Opinion Status of the IMF programme There continues to be a hiatus in the finalization of the sixth review of the IMF Extended Fund Facility to ... Updated 09 Nov, 2021 10:23am
Opinion Containing imports Imports have started growing rapidly once again. During May and June, they registered a growth rate of 80 percent ... Published 02 Nov, 2021 05:20am
Opinion Higher inflation in Pakistan A frequently expressed view in the media, especially by spokespersons for the government, is that the rate of... Published 26 Oct, 2021 04:39am
Opinion IMF projections The latest set of projections by the IMF at the country, regional and global levels are contained in the ... Updated 19 Oct, 2021 04:38am
Opinion Inequality in human development Pioneering work was done by the late Dr. Mahbubul Haq in the early 90s on the construction of a Human Development... Published 12 Oct, 2021 04:44am
Opinion Power sector Nepra (National Electric Power Regulatory Authority) has just released its State of Industry Report for 2020-21. ... Published 05 Oct, 2021 04:34am
Opinion A fragile BoP The figures on the balance of payments (BoP) of Pakistan for the first two months of 2021-22 have been released... Updated 28 Sep, 2021 11:16am
Opinion Buoyancy of FBR revenues The good news is that FBR has achieved extraordinary growth in tax revenues of 41 percent in the first two months of... Published 21 Sep, 2021 04:10am
Opinion Provincial economies: key economic ratios This is the fourth article of a multi-part series of articles on the provincial economies. It focuses on some of the... Published 14 Sep, 2021 03:55am
Opinion Economy: rising uncertainty A number of factors have come together leading to greater uncertainty on the economic front. This level of... Published 07 Sep, 2021 06:25am
Opinion Growth of provincial economies The previous two articles had presented estimates of the size of the four provincial economies and the economic... Published 31 Aug, 2021 04:03am
Opinion Structure of the provincial economies The previous article highlighted the shares of the four Provincial economies in the Gross Domestic and National... Published 24 Aug, 2021 05:02am
Opinion Size of provincial economies The 18th Amendment to the Constitution has transferred more functions to the Provincial Governments and empowered... Published 17 Aug, 2021 04:42am
Opinion Understatement of rate of inflation The rate of inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has been declining. It was 11.1 percent in April... Published 10 Aug, 2021 04:39am
Opinion Population Census of 2017: key findings The PBS has recently released the detailed results of the 2017 Population and Housing Census. This enables analysis... Published 03 Aug, 2021 04:35am
Opinion Outlook for BoP The month of June 2021 has seen a big deterioration in the current account (V/A) of the balance of payments (BoP). A... Published 27 Jul, 2021 04:40am
Opinion Growth in federal tax revenues Federal tax revenues consist primarily of FBR revenues. In addition, they include other taxes like the gas... Published 20 Jul, 2021 04:14am
Opinion Mixed economic trends The economy is in a state of flux and on the path of recovery after the Covid-19 attacks. This has led to some... Published 13 Jul, 2021 03:22am
Opinion Dip in the rate of inflation The year 2020-21 has been an eventful year. The first attack of Covid-19 ebbed by early July 2020 but was followed ... Published 06 Jul, 2021 03:48am
Opinion Tackling poverty One of the key questions today is what has happened to the incidence of poverty in 2020-21, a year which is new... Published 29 Jun, 2021 03:24am