Mini budget: a bitter bill to swallow
Published in DAWN on January 01, 2022 THE Finance Supplementary Bill, 2021, that has been popularly described as a ‘mini budget’ was introduced on Thursday by the government in the National Assembly to loud protests from the opposition ranks. The move is aimed at netting additional revenues to the tune […]
Our monetary stimuli
By Riaz Riazuddin Published in DAWN on December 30, 2021 WHAT is a monetary stimulus? An amusing but apt way to understand it is to recall Woody Allen’s movie Take the Money and Run. Interpret ‘take’ as borrow and ‘run’ as running the affairs of government. In the movie, Woody[…]
2021: the state of the economy
By Abid Qaiyum Suleri Published in The News on December 30, 2021 Before recapping the state of the economy in 2021, let us recall the World Economic Forum’s Global Crisis Report which was released in January this year. The report highlighted that during 2021 the world could face the following[…]
Govt to table bills paving way for $1bn IMF tranche
By Khaleeq Kiani Published in DAWN on December 26, 2021 • Set to introduce supplementary finance, SBP bills on Tuesday • Arrangements in place to get the entire package approved by cabinet • Move to ensure sixth review of $6bn EFF gets cleared on Jan 12 • Tarin says measures[…]