State Bank tightens monetary policy
The State Bank has decided to raise the policy rate by 25 basis points to ...
Planning: the missing ingredient
Planning has always been the weakest aspect of our economy. Successive five-year plans failed to ...
Higher exports the only way to reduce debt burden
The debt crisis is worsening. According to the latest data released by the State Bank, ...
FDI inflow: A dismal picture
According to a report of the State Bank of Pakistan, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows ...
SMEs: An unused engine of economic growth
Small and Medium Enterprises play an important role in the economic growth of a country. ...
Autonomy for the State Bank
The issue of full autonomy for the State Bank of Pakistan is a long standing ...
Financial Inclusion: A new tool to combat poverty
According to the latest annual report of the World Bank, the share of people living ...
New monetary policy aims at stabilization
Against market expectations, the State Bank of Pakistan has increased the benchmark interest rate by ...
Distressing sectoral trends
The State Bank, at the very beginning of its annual report, says that “the FY18 ...
The bugbear of the national economy
It is a welcome development that the current account deficit has moderated somewhat during the ...