Gold holds steady despite rupee’s record fall Price of 24-carat bar remains unchanged at Rs232,600 per tola in local market Published 24 Aug, 2023 09:19pm
Markets POL products’, power and commodity price hike: Traders threaten two-day countrywide strike KARACHI: Traders on Wednesday staged another protest, reiterating demand for the withdrawal of POL products’, ... Published 24 Aug, 2023 06:22am
Editorials Back to basics EDITORIAL: Of all the ideas being tossed around these days, from all quarters, to control deficits and rescue the... Published 24 Mar, 2023 05:55am
BR Research Crop substitution: decade-long view The outgoing fiscal year and the re-emergence of external pressures due to global commodity price spiral has once... Published 27 Jul, 2022 09:09am
Opinion WTO seeks fish, vaccine deals as war ignites trade tensions The World Trade Organization will host ministers from across the globe this month with the aim of striking deals on... Published 04 Jun, 2022 04:18am
BR Research In the eye of storm! Amidst ominous political developments in the capital, the monthly inflation reading from PBS seems to have fallen on... Published 04 Apr, 2022 07:46am
Editorials Wheat target missed EDITORIAL: Just days after the prime minister thundered, while counting his administration’s many achievements,... Published 03 Apr, 2022 05:34am
BR Research PKR under pressure! The pressure on the PKR/USD is back due to geopolitical tensions and global travel reopening. The remittances growth... Published 16 Feb, 2022 08:18am
BR Research Atlas Honda motoring on Motorcycles are finding back their groove after a fairly long period of market lull due to covid and covid-related... Published 02 Feb, 2022 07:45am
BR Research Global electricity demand upswing 2021 was an exceptional year globally in many ways, and one of them is the sky-rocketing commodity prices and hence... Published 21 Jan, 2022 06:46am
Opinion Ensuring external stability As the economy rebounds from last year’s Covid shock, recent trade and current account deficit numbers are ... Published 06 Dec, 2021 06:32am
BR Research Oil prices rally to end? The upward streak in crude oil prices eased in November. The month carried a number of bearish factors for crude oil... Published 29 Nov, 2021 07:51am
Markets Asia coal prices surge to fresh records LAUNCESTON, (Australia): Seaborne thermal coal prices in Asia climbed to fresh record highs last week, with early... Published 12 Oct, 2021 04:44am
BR Research Wanted: creative measures to curb imports Trade deficit in August 2021 stood at $4.06 billion which is the highest ever number - previous high was $3.77... Published 03 Sep, 2021 07:30am
BR Research August Inflation diary CPI inflation stayed strikingly similar to previous month at 8.35 percent, with an ever-narrowing urban-rural gap.... Published 02 Sep, 2021 07:25am
BR Research Wholesale inflation stays high The CPI inflation for June 2020 at 8.4 percent came as a breather, but it may not necessarily be start of a... Updated 10 Aug, 2021 08:27am
Opinion BoP: there’s definitely a sense of deja vu Pressure is building on balance of payments (BoP). Many are confusing this with the situation last witnessed in... Updated 01 Aug, 2021 12:42pm
Print Spot LNG price spiked due to global supply issues: PD ISLAMABAD: The Petroleum Division Friday stated that the spot LNG commodity price has spiked recently (to over $15... Updated 31 Jul, 2021 10:41am
Markets China will continue to release metals reserves in batches BEIJING: China will strengthen commodity price monitoring and continue to release copper, aluminium, and zinc from... Published 20 Jul, 2021 04:14am
Markets Asia’s iron ore prices tumble as China issues fresh price warning MANILA: Asia’s iron ore futures tumbled on Monday, leading another bout of selling in the metals complex, after... Published 25 May, 2021 04:40am
Business & Finance Dollar rises in Europe LONDON: The dollar held above recent lows on Monday as new Covid-19 restrictions in Asia and mixed economic data in... Updated 18 May, 2021 09:33am
Opinion Bacon and copper lead commodity price surge Global prices for raw materials are soaring thanks to a boom in demand due to the recovery from the Covid-19... Published 03 May, 2021 04:39am
Markets Industrial metals slump as traders brace for price control by China HANOI: Industrial metals prices fell on Monday on fears of a pullback in top consumer China after its premier... Published 13 Apr, 2021 04:31am