May 16, 2020 State Bank of Pakistan lowers Policy Rate by another 100bps State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has lowered Policy Rate by another 100bps to 8.0%, which is being termed below market expectations. This is the…
June 19, 2019 Shahbaz Sharif’s budget speech or hullabaloo It is ironic that Shahbaz Sharif, Leader of Opposition could not deliver his speech till 19th June, due to a week of hullabaloo in…
May 23, 2016 Pakistan reduces interest rate: Too little and too late On 21st May 2016 State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) issued Monetary Policy Statement for next two months. It has attracted mixed reaction, some term…
April 10, 2016 State Bank of Pakistan keeps interest rate unchanged State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) chose to keep policy rate unchanged and the announcement came through a Press Release. The announcement was disappointing because…
April 5, 2016 Should State Bank of Pakistan reduce interest rate? State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is scheduled to announce its Monetary Policy Statement of this Saturday. While analysts are making all sorts of speculations…
March 23, 2016 Pakistan needs to address structural issues on priority Historically Pakistan and International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lived with each other, at times with comfort and at tome with some unease. While the…
February 15, 2016 Is Pakistan inching towards default? On Monday early morning I read a rather disturbing news posted by Bloomberg regarding Pakistan’s debt profile http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-14/pakistan-default-risk-surges-as-50-billion-debt-bill-coming-due. It raised questions about ability of…
February 8, 2016 IMF Review of Pakistan Economy The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed a review of performance of Pakistan’s economy. This has paved way for release of another tranche of…
January 29, 2016 Will State Bank of Pakistan cut discount rate? Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Ashraf Mahmood Wathra is scheduled to unveil Monetary Policy Decision at a press conference on Saturday. There are…
December 20, 2015 PML-N leadership spreading disinformation Though, it sounds like a sweeping statement, I just can’t resist from saying that the best pastime of PML-N leadership is spreading disinformation. In…