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…
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.…
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’.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Asian Development Bank has in its recent publication ‘Development Outlook’ presented a somewhat sombre picture of the prospects for the economy of Pakistan in 2019-20. The GDP growth rate…
The single most important development in 2019 on the economic front was the entry by Pakistan into a three year Extended Facility with the IMF. The Program envisages very intensive…
After reaching a peak in 2007 when Pakistan earned the distinction of being one of fastest growing emerging economies the last seven years recorded a downward trend for country's economy,…
