Higher unemployment and lower real wages
There has been a great deal of euphoria about the stabilisation of the economy of Pakistan. This is amply demonstrated by the quantum decline in the rate of inflation. The…
Rising unemployment and falling real wages
The devastation caused by the floods and the resulting supply shortages, along with severe import restrictions, has led to a big loss of growth in the economy. The Pakistan Bureau…
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…
The challenge of rising interest rates
While inflation has become a major topic for debate in today’s world politics, it is actually a tale as old as time. The world’s first recorded hyperinflation came during the…
Pakistan’s economy: Are interest rates relevant?
The level, extent, nature and composition of ‘cash economy’ of the country constitute a subject which is not researched and identified on scientific basis in Pakistan so far. All calculations…
Falling US unemployment rate hides racial disparities
The US jobs report on Friday showed the black unemployment rate in April fell to its lowest on record but the figure hides a multitude of racial disparities. And those…
High interest rates, low investments
Sustainable technology and Industry 4.0-enabled technologies, most recently presented at the ITMA 2019 in Barcelona, Spain, are taking the global textile industry by storm. The tech world is rapidly moving…
Dismal saving and investment rates
Much of Pakistan’s current economic crisis revolves around the low savings and investment rates. This is the primary reason why Pakistan has been unable to compete with rest of the…
Unemployment, danger and violence pushing Hondurans to flee to US
Choking back tears, Glenda Lagos laments the departure of her teenage daughter to join the Honduran migrant caravan heading to the United States despite threats from President Donald Trump to…
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…
