Japan’s policymakers hold fire as yen enters intervention range
As the yen slid past 145 per dollar with barely a murmur from Japanese policymakers during recent days, suspicion grew that they won’t be as quick to order intervention as…
Policymakers scramble as Trump’s trade war widens
Longstanding warnings from economists of global spillover from the US-China trade war appear to be materialising, with a trio of central banks springing surprise rate cuts on Wednesday and bond…
ECB policymakers debate new ways out of easy money
European Central Bank policymakers are debating ways to wean the euro zone off years of easy money, floating ideas such as a new kind of multi-year loans and staggered increases…
Document relevant for policymakers?
The Economic Survey 2014-15 contains, in common with last year, a clear and distinct bias in favour of the government''''s performance making the document largely irrelevant for policymakers. It has…
Improving mental healthcare
A COUNTRY’S socioeconomic challenges and the risk of ill mental health among the population are closely related. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), there is a benefit-cost ratio of…
Rabies: a preventable tragedy
LAST month, a man from Qambar district in Sindh died a slow and agonising death — not from a rare or untreatable illness, but from rabies, which can be prevented…
Betting on Beijing
As Pakistan celebrates a decade since the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor was launched this year, the country found another immediate reason to celebrate its ties to its ‘iron brother’. Last week’s…
A solar remedy
Pakistan stands at a critical juncture in its energy landscape. With a burgeoning population, increasing energy demands and a chronic energy crisis, the need for a sustainable, affordable and reliable…
Pakistan’s banking sector deserves a fairer narrative
In a country gripped by chronic revenue shortfalls and economic instability, one sector quietly shoulders more than its share — yet is frequently criticised. Pakistan’s banking sector, the country’s largest…
Inside the fight against online harassment
“I cannot even begin to explain how much of a nightmare that time was. It felt hopeless”, said the father of two minor daughters who became victims of technology-facilitated, image-based…
