade now: a tax amnesty scheme and…
The economic performance of the government continues to look tentative. There is confusion in the minds of policymakers – at least that’s how things look to an ordinary person keenly…
Caught up as a frontline state in war against terror, raked by endemic corruption, emaciated by the laundering out of billions of dollars of ill-gotten wealth and mismanagement by ruling…
Last week I was in Muzaffarabad, presenting a medium-term outlook for the economy at the strategic offsite meeting of one of Pakistan’s largest banks. The views from the conference room,…
There have been four developments in FY14 on the balance of payments front that have been paraded by the Ministry of Finance as indicators of its success in economic management.…
During the five-year tenure of the PPP-led government, loadshedding became rampant affecting the productive activities and daily lives of people, growth rate declined to an annual rate only slightly higher…