Opinion Fall in industrial production The estimate of the Quantum Index of Manufacturing (QIM) for the month of July 2023 has recently been released by ... Updated 26 Sep, 2023 07:12am
Opinion Early warning signs The first quarter of 2023-24 is about to come to an end. It has been an eventful quarter. It started well with the... Updated 19 Sep, 2023 07:32am
Opinion Balochistan falls behind Balochistan is the smallest province of Pakistan, with a share of 6.2% in the national population, according to the... Published 12 Sep, 2023 06:56am
Opinion The population bulge The results of the seventh Population and Housing Census of Pakistan in 2023 have been announced recently by the... Updated 05 Sep, 2023 07:08am
Opinion BoP projections: risk and uncertainty The year, 2022-23, closed with a truly remarkable reduction in the size of the current account deficit by 84% to ... Updated 29 Aug, 2023 06:44am
Opinion Rising unemployment and falling real wages The devastation caused by the floods and the resulting supply shortages, along with severe import restrictions, has... Updated 22 Aug, 2023 06:53am
Opinion Mixed start of FY2023-24 The current financial year, 2023-24, started on a very positive note. The talks with the IMF (International Monetary... Published 15 Aug, 2023 06:49am
Opinion IMF programme targets A typical IMF (International Monetary Fund) programme, including a Stand-by Facility, has a set of quantitative... Published 08 Aug, 2023 06:37am
Opinion IMF’s SBF The IMF Stand-By Facility (SBF) of $3 billion has been in operation for two weeks now. Already, there is a big... Published 01 Aug, 2023 06:19am
Opinion Managing the BoP The balance of payments (BoP) figures for the full-year, 2022-23, have just been released by the SBP. They reflect... Updated 25 Jul, 2023 06:52am
Opinion Dip in the rate of inflation There is finally some good news on the rate of inflation. The month of June has witnessed a big dip in the rate of... Updated 18 Jul, 2023 06:12am
Opinion The ebb of external inflows The Ministry of Economic Affairs has released the statement of May 2023 on Disbursement of Foreign Economic... Updated 11 Jul, 2023 06:37am
Opinion The youth bulge The high rate of population growth of Pakistan, among the highest in the world, has led to the emergence of a large... Updated 04 Jul, 2023 05:50am
Opinion Trend in key fiscal ratios The consistent series of the GDP with one year, 2015-16, has been estimated and released by the PBS from 1999-2000... Published 27 Jun, 2023 06:15am
Opinion FBR’s revenue target The federal budget for 2023-24 was announced recently. There was the expectation that the fiscal efforts for ... Published 20 Jun, 2023 03:16am
Opinion The economy in FY2023-24 The economic prospects for Pakistan in 2023-24 have been presented in the Annual Plan prepared by the Planning... Published 13 Jun, 2023 06:00am
Opinion Budget strategy for FY2023-24 The budget for 2023-24 will be presented by the federal government in the Parliament in the next few days. There has... Published 06 Jun, 2023 05:33am
Opinion Growth rate: PBS under the spotlight The provisional estimates for 2022-23 of the GDP by sector and by expenditure have been released recently by the... Published 30 May, 2023 03:37am
Opinion Slump in industrial production There is no end to the bad news on the on-going performance of the economy of Pakistan. Now we have been informed by... Updated 23 May, 2023 06:36am
Opinion Fragile state of public finances The information on fiscal operations by the federal and provincial governments in the first nine months of 2022-23... Published 16 May, 2023 03:23am