Saudi on track to partly restore oil output as market quakes
Saudi Arabia is believed to be on track to quickly restore at least a third of its oil production lost to devastating attacks, as it scrambles to soothe market jitters…
As defaults rise, China bond markets are pricing risks better
July 15 proved a rough day for Chinese bondholders, bringing defaults by five issuers including Jinggong Group, an industrial conglomerate whose interests span steel, finance and rice wine. But analysts…
War, a market-moving story
LORD Thomson, the Canadian media baron who ruled London’s Fleet Street for decades, described news as the grey stuff between ads. To understand how the recent aerial stand-off between Indian…
The reasons for market uncertainty
The pervasive air of economic uncertainty continues to prevail in the country in spite of repeated assurances by Prime Minister Imran Khan, faithfully echoed by Finance Minister Asad Umer, that…
Airbus, Boeing fly into lucrative services market
Airbus and Boeing may have built their global success on the back of the transcontinental airliners but they are now eyeing a lucrative if rather less glamorous side of the…
Shadow education market
Private tuition has been the subject of considerable interest and educational commentary in Pakistan over the last 20 years. However, little has been written about how academically low-achieving students are…
Regional jet makers eye China market boost but obstacles loom
New rules governing Chinese airline start-ups are fuelling hopes at Embraer SA, Bombardier Inc and other regional jet makers for a spike in orders next year, but local competition and…
Our commercial men and women abroad
Welcome aboard, all 41 of you who have been chosen to look after our export interests abroad. Bright young, and not so young, people, brimming with the desire to break…
Emerging market status – I
One lesson that Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar refuses to learn at the cost of his eroding credibility is that his audience comprises of qualified economists and mostly the educated…
Pakistan stock exchange: a quantum leap for pakistan’s capital market
On January11, 2016, the three stock exchanges of Pakistan will merge to become the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). The unification of Islamabad Stock Exchange (ISE), Lahore Stock Exchange (LSE) with…
