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A fund for the frontlines?

The fifth meeting (B5) of the Board of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) has concluded in Bridgetown, Barbados, with a decision to launch the start-up phase…

Time to end neoliberal monetary policy well overdue

‘This chapter has shown that the NMPC [New Monetary Policy Consensus] is limited in four important ways. Firstly, it is based on doubtful assumptions, unwarranted generalisations, overly optimistic expectations about…

Go beyond the Fund advice

Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) met under the chairmanship of Jameel Ahmed, Governor of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on 4 November and issued its Monetary Police Statement (MPS) the same…

Why monetary policy prudence is a virtue

The upcoming monetary policy announcement on September 12th comes at a time when headline inflation has dropped to single digits for the first time in nearly three years. With the…

Prioritize sports funding

When Arshad Nadeem's javelin soared past the 90-meter mark in the finals at the Stade de France during the 2024 Olympics, he changed the landscape of sports in Pakistan. The…

The profundity of economic power

The US has warned of potential sanctions for any country considering business deals with Iran hours after India signed a 10-year contract with Iran to operate the Chabahar port. In…

Fundamental reforms for survival

Pakistan is persistently confronting economic challenges, the resolution of which hinge on IMF’s new programme, future conditions and Pakistan’s adherence to them with the hope to regain the path to…

Macro hedge funds down at half-year point

Many macro hedge funds that bet on global economic trends are ending the first half of 2023 with losses, but uncertainty around how different central banks will handle monetary policy…

The indictment of monetary policy

The Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) documents uploaded on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) website this Tuesday past, 18 July, added monetary policy mis-calibration to the risk assessment matrix – missing from…