Think about energy security
Energy price volatility has shocked and awed the world, unleashing a wave of inflation and pain on hundreds of millions of citizens....
Prepare for default
Crises evolve at an exponential pace. Much like a herd of animals spooked by the scent of a nearby predator, once markets...
Cash is still king
Currency in Circulation currently hovers around PKR 7.64 trillion, coming down from a peak of Rs 8 trillion in May 2022, following...
The Fault in our Firms
Do audit practices add to the vows of a Chartered Accountancy Trainee?
Sovereign Debt Vulnerability
The last twelve years saw US$ based benchmark interest rate close to near zero as monetary expansion reduced the cost of capital...
The folly of relief
Nothing reflects the crisis of economic policymaking in Pakistan than the repeated pronouncements of providing “relief” to the masses by successive prime...
The remarkable life and tragic death of Airlift
Airlift’s highs were dizzying and its lows were tragic. But what are the lessons we can learn from it?
Have we peaked yet?
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) recently hiked interest rates by another 125 basis points, bringing the benchmark policy rate to a...
The evolving middle-east geopolitical chessboard
U.S. President Joe Biden this week travels to the Middle East where he will meet leaders of Israel and nine Arab States,...
Hot N Cold (The SBP’s Version)
The SBP has been moody lately. They’ve been changing their mind constantly, releasing confusing monetary policy statements, and have failed to communicate...
Winter is coming for the startups
“Winter is coming. We know what’s coming with it.” This line from the television show Game of Thrones, which is based on...
Exhausting the taxed
Pakistan has had a consistently low tax-GDP ratio for decades, staying below peer countries and barely touching 12 percent in a boom...
Paper cut
Commodity prices don’t increase in isolation, they mostly move in tandem. Just like the butterfly effect wherein a butterfly fluttering its wings...
A Freu-Darian slip of the tongue?
An Ishaq Dar shaped shadow hangs over Miftah Ismail and all of us
Failing to communicating
Clarity and consistency. These are two of the most important elements of crisis communications, especially during an economic crisis. Given the fact...