Economic costs of judicial (in)actions [Part – II]
Huge amounts of money has also been invested by aspiring middle class families in purchasing plots of land, booking apartments and renting dwellings. Due to the absence of a weak…
IMF’s macroeconomic projections for FY23
The IMF staff report on the seventh and eighth reviews of the EFF with Pakistan contains a detailed set of macroeconomic projections of the economy of Pakistan for 2022-23, and…
Luxembourg banks told to freeze Ecuador assets amid Perenco dispute, documents show
A Luxembourg bailiff has ordered banks to freeze assets held by Ecuador at accounts in the country as a result of a dispute over a $391 million settlement award that…
Overcoming economic woes
Governments around the world try to fulfil the responsibility of creating an environment where the state generates enough resources to ensure the protection of national interests and the economic well-being…
Tough economic decisions & fragile political mandate
Very few people may have actually experienced the moment of helplessness when there is a clash between the need for tough economic decisions and fragile and split political mandate of…
Inflation, price hike and Pakistan’s economic structure – I
In the following months, especially in the month of Ramazan, our main topic of discussion will be inflation and resultant price hike. As expected there will be political uproar at…
Lessons from economic history: Policy drivers of food inflation
Overall inflation, compared to similar previous months of FY18, has been inching up from 5.1 percent in September 2018 to 9.4% in March 2019. For the ninth month period of…
A self-sufficient economic model
It is time to strike a strategic balance between public and economic health for the maximum economic good of masses at large, especially the have-nots. As such, while extreme physical austerity needs to be…
Tax bailout for economic revival
According to various Press reports, all businesses in Pakistan, as elsewhere, badly hit by lockdown in the wake of Covid-19 epidemic, are demanding a comprehensive tax bailout claiming that loan…
Economic impact and relief package
The Coronavirus has already spread to 199 countries. The worst hit countries have been the EU countries, the US, China and Iran. The consequences are that normal economic activity, both…
