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The IMF review hiccups
All of the policy instruments deployed to achieve stabilisation are antithetical to growth
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A welcome U-turn
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance reveals plans in his maiden appearance in the National Assembly
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Beneficial property taxation
As most people in Pakistan avoid paying taxes
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Monetary policy: State Bank of Pakistan’s consistency
There is a tacit admission by the Governor that hot money flows are like a fair weather friend
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IMF please, donate a chief economist!
The Planning Commission is an expensive parking place for professional members running into each other
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Inequality and stabilisation: an unhappy marriage
Pakistan’s current programme with the IMF does seem to be uninformed by this research
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The gold dinar
The dollar is now just a piece of paper with the promise to pay, but with no backing of gold
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No ‘Happy New Year’ for the economy
Too bad that Argentina — fresh from the IMF oven — reconfirms the trade-off between austerity and growth
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IMF makes the Council of Common Interests go
At long last the Council of Common Interests (CCI) met after 13 months or so
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Roads to nowhere
The refrain literally resonates the past