Governance failure and inflation
The famed American artist, The Notorious B.I.G, exclaimed that "the more money we come across, the more problems we see".This also resonates with how the government has been managing the…
After extraordinary rally, bonds’ fate now with bank stability and inflation
Borrowing costs in some of the world’s biggest economies end a volatile quarter eyeing their sharpest drops in years and more swings are likely until it is clear whether central…
SDR allocation, monetary tightening, inflation, and banking crisis
While the International Monetary Fund (IMF) continues to not provide a much-needed special drawing rights (SDRs) allocation, and instead pushes countries, including Pakistan, under its programmes to adopt austerity and…
Khan’s strategy
The recent political manoeuvrings of Imran Khan have created an impression that he is a true Machiavellian. In his recent speech at a public gathering in Lahore, he again tried…
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…
US bank loan plan provides Fed rate hike path amid SVB fallout
A US lending program to stem deposit outflows in the wake of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse gives the Federal Reserve scope to continue raising interest rates if needed to slow…
As banks shake, markets hear the sound of peaking rates
Investors scrambled to pull down global rate expectations on Monday and abandoned bets on the Fed upsizing its rate hikes next week, reckoning the biggest American bank failure since the…
Taxation and inflation
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has claimed collection of net revenue of Rs4,493 billion in the first eight months of the current financial year against Rs3,820 billion collected in…
Politics of inflation
Inflation in Pakistan is a political decision. The most recent government-released figures depict a major year-on-year increase of 31 per cent. The 31 per cent increase in prices is a…
Galloping inflation
Pakistan is seeing today an unprecedented hike in the rate of inflation. The CPI has risen on a year-to-year basis in the month of February 2023 by as much as…
