Eccentric currency market reforms
September 2023 holds some significant importance for Pakistan, marked by a series of notable events. In the first week of this month, we witnessed unusual and rapid surge in the…
Pakistan capital market reforms: The road ahead — I
With the Pakistan stock market rebounding over the last several weeks there is a sense of euphoria amongst market participants. And rightly so, as the long doldrums in the market…
Pakistan capital market reforms: The road ahead — II
Front-line regulator cost compensation: It should be noted that the primary objective of PSX, i.e., facilitating capital formation in the country, cannot really be achieved unless there is thriving trading…
Ahead of China anniversary, trade war fans calls for faster market reforms
China's trade war with the United States is spurring some Chinese entrepreneurs, government advisers and think-tanks to call for faster reforms in the world's second-largest economy and the freeing of…
EU carbon market reforms heading for an early start
Reforms to reduce a glut of emissions in Europe's carbon market look increasingly likely to kick off in 2017, four years earlier than initially proposed, as support grows among lawmakers…
Market reforms and entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship can be defined in many ways and has various attributes, but at core it is about innovation and taking prudent business risks that can result in various outcomes. Entrepreneurship…
Market-style reforms widen racial divide in Cuba
Cuba's experiment with free-market reforms has unintentionally widened the communist-led island's racial divide and allowed white Cubans to regain some of the economic advantages built up over centuries. Under President…
Need for institutional reforms
Pakistan’s economy has started showing positive signs of recovery and resilience after years of grappling with inflationary pressures, fiscal imbalances, and external debt challenges. The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS)…
Need for institutional reforms
Pakistan’s economy has started showing positive signs of recovery and resilience after years of grappling with inflationary pressures, fiscal imbalances, and external debt challenges. The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS)…
German government collapse could have silver lining for Europe’s markets
The collapse of Germany’s government could have a silver lining for the euro zone’s ailing economy with potentially higher spending likely to support its currency and stock markets, even if…
