IMF programme: a mixed bag of economic consequences
In the statement released by International Monetary Fund (IMF) on September 27, it indicated that it had approved a 37-month extended fund facility (EFF) programme, which unlike a very natured…
In the statement released by International Monetary Fund (IMF) on September 27, it indicated that it had approved a 37-month extended fund facility (EFF) programme, which unlike a very natured…
A recent ‘Transcript of Global Financial Stability Report April 2024 press briefing’, carried a rather very pertinent question regarding a possible need to revisit policy focus traditionally to control inflation…
The answer to Pakistan’s dilemma must rely almost exclusively on the intrinsic resources and the people of Pakistan. The government needs to get out of the way — cut spending,…
A staff-level agreement has finally been reached with the IMF. A press note was issued from the IMF headquarters on May 12, 2019 confirming the willingness for a three-year Extended…
‘Augusto Pinochet’s coup in Chile is widely seen as inaugurating the global neoliberal era. As the 1970s progressed, neoliberal ideas and policies came increasingly to shape the agendas of international…
The narrative led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb is that the economy has begun to show signs of improvement, reflected by a contracting current account…
‘Augusto Pinochet’s coup in Chile is widely seen as inaugurating the global neoliberal era. As the 1970s progressed, neoliberal ideas and policies came increasingly to shape the agendas of international…
THE government recently formed a committee of eminent international and Pakistani economists to draft a home-grown economic programme. This article shows that there is little need for such a committee. There is…
PAKISTAN no longer faces an economic emergency as it did last year when it teetered on the edge of sovereign debt default. It has come out of that crisis and managed…
The strategic shift from geo-politics to geo-economics is a welcome initiative. In a world where the relative importance of a nation is determined primarily by its economic strength, the focus…