The 'biggest' risk to Asia’s economies isn’t over yet, IMF warnsThe IMF has warned that a prolonged Middle East war and renewed disruptions to energy production, shipping routes and critical infrastructu...
15 Oct, 2026, 06.52 PM IST
Heat stress cost India $9 per tonne of CO2 in lost labour productivity in 2025India experienced significant labour productivity losses due to heat stress in 2025. A study revealed that each tonne of carbon dioxide emi...
16 Sep, 2026, 05.28 PM IST
PM Modi recalls 2013 when India was among ‘Fragile Five’ economies amid weak growthReflecting on India's economic journey, Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought attention to 2013, a year when the nation faced the bleak 'Fra...
06 Sep, 2026, 07.06 AM IST
Pakistan's plan to sharply increase growth faces headwinds, analysts sayPakistan has unveiled a $62.2 billion budget, aiming for 4.2% GDP growth, despite skepticism from analysts who cite ambitious revenue targe...
11 Jun, 2025, 04.25 PM IST
Pakistan Budget FY26: From GDP to fiscal deficit, capital expenditure, here's how it stands against IndiaPakistan unveiled its FY26 federal budget, reducing spending by 7% to $62 billion. The nation targets 3.6% growth. Fiscal deficit aims for ...
10 Jun, 2025, 08.02 PM IST
Pakistan's economy missed economic growth target, donkey population rises to 60 lakh in FY24: Economic SurveyThe Pakistan Economic Survey (PES) 2023-24 reveals a 1.72% rise in the donkey population, reaching 5.9 million. Despite this increase, Paki...
12 Jun, 2024, 12.34 PM IST
Pakistani economy contracts to 0.29% GDP growth, from 6.10%Pakistan's growth was stunted by slowdowns in the agriculture, industrial and service sectors - with growth estimated at 1.55%, -2.94% and ...
25 May, 2023, 02.20 PM IST
World Bank projects massive decline in Pakistan's GDP growthThe World Bank says: "The country's outlook is subject to major downside risks, which, if they materialise, could result in a macroeconomic...
05 Apr, 2023, 12.08 PM IST
Pakistan's average productivity growth remained just 1.5 pc from 2010 to 2020: ReportHigh-productivity growth sectors were mostly based on services or tech, whereas those with medium to low or negative productivity growth ar...
16 Jan, 2023, 12.43 PM IST
World Bank forecast Pakistan's economic growth to further 'slow' to 2% in FY 2022-23The report, issued by a flagship publication of the World Bank Group, said that global growth was slowing sharply in the face of elevated i...
11 Jan, 2023, 04.27 PM IST
How India and Pakistan have fared since IndependenceIn 75 years of their independent existence, India and Pakistan have seen many ups and downs. How have both nations fared on different socio...
15 Aug, 2022, 10.27 PM IST
Pakistan govt economic survey posts GDP growth at 5.97% despite turmoilThe survey showed that the "economic growth of Pakistan was recorded at 5.97 per cent as opposed to the target of 4.8 per cent.""The econom...
10 Jun, 2022, 12.37 AM IST
Debt payment to exports ratio highest in Pakistan, Sri LankaHans Timmer, World Bank's Chief Economist for South Asia, in an online briefing told reporters that Pakistan would have to curtail its yawn...
14 Apr, 2022, 01.56 PM IST
World Bank reduces Pakistan's GDP growth forecast to 4.3%Launching its latest 'South Asia Economic Focus Reshaping Norms: A New Way Forward' on Wednesday, the World Bank's Chief Economist for Sout...
14 Apr, 2022, 11.53 AM IST
Pakistan set to miss 4% GDP growth: Central BankThe large-scale manufacturing sector in the country witnessed a decline of 5.9 per cent in Q1-FY20 on YoY basis. This contraction was broad...
07 Jan, 2020, 06.55 PM IST
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das expects rising govt spending to spur economy from Q2In the first quarter, the GDP grew at the slowest pace in as many as 25 quarters at 5 percent - which is even lower than that of Pakistan's...
20 Sep, 2019, 07.23 PM IST
Despite being a terror hub, Pakistan is the cynosure of investors' eyes. Here's whyThe Pakistan Stock Exchange benchmark index was the best performer in Asia last year. WB has forecast the economy to grow 5.2% this year an...
10 Mar, 2017, 10.19 AM IST