Trade distortions
PAKISTAN’s exports are not increasing at a fast rate, perhaps because the authorities give incentives to traditional export sectors and restrict imports through tariff walls. We often overlook the link…
Serious issues in IMF programmes: time for urgent reform
‘Augusto Pinochet’s coup in Chile is widely seen as inaugurating the global neoliberal era. As the 1970s progressed, neoliberal ideas and policies came increasingly to shape the agendas of international…
Serious issues in IMF programmes: time for urgent reform
‘Augusto Pinochet’s coup in Chile is widely seen as inaugurating the global neoliberal era. As the 1970s progressed, neoliberal ideas and policies came increasingly to shape the agendas of international…
Big trade deals likely elusive at WTO meet in Abu Dhabi
The world’s trade ministers could put the final touches to a historic fisheries deal when they meet in Abu Dhabi later this month, but other landmark agreements will likely prove…
A revisit of trade components critical
Exports fuel domestic productivity and therefore employment and at the same time constitute the most desired form of earning foreign exchange. Pakistan’s exports are consumer based and traditional – rice,…
Post-pandemic, world facing gloomy stew of debt, trade wars and poor
Record levels of government debt, geopolitical tensions that threaten to split the global trading system, and the likely persistence of weak productivity gains may saddle the world with a slow-growth…
Higher-for-longer rates regime pressures US recession trades
Bond investors who had positioned portfolios defensively in anticipation of a US recession are adjusting their strategies for a surprisingly resilient economy that will likely keep interest rates higher, longer…
Barter trade reality
Pakistan’s economy is under immense pressure due to low foreign reserves, a falling currency, political unrest, and stagflation. The GDP growth forecast has dropped to 0.29 per cent from 2.0…
Neighbourhood issues
Deep in trouble at home on the political and economic front while suffering new hits on the security question, Pakistan has managed to remain engaged on some critical neighbourhood issues.…
Reconceptualization of labour issues
In the plethora of news stories and talk shows about the arrest of Imran Khan and related violence, there was hardly any mention of some real issues that the working…
