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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…

Economic management

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…

Economic management

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…

PM And Economic Management

PM and economic management

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…

Two legs of economic management

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…

No Clarity On Economic Management

No clarity on economic management

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…

Economic Management

Economic Management

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…

Economic Management

Economic management

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,…

Flawed Economic Management

Flawed economic management

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.…

Hundred Days Of Economic Management

Hundred days of 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…