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COP29 climate talks grapple with trillion-dollar task

BAKU: Developing countries need at least $1 trillion per year by the end of the decade to cope with climate change,...

Published 15 Nov, 2024 06:20am

Business & Finance

Economists call for putting right people in right jobs

ISLAMABAD: Economists at an event stressed the need for putting the right people in the right jobs with real...

Published 03 May, 2024 06:29am

PIDE webinar: Economist talks of GDP decline during BJP rule

ISLAMABAD: GDP growth in India in Manmohan Singh government during 2004 to 2013 was as high as 7.8 percent but it...

Updated 19 Jan, 2024 09:39am

Performance of Shamshad better than Dar’s, says noted economist

ISLAMABAD: Dr Shamshad Akhtar’s performance as finance minister is “B negative” and her predecessor Ishaq Dar’s is...

Updated 01 Jan, 2024 12:22pm

Business & Finance

Int’l Conference on Managing Pakistan’s Economy: SBP recommends comprehensive reform programme

LAHORE: Economists and researchers discussed their findings and gave suggestions with regard to Pakistan’s banking...

Published 04 May, 2023 04:26am

Opinion

Democratization of narrative building

‘If there are five economists in a room there will be at least six opinions in the room, because at least one...

Updated 05 Apr, 2023 06:37am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Dar doesn’t like qualified economists

“Ishaq Dar says that he has to fix the economy that was mishandled by the inexperienced Khan administration.”...

Published 17 Feb, 2023 06:00am

Policy rate hike unlikely to appease IMF: economists

ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) decision to increase policy rate by 100 basis points is unlikely to...

Updated 24 Jan, 2023 09:10am

Markets

Soaring energy costs push UK public borrowing to November record

LONDON: British public borrowing unexpectedly jumped last month to hit its highest for any November on record,...

Published 26 Dec, 2022 06:45am

Business & Finance

Spurt in India’s liquidity surplus may not sustain for long: economists

MUMBAI: The recent rise in India’s banking system liquidity surplus due to government spending and capital inflows...

Published 19 Dec, 2022 06:00am

Business & Finance

PTI forms Tarin-led body to chart economic roadmap

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday constituted a ‘core economic group’ headed by ex-finance...

Updated 21 Sep, 2022 09:43am

Pakistan

In Twitter thread, economist Atif Mian highlights Pakistan's economic woes

Says Pakistan stands out in how poorly its median citizen fares on basic needs such as education and health, even when compared to countries with similar income per capita

Published 21 Jul, 2022 11:35pm

Business & Finance

Credit Suisse scraps negative rates for Swiss private clients

ZURICH: Credit Suisse is scrapping the negative interest rates it has charged wealthy Swiss clients since 2020, the...

Published 30 Jun, 2022 07:46am

Business & Finance

French 2021 economic growth strongest in 52 years at 7%

PARIS: France saw its strongest growth in over five decades last year as the euro zone's second-biggest economy...

Published 28 Jan, 2022 12:04pm

‘Thorough surgery’ of economy required: economists

LAHORE: Renowned economists at a session on “State of the Economy: Inequality in Income and Wealth in Pakistan”...

Updated 22 Nov, 2021 09:52am

Business & Finance

All eyes on MSCI as reclassification decision expected on Pakistan

All eyes are set on Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI), which will announce whether or not Pakistan is...

Updated 08 Sep, 2021 12:02am

Markets

Yuan set for longest weekly winning streak since Sept

Export growth unexpectedly picked up in April, data showed on Friday, as the world's second-largest economy extended its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Published 07 May, 2021 11:24am

World

Benefits of 'drastic' climate action outweigh costs: economists

Nealey 80 percent of respondents said that their level of concern over climate had increased during the last five years.

Published 30 Mar, 2021 09:32am

Business & Finance

Brazil economy creates record number of formal jobs in January

BRASILIA: Brazil’s economy created more than a quarter of a million formal jobs in January, official figures ...

Published 27 Mar, 2021 05:41am

World

Philippines GDP shrinks 8.3pc y/y in Q4

The gross domestic product shrank 8.3% in the December quarter from a year earlier, the statistics agency said.
The economy to shrink 8.5% after a revised 11.4% fall year-on-year in the third quarter.

Published 28 Jan, 2021 06:39pm

World

Spain's unemployment falls to 16.13% in Q4

Economists polled by Reuters had forecast Spain's unemployment rate would reach 16.6%.

Published 28 Jan, 2021 01:14pm

World

Canada's economic recovery falters amid renewed COVID-19 restrictions

The Jan. 11-18 Reuters poll of over 40 economists predicted the economy, which grew a record annualized 40.5% in the third quarter of 2020.
It was expected to grow just 0.7% this quarter - the weakest since polling began for that period in October 2019.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 06:43pm

World

UK economy shrinks but might avoid double-dip recession

GDP falls 2.6% in November from October vs 5.7% forecast.
ONS says many businesses have adapted well to lockdown.
Services output down 3.4%, construction up 1.9%, industry flat.
Finance minister Sunak warns "things will get harder".
Headwinds from Brexit disruption, renewed lockdown mount in Q1.

Published 15 Jan, 2021 06:16pm

Markets

Swiss National Bank keeps expansive policy in place

The SNB kept its policy rate locked at minus 0.75%, as unanimously forecast by economists in a Reuters poll.

Published 17 Dec, 2020 01:38pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 24	278.53
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 24	278.33
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 24	157.10
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 24	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 24	1.25
Euro to USD / Dec 24	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 23	5,974.07
Nasdaq / Dec 23	19,764.89
Dow Jones / Dec 23	42,906.95
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 23	19,848.77
India Sensex / Dec 24	78,616.57
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 24	39,036.85
Hang Seng / Dec 24	20,098.29
FTSE 100 / Dec 24	8,130.86

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 23	241,087.80
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 24	69.54
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 24	17,785
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 24	2,618.54
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 24	69.13
Petrol/Litre / Dec 25	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 24 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	5.99 ▲ 1.00 (20.04%)
Next Capital / Dec 24 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	8.90 ▲ 1.00 (12.66%)
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Dec 24 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	9 ▲ 1.00 (12.50%)
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Dec 24 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	16.13 ▲ 1.47 (10.03%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Dec 24 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	14.37 ▲ 1.31 (10.03%)
Popular Islamic / Dec 24 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	15.58 ▲ 1.42 (10.03%)
Mandviwala / Dec 24 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	16.59 ▲ 1.51 (10.01%)
Blessed Tex. / Dec 24 Blessed Textiles Limited(BTL)	301.77 ▲ 27.43 (10.00%)
Crescent Cotton / Dec 24 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	55 ▲ 5.00 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
S.G.Power / Dec 24 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	10.58 ▼ -1.18 (-10.03%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 24 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	36 ▼ -4.00 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 24 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	33.95 ▼ -3.77 (-9.99%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 24 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	26.16 ▼ -2.90 (-9.98%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Dec 24 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	9.85 ▼ -1.07 (-9.80%)
National Silk / Dec 24 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	50.01 ▼ -5.43 (-9.79%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 24 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.10 ▼ -0.40 (-8.89%)
Crescent Fib. / Dec 24 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	40.16 ▼ -3.81 (-8.66%)
Reliance Ins. / Dec 24 Reliance Insurance Company Limited(RICL)	11.55 ▼ -1.05 (-8.33%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	126,573,463 ▲ 0.05
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 24 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	66,984,381 ▲ 0.49
Cnergyico PK / Dec 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	66,471,663 ▼ -0.27
Pak Elektron / Dec 24 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	38,651,653 ▼ -1.53
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 24 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	36,108,956 ▼ -0.18
Sui South Gas / Dec 24 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	33,467,532 ▼ -0.50
P.T.C.L. / Dec 24 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	33,030,118 ▼ -1.31
TRG Pak Ltd / Dec 24 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	29,441,264 ▲ 3.35
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 24 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	28,106,970 ▼ -0.18

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