Dancing on a volcano Ten days into the new fiscal year, the FY25 budget is already in disarray. Amid calls for a nationwide strike, the... Published 10 Jul, 2024 03:14am
Opinion The long and winding road to revitalising investment Pakistan’s investment-to-GDP ratio is at its lowest in fifty years, despite promises of tens of billions in ... Updated 27 May, 2024 06:54am
Opinion Flawed IMF programme design The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) analysis and prescriptions in the second and final review document... Updated 20 May, 2024 06:19am
Opinion Outlook 2024 – II Increasing bank lending should to be the next move. The ratio of advances to deposits should increase from present... Updated 03 Jan, 2024 05:59am
Business & Finance Turkey’s 2022 budget deficit 139bn lira ISTANBUL: The Turkish budget deficit was 139.1 billion lira ($7.4 billion) last year and its ratio to gross domestic... Published 16 Jan, 2023 01:37pm
Markets IMF calls for EU fiscal capacity, rules to be linked to risk BRUSSELS: The European Union should set up a fiscal capacity to pay for EU public goods, link the pace of debt cuts... Published 05 Sep, 2022 12:37pm
Print External debt to reach $140.9bn: IMF ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected Pakistan’s external debt to reach $140.959 billion... Updated 03 Sep, 2022 09:43am
Markets British midcaps slide over 2pc LONDON: London’s FTSE 250 index fell to its lowest level in three months on Monday after data showed Britain’s... Published 14 Jun, 2022 05:56am
Opinion Pakistan: economic focus The international financial institution — World Bank (WB) — which is an influential source of funding as well as... Published 21 Apr, 2022 05:26am
Print Tax-to-GDP ratio suffers blow due to pandemic ISLAMABAD: The tax-to-GDP ratio of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) suffered a blow due to the Covid situation and... Updated 10 Nov, 2021 09:42am
BR Research GDP rebasing: no more delays! There is little doubt that the size of Pakistan’s economy is understated. Many economic indictors such as per... Updated 27 Aug, 2021 09:30am
Business & Finance Call for exempting small, marginal farmers, developing simple system for taxation LAHORE: If agriculture income is to be taxed to increase tax to GDP ratio, then the government should exempt small... Published 25 Jul, 2021 05:20am
Print Factors behind low tax-to-GDP ratio listed ISLAMABAD: The distortionary exemptions, concessions, weak enforcement, low compliance by taxpayers, reliance on... Published 11 Jun, 2021 03:41am
Business & Finance Public debt increases by Rs1.607trn ISLAMABAD: External debt of $81.606 billion in the Economic Survey 2020-21 does not contain foreign exchange... Published 11 Jun, 2021 03:41am
Supplements Climate change – challenges and opportunities Three years from now 143 countries will be celebrating the 50th year of the World Environment Day. It is a day for... Updated 13 Jun, 2021 12:02am
Business Sarhad chamber for extending incentives to returns filers PESHAWAR: Sarhad Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Peshawar for extending certain incentives to existing tax ... Published 11 May, 2021 04:39am
Business & Finance BoI making environment more friendly, less time-consuming ISLAMABAD: The Board of Investment (BoI) has made significant progress on the 6th Doing Business Reforms Action Plan... Updated 11 Apr, 2021 10:29am
Markets South Africa's 3-month T-bill average yields at 3.88% The bid-to-cover ratio rose to 1.8 from 1.1 last week. Published 09 Apr, 2021 03:48pm
Editorials Tax to GDP ratio: decline persists EDITORIAL: Development Policy Series in collaboration with the World Bank during a webinar titled “Unlocking... Published 08 Mar, 2021 05:45am
Pakistan ‘Increase in pension bill serious problem than power sector debt’ LAHORE: Vice President Pakistan Businesses Forum (PBF) Ahmad Jawad has said that government rapidly increasing... Published 01 Feb, 2021 03:39am
Business & Finance Thailand to sell $2bn savings bonds to finance stimulus measures All of the debt is under a 1 trillion Thai baht ($33.37 billion) borrowing plan announced last year in response to the pandemic. Published 25 Jan, 2021 12:42pm
Markets South Korea shares post record closing high on chip boost, US stimulus hopes The won ended at 1,100.7 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform, 0.23% higher than its previous close at 1,103.2. Published 25 Jan, 2021 12:24pm