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Howard Schneider

Opinion

An oil shock is coming, but the US may have already paid for it

The gusher of money the U.S. government poured into family bank accounts during the coronavirus pandemic, credited...

Published 11 Mar, 2022 05:12am

Opinion

Baptism by fire awaits today’s rate-hike rookies

Today’s central bankers have the unenviable task of weaning a pandemic-hit global economy off cheap money amid...

Published 26 Jan, 2022 04:42am

Opinion

Fed’s bond-buying programme may be on the way out, but it’s not going far

The Federal Reserve will start to shutter its pandemic-era bond-buying program later this year, leaving the US...

Published 25 Sep, 2021 04:59am

Opinion

Fed’s ‘big tent’ framework may fray under inflation surge

The US Federal Reserve’s carefully crafted move last year to a jobs-first monetary policy, touted as giving ...

Published 22 Jun, 2021 04:46am

Opinion

Job-inflation tradeoff, exiled from Fed policy, could mean a hot summer

Tension between sticky job markets and rising prices could pose a growing problem for U.S. Federal Reserve officials...

Published 25 May, 2021 04:40am

Opinion

Fed hopes for inflation psych-out, stable expectations, as prices rise

The Federal Reserve’s mission is to maintain “stable prices,” but Chair Jerome Powell’s take on that may ...

Published 23 Mar, 2021 04:37am

Opinion

Central banks will happily ignore inflation mongers

The world’s biggest central banks will happily live with higher inflation and investors now aggressively betting ...

Published 02 Mar, 2021 05:50am

Opinion

Fed’s Powell set table for Biden economy, but will he stay for dessert?

Over the past year Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has engineered the largest economic rescue in US history,...

Published 23 Feb, 2021 05:20am

Opinion

Rich nations tighten firehose of aid as virus outlasts early efforts

If Round One of the coronavirus relief effort was the economic equivalent of "shock and awe," new plans being...

Published 06 Oct, 2020 03:00am

Opinion

Powell's white-collar world led to Fed pivot for blue-collar jobs

ARTICLE: Raised in a white-collar Washington suburb, a product of prep schools, elite colleges and the 1% world of...

Published 29 Aug, 2020 02:49am

Opinion

When the US sneezes, the world catches a cold. What happens when it has severe Covid-19?

ARTICLE: During a blue-sky moment in 2018 near the end of a decade-long economic expansion, it was the United States...

Published 21 Jul, 2020 02:55am

Markets

Fed's offered flood of credit so far just a trickle in practice

ARTICLE: The Federal Reserve's promise in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic to flood the U.S. economy with...

Published 01 Jul, 2020 03:09am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 22	277.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 22	277.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 23	154.78
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 23	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 23	1.25
Euro to USD / Nov 23	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 22	5,969.34
India Sensex / Nov 22	79,117.11
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 22	38,283.85
Nasdaq / Nov 22	18,003.65
Hang Seng / Nov 22	19,229.97
FTSE 100 / Nov 22	8,262.08
Dow Jones / Nov 22	44,296.51
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 22	19,322.59

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 22	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 22	240,483
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 23	71.24
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 23	2,716.19
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 23	70.77
Petrol/Litre / Nov 24	248.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.82 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	593.76 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.89 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	120.21 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,023.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.55 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.82 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	593.76 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.89 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	120.21 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,023.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.55 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,135,830 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 24 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	124,131,268 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 24 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	105,013,176 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Nov 24 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	77,697,371 ▲ 0.00
Treet Battery / Nov 24 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	43,783,366 ▲ 0.00
B.O.Punjab / Nov 24 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	36,573,763 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Nov 24 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	32,719,678 ▲ 0.00
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Nov 24 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	27,969,689 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	25,874,820 ▲ 0.00

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