Post-general election economic outlook
Elections will hopefully be held in the next two weeks. They are taking place at a time when the economy continues to be characterized by severe stagflation. The rate of…
Pakistan’s promising economic outlook
The finance division’s ‘monthly economic outlook report’ for the month of November reveals that Pakistan’s economy is on a gradual but promising path of recovery. The country has witnessed a…
Global economic outlook 2024
By unlocking big, bold investments, we can drive sustainable development and climate action and put the global economy on a stronger growth path for all. We must build on the…
Regulating new industries for a better economic outlook
Since our nation's existence, Pakistanis have been in a constant 'state of demand' with the governments for the very basic rights, i.e., proper transportation system, quality education, uninterrupted supply of…
Economic outlook
The Economic Adviser’s Wing (EAW) of the Ministry of Finance has published the Monthly Outlook for July 2020. This is a new report series which was started in March 2020.…
SBP’s economic outlook
The latest Monetary Policy Statement of the SBP was released a few days ago. The Statement is positive in nature. Apparently, ‘business confidence and the outlook for growth have improved’.…
‘World Economic Outlook’ and IMF’s own performance
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently released the April edition of its flagship report ‘World Economic Outlook (WEO)’ titled ‘Managing divergent recoveries’, where it revised upward its earlier projection for…
SBP’s economic outlook
Going forward, in FY22, the economic momentum that became evident during FY21 is expected to strengthen further. The ongoing rollout of vaccines, coupled with the continuation of economic activities during…
Economic outlook for 2021-22
The motivation for this article lies in the macroeconomic projections for 2021-22 contained in the Annual Report for 2020-21 of the SBP (State Bank of Pakistan). These relate to the…
Economic outlook
We were beginning to enjoy a welcome party-like atmosphere, created by slight economic recovery and promising improvement in some high-frequency domestic demand indicators. However, rising external deficits and inflation have…
