Controversy on GDP
The announcement by the government – that during the nine months of the current fiscal year GDP growth has touched the 3.94 percent mark and is likely to end up…
What’s wrong with the GDP?
Each year towards the end of May we look to the Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) to report the gross domestic product (GDP) numbers, which is the official word on…
Covid-19 and the lost GDP
Some folks have complained about the loss of GDP over the last five months and questioned whether the shutdowns have been worth the price. While people often toss around huge…
From GDP growth to CDP growth
Macroeconomic figures are the first impression of a country's development. As they say first impression is the last impression. Not so, in every case. Numbers are crucial for measuring anything…
The rise in tax-to-GDP ratio
The tax-to-GDP ratio combined of taxes collected by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has gone up appreciably over the last four years. It was 8.4% of the GDP in…
Lower GDP growth rate in 2018-19
The economy has been in a state of ‘stagflation’ for over a year now. The GDP growth rate has fallen while there has been a spurt in the rate of…
How RDs hampering GDP growth, exports
The two most frequently used tools by the present government for raising new taxes and enlarging the tax base are regulatory duties on imports and withholding taxes on services. While…
Tax-to-GDP debates
"We have achieved the highest tax-to-GDP ratio and Pakistan's economy has been stabilising due to prudent policies of my government"-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif purportedly claimed during a meeting with Managing…
Tax-to-GDP debates
"We have achieved the highest tax-to-GDP ratio and Pakistan's economy has been stabilising due to prudent policies of my government"-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif purportedly claimed during a meeting with Managing…
Fed meets knowing Bernanke successor – but not latest GDP
The US Federal Reserve was to have issued its latest decision on monetary policy Wednesday, hours after the release of third-quarter data on gross domestic product in the world's largest…
