Pakistan
Economy
BMI View: Back in May 2009, BMI suggested that the story of 'Three Asias' - that of China and India, the domestic demand-driven economies and the trade-dependent states - would dictate...
2010-03-30Economy
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...
2009-06-03
