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Japan’s core inflation hits 16-month high, markets brace for BOJ hike

TOKYO: Japan’s core consumer prices rose 3.0% in December year-on-year to mark the fastest annual pace in 16 months,...

Published 24 Jan, 2025 08:26am

Meeting with PBA team: Economic growth back on track after 2018 hiatus: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said after attaining economic stability, the government has...

Updated 24 Jan, 2025 08:44am

Pakistan

Pakistan’s inflation expected to fall below 3% in January

Declining inflation raise hopes of further cut in policy rate

Updated 23 Jan, 2025 11:05pm

Business & Finance

Singapore December core inflation at 1.8% y/y, lowest since November 2021

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s key consumer price gauge rose 1.8% in December from a year earlier, higher than economist...

Published 23 Jan, 2025 10:51am

Ground-breaking of first Daanish School performed in AJK: PM explains how default averted

BHIMBER (AJK): Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday performed ground breaking of the first Daanish...

Updated 23 Jan, 2025 09:37am

Opinion

Monetary crossroads: how far can SBP push the rate cuts?

The monetary policy is due next Monday. The committee, chaired by the SBP Governor, has already eased the policy ...

Published 20 Jan, 2025 05:31am

Business & Finance

IMF warns countries against protectionism, subsidies

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund on Friday raised its forecast for global growth in 2025 by one-tenth of ...

Published 18 Jan, 2025 05:45am

Opinion

Global economy: China anchor of stability

Amid numerous challenges faced by the global economy, China, as the world’s second-largest economy, continues to...

Published 12 Jan, 2025 02:44am

Pakistan

UN projects Pakistan’s GDP growth at 3.4% in 2025, inflation to be in double digits

UN report says the near-term economic outlook for South Asia is expected to remain robust

Updated 11 Jan, 2025 06:11pm

Weekly SPI inflation down 0.65pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index-based inflation for the week ended January 9, 2025, decreased by 0.65 per cent...

Updated 11 Jan, 2025 02:43pm

Business & Finance

Norway’s December core inflation lower than expected

OSLO: Norway’s core inflation rate eased more than expected in December, Statistics Norway (SSB) data showed on...

Published 10 Jan, 2025 12:37pm

Business & Finance

Japan Nov real wages fall for 4th straight month as inflation weighs

TOKYO: Japan’s inflation-adjusted real wages fell for the fourth straight month in November weighed down by higher...

Published 09 Jan, 2025 08:13am

Business & Finance

China’s consumer inflation slows as demand weakens

BEIJING: China’s consumer inflation slowed in December, leading to modest annual price gains for 2024 while...

Published 09 Jan, 2025 08:10am

World

US tariffs unlikely to have ‘significant’ inflation impact: Fed official

WASHINGTON: The effect of new tariffs under consideration by US President-elect Donald Trump is unlikely to be...

Published 08 Jan, 2025 06:37pm

Business & Finance

Australia’s core inflation slows, keeping door open to Feb rate cut

SYDNEY: Australian consumer price inflation crept up from three-year lows in November as electricity costs jumped,...

Published 08 Jan, 2025 08:18am

Editorials

Inflation expectations

EDITORIAL: The governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Jameel Ahmed, while briefing the Senate Standing Committee on...

Updated 08 Jan, 2025 08:09am

Base effect, likely energy price hike: Inflation likely to surge in H2FY25

ISLAMABAD: Inflation has come down sharply, but is expected to remain volatile and increase in the remaining two...

Updated 07 Jan, 2025 03:25pm

Editorials

Inflation and exports

EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) released two major macroeconomic data that are positive – inflation...

Updated 07 Jan, 2025 07:19am

BR Research

Of delusions of grandeur

Some statements made by industry leaders should come with a trigger warning. So fare warnings, readers: ridiculous...

Published 06 Jan, 2025 08:47am

Opinion

Poverty statistics are critical

In Pakistan administration after administration errs on the side of data manipulation to show better performance ...

Updated 06 Jan, 2025 06:47am

Business & Finance

Turkiye annual inflation falls to 44.38% in December

ISTANBUL: Turkiye annual consumer price inflation fell to 44.38% in December, official data showed on Friday, with...

Published 03 Jan, 2025 12:40pm

BR Research

Keep tabs on inflation

The downward journey of inflation continues, as it is recorded at 4.1 percent in December 2024 – the lowest reading...

Published 03 Jan, 2025 08:22am

Opinion

Need for much improved ‘Uraan Pakistan’ plan

Ministry of Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives (or simply ‘Planning Ministry’) recently launched...

Published 03 Jan, 2025 06:49am

Business & Finance

Indonesia annual inflation at 1.57% in Dec

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s annual inflation rate in December was 1.57%, barely changed from 1.55% in the previous month,...

Published 02 Jan, 2025 10:38am

Editorials

State of the economy

EDITORIAL: The December 2024 Economic Update and Outlook, a monthly publication uploaded on the Finance Division...

Updated 02 Jan, 2025 08:22am

Pakistan

PDP slams govt for hike in POL prices

KARACHI: Pasban Democratic Party’s Vice-Chairman Abdul Hakim Quaid has said that the increase in petrol prices on...

Updated 02 Jan, 2025 08:07am

Business & Finance

Dec CPI inflation clocks in at 4.1pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index-based inflation clocked in at 4.1 per cent on year-on-year basis in December ...

Updated 02 Jan, 2025 08:04am

Pakistan

Inflation in Pakistan clocks in at 4.1% in December 2024

Reading in line with government projection, strengthens case for continued monetary easing

Updated 01 Jan, 2025 09:40pm

Business & Finance

Kenya’s inflation inches up in December, stats office says

Kenya’s consumer price inflation inched up to 3.0% year-on-year in December, up from 2.8% a month earlier, the...

Published 31 Dec, 2024 01:10pm

BR Research

Food prices in 2024 – quite some respite

The year ending today provided a rare and much-needed respite for inflation-weary households in Pakistan,...

Published 31 Dec, 2024 09:12am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 24	278.80
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 24	278.60
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 24	155.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 24	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 24	1.24
Euro to USD / Jan 24	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 23	6,118.71
Nasdaq / Jan 23	20,053.68
Dow Jones / Jan 23	44,565.07
India Sensex / Jan 24	76,784.63
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 24	39,931.98
Hang Seng / Jan 24	20,060.52
FTSE 100 / Jan 24	8,559.56
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 24	21,482.67

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 23	18,485
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 23	245,799
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 24	74.61
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 24	2,774.04
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 24	67.94
Petrol/Litre / Jan 25	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Escorts Bank / Jan 24 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	6.79 ▲ 1.00 (17.27%)
Khalid Siraj / Jan 24 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.05 ▲ 0.95 (11.73%)
Agritech Limited / Jan 24 Agritech Limited(AGL)	52.46 ▲ 4.77 (10.00%)
Loads Limited / Jan 24 Loads Limited(LOADS)	18.92 ▲ 1.72 (10.00%)
Sardar Chemical / Jan 24 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	35.75 ▲ 3.25 (10.00%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 24 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	33.36 ▲ 3.03 (9.99%)
Shezan Inter. / Jan 24 Shezan International Limited(SHEZ)	148.17 ▲ 13.46 (9.99%)
Saritow Spinning / Jan 24 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	11.13 ▲ 1.01 (9.98%)
Ellcot Spinning / Jan 24 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	113.60 ▲ 10.30 (9.97%)

Stock	Price
Mandviwala / Jan 24 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	19.13 ▼ -2.12 (-9.98%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jan 24 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	9.84 ▼ -1.09 (-9.97%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Jan 24 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	27.24 ▼ -2.97 (-9.83%)
Crescent Cotton / Jan 24 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	48.50 ▼ -5.02 (-9.38%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jan 24 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	14.15 ▼ -1.35 (-8.71%)
Dawood Lawrencepur / Jan 24 Dawood Lawrencepur Limited(DLL)	302.50 ▼ -19.20 (-5.97%)
Elahi Cot. / Jan 24 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	105 ▼ -6.00 (-5.41%)
Hussain Industries / Jan 24 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	28.01 ▼ -1.41 (-4.79%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Jan 24 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	295.01 ▼ -13.99 (-4.53%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	143,693,542 ▼ -0.10
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	78,194,783 ▼ -0.01
Sui South Gas / Jan 24 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	57,202,439 ▲ 3.90
Fauji Cement / Jan 24 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	47,170,217 ▼ -0.65
Lotte Chemical / Jan 24 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	35,630,848 ▼ -0.46
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 24 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	32,528,835 ▼ -2.50
The Searle Co. / Jan 24 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	26,563,258 ▲ 5.41
Maple Leaf Cement / Jan 24 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	26,433,374 ▼ -0.94
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 24 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	22,111,604 ▼ -0.06

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