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Pakistan Mushahid becomes first Pakistani to address BRICS forum VLADIVOSTOK: Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed became the first Pakistani to address the official International BRICS... Published 20 Jun, 2024 06:01am
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Business & Finance Policymakers urged to help revive economy KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, Mian... Published 10 Jan, 2024 05:22am
Business & Finance India likely to achieve fiscal deficit target in 2023-24, says govt NEW DELHI: The Indian government is likely to achieve its fiscal deficit target of 5.9% of gross domestic product... Published 18 Dec, 2023 01:55pm
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World BRICS nations agree to expand developing world bloc JOHANNESBURG: Leaders of the BRICS bloc of leading developing countries have agreed mechanisms for considering new... Published 24 Aug, 2023 06:22am
Opinion Return to the gold standard? Mr Market remembers mid-August as the time when, on 15 August 1971, US President Richard Nixon interrupted the hit ... Published 17 Aug, 2023 03:49am
Business & Finance Indonesia Q2 GDP grows 5.17% y/y, above expectation JAKARTA: Indonesia’s economy grew 5.17% on an annual basis in the second quarter, the fastest pace in three quarters... Published 07 Aug, 2023 09:24am
Opinion Debt, weak multilateralism, and austerity The number of developing countries having high debt levels, that is having public debt more than 60 percent of their... Updated 04 Aug, 2023 06:53am
Business & Finance UK formally signs up to trans-Pacific trading bloc LONDON: The UK government on Sunday hailed what it said was its biggest trade deal since Brexit, as it formally... Published 17 Jul, 2023 03:47am
Business & Finance World Bank cuts 2024 global growth forecast as rate hikes bite but lifts 2023 outlook WASHINGTON: The World Bank on Tuesday raised its 2023 global growth outlook as the US, China and other major... Published 07 Jun, 2023 06:05am
Opinion New FATF guidelines: Shell companies and beneficial ownership Shell companies are considered the safest means to stash wealth created through criminal activities. Incorporation ... Updated 17 Mar, 2023 06:42am
Opinion Countering illicit financial flows The illicit movement of funds is a global challenge, threatening domestic and international financial systems. The... Updated 24 Feb, 2023 06:34am
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World IMF chief sees higher chance of global growth below 2% in 2023 NEW YORK: International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday the chance of global... Updated 01 Dec, 2022 09:06pm
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Print Battling inflation ‘priority’ as global growth slows: OECD PARIS: World economic growth is slowing due to decades-high inflation, the OECD said Tuesday, calling for... Updated 23 Nov, 2022 09:35am
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World Floods, other water-related disasters could cost global economy $5.6 trillion by 2050: report LONDON: Worsening droughts, storms and torrential rain in some of the world's largest economies could cause $5.6... Published 29 Aug, 2022 06:57pm
Pakistan Excluding the disabled from work: ILO puts economic losses at 3-7pc of global GDP KARACHI: The International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimates that the economic losses incurred through excluding... Published 04 Aug, 2022 05:43am
World Hungary parliament panel reiterates opposition to global minimum tax BUDAPEST: Hungary’s parliamentary economic affairs panel on Monday reiterated the ruling Fidesz party’s opposition... Published 11 Jul, 2022 06:17pm