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Business & Finance

ADB mission to hold talks with finance minister

ISLAMABAD: An Asian Development Bank (ADB) Mission headed by the Bank’s Vice President (Operations-1), Shixin Chen...

Updated 10 Mar, 2022 11:56am

Pakistan

Pakistan confident of defending $1.5bn fuel subsidy at IMF review: finance ministry

We have that fiscal space to fund this money, says spokesperson

Published 04 Mar, 2022 07:57pm

Markets

IMF starts discussions in Ukraine for next tranche disbursement

KYIV: The mission of the International Monetary Fund is starting its work in Ukraine for the second review of the...

Published 23 Feb, 2022 11:34am

Opinion

IMF programme: Public finance targets

The IMF sixth review staff report published recently contains some ambitious targets for the public finances of the...

Published 22 Feb, 2022 04:43am

Pakistan

IMF programme aims to promote macroeconomic stability: official

KARACHI: Resident Representative of International Monetary Fund (IMF) to Pakistan Esther Perez Ruiz on Thursday said...

Updated 18 Feb, 2022 09:30am

Opinion

IMF programme: projections, targets

The IMF Staff Review Report on the sixth review of the on-going IMF program was released on the 4th of February...

Published 15 Feb, 2022 06:45am

Pakistan

Purpose of IMF programme is to promote macroeconomic stability in Pakistan: Ruiz

LAHORE: “The purpose of the IMF programme is to promote macro-economic stability in Pakistan. The fiscal policy ...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 05:46am

Business & Finance

FBR rejects news item

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has categorically denied the insinuation made in the story published ...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 05:46am

Opinion

Tail-end of IMF programme: some likely scenarios

With the successful sixth review board meeting of the IMF held on Feb 2, the uncertainty surrounding it has ended ...

Published 08 Feb, 2022 06:10am

Editorials

The IMF tranche

EDITORIAL: As expected the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) Board of Directors approved the release of the...

Published 07 Feb, 2022 05:22am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves fall $463mn, stand at $15.73bn

Decrease due to external debt and other payments, says central bank

Published 03 Feb, 2022 09:33pm

Business & Finance

IMF official urges ‘deep reforms’ to Tunisian economy

TUNIS: Tunisia’s crisis-stricken economy needs “deep reforms” such as slashing its vast public wage bill, the...

Published 17 Jan, 2022 07:06am

Print

Sri Lanka seeks new China loan

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka ruled out an IMF bailout on Wednesday and planned more loans, including from China, to address ...

Updated 13 Jan, 2022 09:28am

Print

Only Rs2bn impact on the common man: Tarin says IMF programme ‘vital for economy’

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin on Thursday said that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme is...

Updated 31 Dec, 2021 10:18am

Pakistan

IMF programme: PML-N accuses PM of telling a ‘lie’

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Secretary Information, Marriyum Aurangzeb, has asked Prime...

Published 29 Dec, 2021 06:57am

Opinion

Emerging risks

The prospects for the economy of Pakistan are shrouded by growing uncertainty and risk factors, due to developments...

Updated 28 Dec, 2021 09:39am

Editorials

IMF conditionalities

EDITORIAL: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) as well as other multilaterals has come under considerable ...

Published 21 Dec, 2021 04:14am

BR Research

PSDP: not so fast?

Latest numbers have somewhat chastened earlier fiscal signals of turbo-charged development spending this fiscal....

Published 11 Nov, 2021 07:20am

Opinion

Status of the IMF programme

There continues to be a hiatus in the finalization of the sixth review of the IMF Extended Fund Facility to ...

Updated 09 Nov, 2021 10:23am

Perspectives

Pakistan largely meeting IMF’S quantitative and indicative structural targets

Revival of IMF programme will strengthen rupee and bring much-needed stability in external account

Published 04 Nov, 2021 08:05pm

Markets

PSX stays bullish: BRIndex100 ends flat

KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed higher on the last trading day of the week following expectations over...

Published 30 Oct, 2021 04:37am

Editorials

Saudi support and IMF programme

EDITORIAL: The success of the three-day visit of Prime Minister Imran Khan to Saudi Arabia must be gauged by the...

Published 28 Oct, 2021 04:06am

BR Research

Money games!

There is clear change of heart in the money market. SBP increased the policy rate by 25 bps on 20th September, but...

Published 13 Oct, 2021 07:25am

Print

World Bank estimates Pakistan's external debt stocks at $108.53bn

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has estimated Pakistan's total external debt stocks at $108.530 billion by end 2020...

Updated 12 Oct, 2021 10:17am

Opinion

A fragile BoP

The figures on the balance of payments (BoP) of Pakistan for the first two months of 2021-22 have been released...

Updated 28 Sep, 2021 11:16am

Opinion

Economy: a new strategy

Is the persistently high rate of inflation, particularly the Sensitive Price Index (SPI) which constitutes 51...

Published 06 Sep, 2021 06:14am

BR Research

Reining the fiscal deficit in

The fiscal performance in FY21 remained largely in line with expectations – the consolidated deficit stood at 7.1...

Published 30 Aug, 2021 07:25am

Pakistan

IMF ‘carefully watching’ Afghanistan, too soon to predict spillover to Pakistan

Taliban tightened their grip on Afghanistan on Friday, wresting control of its second and third biggest cities

Published 13 Aug, 2021 07:38pm

Print

Global liquidity booster: Pakistan to get 'unconditional' $2.77bn

This amount would be transferred in the SBP account on August 23
This support is unconditional and there is no cost involved
Finance minister says money being provided by the IMF would be used in consultation in a way that no distortion is created in the economy

Updated 13 Aug, 2021 10:31am

Pakistan

PML-N to issue paper on PTI ‘bungling’: Marriyum

ISLAMABAD: The opposition party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) said, on Wednesday that it was going to issue ...

Published 05 Aug, 2021 04:34am