Karachi, May 01, 2020: Ismail Suttar, president Employers Federation of Pakistan(EFP) & chairman Economic Council has urged the Governor of State Bank of Pakistan, Mr. Reza Baqir to further reduce policy rate by 300 basis points. He maintained that the recent stimulus measures will not be sufficient and will exacerbate the prevailing recession. Businesses and…
Karachi, April 22, 2020: Amid the growing concerns of COVID – 19 pandemic, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has, thus far, announced a number of regulatory relief measures for the financial sector and real economy. These measures are primarily aimed at ensuring the safety and soundness of banking sector while enhancing their lending capacity to support the economic activities in…
Islamabad, April 17, 2020: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) board has approved the disbursement of US$1.386 billion under the Rapid Financing Instrument to address the economic impact of the Covid-19 shock. The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday approved a purchase of Pakistan under the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) equivalent to…
Karachi, April 07, 2020: Accountancy experts say economic confidence in Q1 has capitulated as the Pakistani economy struggles to get to grips with the fallout from the Coronavirus. A national survey of senior accountancy practitioners, who reflect the outlook of a large number of businesses they advise, found that confidence has fallen by more than…
Karachi, April 6, 2020: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed lower on the first trading day of the week. The market opened on a positive note this morning but came under the hammer nose diving 1,118 points to finally close at 30,579 levels, down 3.3 percent. Overall market remained bearish with low volumes and limited…