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JanHad negotiated much better deal with IMF in 2019, says Younus Dagha
By Mehtab Haider Published in DAWN on January 02, 2022 ISLAMABAD: While severely criticising different clauses of controversial SBP Amendment Bill 2021, former secretary Finance Younus Dagha made a startling disclosure that they had negotiated a much better deal with the IMF in Washington back in February 2019 but then […]
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[…]
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DecOur 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[…]
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Dec2021: 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[…]
