If credit demand remains unmet, firms use up retained earnings in their day-to-day operations instead of channelling them into long-term growth projects.
Published05 Dec, 202208:43am
If development expenses remain as low as they are today for a few more years, the outcome will be horrible for the economy.
Published14 Nov, 202209:25am
The cruel truth is that as more and more sectors of the economy feel the pinch of the floods, demand will decline and headline.
Updated07 Nov, 202209:12am
The govt should immediately engage industrialists in policy discussion and try to minimise their problems to ensure at least.
Updated31 Oct, 202208:44am
Perennial structural issues with our agriculture affect the availability of food for domestic markets at affordable prices and.
Published24 Oct, 202208:11am
Except for about $1bn worth of foreign aid expected for flood relief, all other sources of forex inflows would be debt-creating.
Updated17 Oct, 202209:04am
Further monetary tightening amidst phasing out interest rate subsidies on the Fund’s demand will increase the cost of production.
Updated27 Sep, 202209:13am
Keeping the ground realities in mind, we should not expect any significant improvement in key fundamentals of the external account
Published19 Sep, 202209:51am
The resource-starved government must reach out to international financial institutions and NGOs to seek exclusive funding.
Published12 Sep, 202204:43am
During the 2010 floods, immediate foreign aid and grants did not even cover 10-15pc of the estimated economic loss of $9.7bn so it
Updated05 Sep, 202209:32am
Job localisation drives in Saudi Arabia and UAE, and a recession in the US, indicates that remittances may decline this year.
Updated22 Aug, 202209:43am
Foreign assistance and aid contribute to future economic development only when we employ them in development projects wisely.
Updated15 Aug, 202209:53am
The tenuous recovery of the rupee is highly contingent on the trade balance which in turn is influenced by global economic trends.
Published08 Aug, 202209:41am