Revisions in aid to Pakistan unlikely to shake its finances: Moody’s
LAHORE: International rating agency Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s) has maintained that Trump administration’s revision of US military aid is highly unlikely to...
China, world’s top graphite producer, to curb exports of key battery material
China said on Friday it will require export permits for some graphite products to protect national security, in its latest move to...
Fed, economists make course correction on US recession predictions
Blame it on economic theory not matching reality, groupthink among forecasters or political partisanship by opponents of the Biden administration, but a...
Why is China not rushing to fix its ailing economy?
With China at risk of tipping into prolonged stagnation and a spiralling property crisis threatening financial stability, there is growing unease over why its leaders...
If not IMF, then what?
The ninth review of Pakistan’s International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme has become a bit of a running joke – even though, for...
How much worse can China’s economic slowdown get?
China's economic activity data for July, including retail sales, industrial output and investment failed to match expectations, fuelling concern over a deeper, longer-lasting...
Local cement prices increase by Rs 10 per bag
According to AKD Research, cement prices in the northern region have increased by Rs 10 per bag. Previously, cement prices had largely remained...
Why don’t people pay taxes?
Writing for The Express Tribune, author Hamid Ateeq Sarwar explains that the issue of low tax collection in Pakistan has been a...
How unaffordable will the average cup of tea become?
LAHORE: The price of tea in the country is continuing on its upward march, with what was once an affordable and innocent...
Smuggled/Counterfeit Drugs: Products of the collapsing pharmaceutical industry
The consequential unavailability of medicines can inevitably trigger a national health emergency
Freelancers suffer with broadband outage
Oxford Internet Institute (OII) report ranks Pakistan 4th in the global digital gig marketplace
Pakistan amongst best performers, up by 12pc on MSCI, says report
LAHORE: Despite political and external pressures, Pakistan has recorded a surge of 12 per cent on the MSCI index and 6 per...
US loss of AAA badge a reminder of ‘regime shift’ for govt debt
Financial markets barely flinched when Fitch stripped the United States of its top credit rating, but it served as a reminder of...
Investors brace for hard landing as banking woes stoke recession fears
Fears of a recession are growing on Wall Street, as stress in the banking sector following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank...
Investing in AI: how to avoid the hype
Experienced tech investors are hunting for undervalued opportunities in an over-valued space.
At stake is how best to invest in the potential of...