ISLAMABAD: The federal government finds itself on a tightrope as the IMF has stepped up pressure on the top mandarins of the ...

Bangladesh Bank’s buying $5 million from commercial banks in three auctions boosted the reserves, says governor ...

On 1 August, US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch introduced key amendments to the 2026 National Defence ...

Zimbabwe is racing to implement wide-ranging fiscal and monetary reforms agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as the country seeks to exit its long-standing debt crisis, rebuild trust ...

The country’s total liquid foreign reserves stand at $19.495bn, which includes $5.263bn held by commercial banks.

Commercial banks previously indicated difficulties in bringing down interest rates under the risk-based pricing framework, ...

The recent decision by Washington to double tariffs on Indian goods, while maintaining lower duties on Pakistani exports, has reshaped South Asia’s trade calculus. For Pakistan, this disparity offers ...

On July 25, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation [1] and fifth review ...

Zambia’s dollar-denominated bonds led losses among emerging peers on Wednesday after the IMF warned that the country’s ...

THE PHILIPPINES’ gross international reserves (GIR) slipped in July amid lower gold prices and as the government paid back more of its foreign debt, preliminary data from the central bank showed. The ...

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Finance said the kingdom is now better equipped to reassess its spending priorities during times ...

Many decades ago, in one of my economics classes, we discussed how two interesting indicators, Meralco and San Miguel beer sales, can give us an idea of the economy’s health.