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Irregular migrants – an impact on remittances

Faiza Saleem September 14, 2020 Finance & Market, Trade & Economy 933

Every year billion of dollar or payment sent by overseas to their home countries. Over the last twenty years these remittances are being utilized for developmental activities and to sustain Pakistan economy. Remittance plays integral part in easing the current account deficit, providing balance of payment increase of export, labor force and market situation as well. Therefore remittances are referred as engine of economic growth. In the month of July …

Boosting blue growth through development of maritime silk road

urooj Aijaz August 31, 2020 Trade & Economy 644

The Gravitational forces of global geopolitics and geo-economics is moving back towards East from the West and as this rebalancing unfolds, the 21st century will be the Asian Century. BRI is the key that not only integrates Asia but ensures stable and sustainable future of this continent. Asia is always a continent with socio-economic and cultural divides and to overcome these divisions into inclusive Asia integration on all fronts is …

Benefits of lower interest rates and fuel prices

Ahsan Nisar June 15, 2020 Energy, Finance & Market 335

Central banks around the world have slashed interest rates, though perhaps none as aggressively as State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). According to a recent report by Bloomberg, Pakistan has cut its interest rates the most this year, out of a survey of nine countries, including the US, Peru, South Africa, Turkey and Ukraine. Coronavirus has created ‘unique’ challenges for a monetary policy due to its non-economic origin. In last three …

SBP reduces policy rate: too little too late

Shabbir H. kazmi March 23, 2020 Finance & Market 288

At its meeting on 17th March 2020, the State Bank of Pakistan’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to cut the policy rate by 75 bps to 12.50 percent. The decision reflected the MPC’s view that the outlook for inflation has improved in light of the recent deceleration in domestic food prices, significant decline in consumer price expectations, sharp fall in global oil prices, and slowdown in external and domestic demand due to …

Depreciating rupee fueling inflation

Shabbir H. kazmi May 7, 2018 Finance & Market 61

There is no doubt that Pakistan suffers from cost pushed inflation. Any hike in the global prices of crude oil, crude-based raw materials and edible oil push inflation. The impact becomes even more pinching when Pak Rupee faces erosion in value against other major currencies. At present Rupee value is on the decline due to erosion of Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves. Though, the central bank has been intervening regularly …

High interest rates stagnate growth, increase inflation

Syed Fazl-e-Haider March 22, 2018 Finance & Market, Trade & Economy 58

While announcing its monetary policy for next two months, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) decided last month to keep the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 10 percent. The analysts see no rationale to maintain the discount rate at 10 percent by the central bank as all fundamentals are in favor of a reduction in the interest rate. So far as inflation is concerned, the average Consumer Price Index …

Monetary Policy: likely impact on inflation and interest rate

Saad Anwar Hashmi March 22, 2018 Finance & Market, Trade & Economy 77

In the last Monetary Policy decision, discount rate has been maintained at 10 percent against expectations that interest rate will reduce at the back of reduction in CPI, average CPI recorded at 8.6 percent in FY14. With declining trend of inflation and projections of SBP for single digit inflation, discount rate is expected to reduce further. For FY15, CPI is expected to remain between 7.5 percent and 8.5 percent. …

Investment options to counter inflation

Saad Anwar Hashmi March 12, 2018 Investments/Insurance 302

Pakistan has been plagued with inflation for a long time, which creates pressure to meet day-to-day household expenses in limited income. It is extremely important that an additional source of income is available, which cushions monthly expenses. Investment management has long been carried out for additional income, however, in an inflationary environment where cost of living is increasing year-on-year, having and executing a plan for investments of residual funds …

Analyzing investment avenues

Saad Anwar Hashmi March 1, 2018 Investments/Insurance 81

At a time when inflation is at its highest and cost of living is squeezing the pocket month-on-month, savings need to be placed to ensure that additional income can offset high cost of living. Investments by individuals depend on the knowledge of investment avenues. The simplest investment is keeping money in a savings account where more complex invest structures include mutual funds, equity and money market investments. The stock …

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Irregular migrants – an impact on remittances

Boosting blue growth through development of maritime silk road

Benefits of lower interest rates and fuel prices

SBP reduces policy rate: too little too late

Depreciating rupee fueling inflation

High interest rates stagnate growth, increase inflation

Monetary Policy: likely impact on inflation and interest rate

Investment options to counter inflation

Analyzing investment avenues