Pakistan
Economy
With the economic situation improving, at varying degrees, in most of Asia, we highlight five political risks that could delay or potentially derail an economic recovery. While most...
2010-02-24Economy
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...
2009-11-05Economy
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...
2009-10-22Economy
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...
2009-08-25Economy
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...
2009-08-17Economy
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...
2009-08-03Economy
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...
2009-06-03Economy
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




