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Lending in Pakistani Markets

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Dr Kamal Monnoo

Balochistan – Economic Solutions

08.04.2025 70

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Dr Kamal Monnoo

Bangladesh: Some Take Aways

26.03.2025 30

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Dr Kamal Monnoo

Reforms & Growth

19.03.2025 40

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Dr Kamal Monnoo

Financial Conditions Matter More

12.03.2025 30

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Dr Kamal Monnoo

Indian Budget 2025-26

19.02.2025 20

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Where is the Growth Mantra?

12.02.2025 30

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Course Correction Required

06.02.2025 20

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Entering the Unchartered

22.01.2025 10

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De-banking

15.01.2025 20

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2025: Hitting Disinflation

I am often asked this question that if the claims of the government on inflation are indeed correct, then why aren’t the prices coming down? Well,...

08.01.2025 30

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Bangladesh - No Fake News Please!

Regrettably, there is a lot of propaganda and fake news being spread about Bangladesh, mostly coming from Indian social and print media, on how the...

18.12.2024 6

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Industry – Stagnation Continues

As Pakistan’s economy enters 2025, the world around it gets increasingly protectionist where industrial economies of the world are suddenly waking...

11.12.2024 5

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Economy – A Deep Dive

For the last three weeks Pakistan’s retail inflation has been increasing by almost 1% per week, surging to a 4-months high on a weekly average. The...

04.12.2024 3

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Government’s Performance?

It was rather strange to hear the finance minister’s advice given to the business community a couple of weeks back, to show restraint and patience...

20.11.2024 3

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A Novel Way to Fight Inflation

Millions of Pakistanis are frustrated that their Rupees aren’t going as far as they once did at the supermarket, on rent or on simple food...

06.11.2024 10

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Sliding Business Confidence

Last week the newly constituted Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) met, deliberated and then changed its stance on...

30.10.2024 4

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We don’t need Mavericks

It was a rather disappointing and bizarre press conference by the Finance Minister and the Chairman FBR last week, explaining with some...

18.10.2024 3

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Could Claims of a Turnaround Be Delusional?

The leadership – economic managers, bureaucracy, politicians, and establishment - these days is busy convincing the masses and the corporate...

11.10.2024 8

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Is Inflation Getting Better?

Although inflation is still running uncomfortably high and many Pakistanis are struggling to keep up with rising prices, new data showed that price...

09.10.2024 3

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Ruling through Monetary Instrument

We have seen in recent years how a national currency’s devaluation against leading underlying currencies of global trade can sink the fortunes of a...

25.09.2024 2

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Bangladesh: Any similarities with Pakistan?

It has almost become a fashion statement these days to draw similarities between what recently transpired in Bangladesh and what could perhaps be...

11.09.2024 2

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Time to Re-think the Economy

The typical problem with economic revival efforts led by the banking sector is their focus on stability through contraction, often at the expense...

28.08.2024 3

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Absent Tax Reforms

The dichotomy of the undocumented sector is that the more an economy declines or trends towards recession, the more the undocumented sector...

21.08.2024 2

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Dr Kamal Monnoo

Labour Markets in Low-Income Countries

Much of what economists understand about labour market dynamics—the process by which workers can improve their lives by switching jobs—is based on...

07.08.2024 4

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Banking Crisis: Closer Than One Thinks

While the banks in Pakistan may appear financially healthy on paper, the reality is more complex. It would be foolhardy to merely glance at their...

31.07.2024 1

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Budget 2024-25 – The Indian Side!

Last week I covered Pakistan’s 2024-25 budget’s deficiencies and how in turn it has left a feeling of not-so-feel-good with the Pakistanis,...

24.07.2024 2

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Budget: Not so Feel-Good Factor!

The budget has been out for a few weeks now and with each passing day, both the disappointment and frustration amongst all sectors of society are...

19.07.2024 1

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Dr Kamal Monnoo