Yearly Archives: 2022

By Umair Javed Published in DAWN on August 08, 2022 LAST week, the monthly inflation figure for July came in at over 20 per cent. This stat provides numerical proof of something that middle- and low-income households have experienced nearly non-stop for the last four years. Wage data through a more recent round of the Labour Force […]

By Arif Hasan Published in DAWN on July 31, 2022 he census of a country gives us details of its population structure, socio-economic wellbeing and the conditions of its human settlements. By themselves, the census figures do not establish trends — that can only be done by comparing previous census figures with the current ones. However, to[…]

By Mohiuddin Aazim Published in DAWN on July 25, 2022 In the absence of enough forex reserves, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) may only continue watching from the sidelines as the rupee falls from one all-time low to another over the past few months, and most recently during the week that ended on July 22. Meanwhile,[…]