Pakistan

The rupee should remain broadly stable now that Pakistan's official stock of foreign reserves has returned to pre-crisis levels. However, we are maintaining a slight depreciatory... 2009-11-05

BMI View: Pakistan's fragile security situation has been thrown back into chaos, following a flurry of suicide bombings and targeted attacks by the Taliban insurgency. Such concerns... 2009-10-22

BMI View: Recent suggestions that Asian economies are 'decoupling' from the US are misplaced. Asia is indeed bouncing back, but this reflects massive fiscal and monetary stimulus... 2009-08-25

BMI View: The size of the interest rate cut (100bps) by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on August 15 was slightly less than the hoped for. However, the SBP also revealed a number... 2009-08-17

BMI View: The Pakistani banking sector is clearly hunkering down, following a few years of very fast growth. Macroeconomic headwinds, deteriorating asset quality, and historically... 2009-08-03

BMI View: The Pakistani economy is slowly stabilising, following a highly turbulent 2008, with inflation decelerating and the twin deficit situation improving. However, with the... 2009-06-03

As we progress through Q2 2009, it is evident that our Sovereign Risk Ratings for Asian economies are bottoming out. True, four countries have seen their total scores slide further... 2009-05-15