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Ahsan urges experts to identify factors behind economic downslide

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal, Tuesday, urged leading economists to identify...

Published 16 Apr, 2025 07:40am

Opinion

Poverty may trump low inflation

Inflation has come down dramatically – from 28.3 percent in January 2024 to 1.5 percent in February 2025. The...

Published 24 Mar, 2025 06:16am

Aurangzeb discusses economic progress with Burki, Shamshad

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb held separate meetings with veteran...

Updated 07 Feb, 2025 02:22pm

World

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 / May 12	281.63
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 12	281.43
USD to Japanese Yen / May 12	145.91
USD to Swiss Franc / May 12	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / May 12	1.33
Euro to USD / May 12	1.12
UK LIBOR % / May 9	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 9	5,659.91
Nasdaq / May 9	17,928.92
Dow Jones / May 9	41,249.38
India Sensex / May 12	81,746.51
Tokyo Nikkei / May 12	37,643.20
Hang Seng / May 12	23,174.79
FTSE 100 / May 12	8,559.54
Germany DAX 30 / May 12	23,721.61
France CAC40 / May 12	7,802.81

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 9	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 9	300,840
Petrol/Litre / May 12	252.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 12	61.81
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 12	3,279.94
Diesel/Litre / May 12	256.64
Cotton US¢/pound / May 12	67.45

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Equity Modaraba / May 12 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.24 ▲ 0.74 (29.6%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / May 12 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	3.05 ▲ 0.68 (28.69%)
Kohinoor Spining / May 12 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	4.99 ▲ 1 (25.06%)
Cresent Jute / May 12 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	3.24 ▲ 0.64 (24.62%)
Media Times Ltd / May 12 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	1.88 ▲ 0.37 (24.5%)
Cres.Star Ins. / May 12 Crescent Star Insurance Limited(CSIL)	2.75 ▲ 0.49 (21.68%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / May 12 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	5.37 ▲ 0.95 (21.49%)
Al-Shaheer Corp / May 12 Al Shaheer Corporation Limited(ASC)	5.88 ▲ 1 (20.49%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / May 12 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	2.46 ▲ 0.41 (20%)
TPL Corp Ltd / May 12 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	4.54 ▲ 0.73 (19.16%)

Stock	Price
Ellcot Spinning / May 12 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	101.10 ▼ -11.09 (-9.89%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / May 12 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	47.95 ▼ -5.25 (-9.87%)
Shams Textile / May 12 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	21.50 ▼ -2 (-8.51%)
Hussain Industries / May 12 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	27.10 ▼ -2.19 (-7.48%)
Suraj Cotton / May 12 Suraj Cotton Mills Limited(SURC)	115 ▼ -8.14 (-6.61%)
Sana Ind / May 12 Sana Industries Limited(SNAI)	23.25 ▼ -1.06 (-4.36%)
Pak Paper Prod / May 12 Pakistan Paper Products Limited(PPP)	148.75 ▼ -5.36 (-3.48%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / May 12 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	310 ▼ -11.01 (-3.43%)
Int. Knit. / May 12 International Knitwear Limited(INKL)	14.15 ▼ -0.5 (-3.41%)
Pak Leather / May 12 Pak Leather Crafts Limited(PAKL)	29 ▼ -1 (-3.33%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / May 12 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	106,834,818 ▲ 0.57
At-Tahur Ltd. / May 12 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	73,168,840 ▲ 1.52
WorldCall Telecom / May 12 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	62,704,397 ▲ 0.16
Power Cement / May 12 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	36,662,254 ▲ 1.17
Cnergyico PK / May 12 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	33,230,450 ▲ 1
B.O.Punjab / May 12 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	30,724,413 ▲ 1
Kohinoor Spining / May 12 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	23,235,025 ▲ 1
Hub Power Co. / May 12 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	21,420,233 ▲ 12.58
Pak Int.Bulk / May 12 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	14,539,521 ▲ 1
Pak Elektron / May 12 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	11,701,378 ▲ 4.02

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