Growth rate has increased but…
The economy has shown sharply divergent symptoms and indicators in 2017-18. According to the estimates by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, the GDP growth rate has been rising consistently since…
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…
Ambitious 5-year plan projects 7pc growth rate
IMF to be apprised of VAT delay causes IMF to be apprised of VAT delay causes Islamabad: The government has finalised the 10th five-year plan (2010-15) which envisages an economic…
Raising the growth rate
Pakistan needs to ramp up its growth rate because the country faces a population bulge for almost the next 35 years; 230 million are projected to be in the labour…
Raising the growth rate
What other sectors of the economy would one support to absorb the large annual increments to the labour force and enable them to earn a respectable livelihood? The relevance of…
Growth versus high discount rate
Pakistan will experience the lowest growth rate in the region in fiscal year 2020 (ending 30 June 2020) at 2.4 percent, lower than Afghanistan’s 3 percent, Sri Lanka’s 3.3 percent,…
China rate cuts just the start as growth slows: analysts
Factory employment has been falling for more than a year in the workshop of the world as Chinese growth slows, and analysts expect more intervention by the central bank after…
How growth is obliterated by political decision-making
For improving economy and to maintain healthy growth rate,1 the countries usually make good efforts but there are a number of impediments to economic growth. Among others, these hurdles include…
UK wage growth may level off, muddying rates picture for BoE
This year's rebound in British wage growth risks petering out, potentially wrong-footing the Bank of England as it gets closer to raising interest rates, if omens from labour market data…
New growth strategy
The Planning Commission has developed a framework for economic growth (FEG) which is a strategy that aims for sustained growth emphasising economic reform and productivity. The strategy is a radical…
