Pakistan is drafting a fuel pricing scheme aimed at helping the poor, the petroleum minister said, a programme that some economists fear could hinder a crucial International Monetary Fund pay out needed to prevent economic collapse. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif first announced the government's pl
Argentina's annual inflation rate tore past 100 per cent in February, the country's statistics agency said on Tuesday, the first time it has hit triple figures since a period of hyperinflation in 1991, over three decades ago. Inflation over 12 months clocked in at 102.5 per cent in the second mont
Sri Lanka will receive the first tranche of about $330 million from the International Monetary Fund in the next two days, and, going forward, disbursements would be tied to reviews that take place every six months, an IMF official said on Tuesday. The IMF on Monday said its executive board approve
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday announced a new plan to promote an open and free Indo-Pacific, promising billions of dollars in investment to help economies across the region in everything from industry to disaster prevention. The plan he announced in New Delhi is seen as Tokyo's bi
Top central banks, faced with the risk of a fast-moving loss of confidence in the stability of the financial system, moved on Sunday to bolster the flow of cash around the world. In coordination with central banks elsewhere, the US Federal Reserve offered daily currency swaps to ensure banks
UBS Group AG has offered to buy Credit Suisse for up to $1.0 billion, with the Swiss government planning to change the country's laws to bypass a shareholder vote on the transaction, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Credit Suisse and UBS declined to comment, and the Swiss government did not
India's economic and banking system are strong even amid the turmoil currently rocking global markets, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. "Amidst a global crisis, today India’s economic system is strong, the banking system is strong. This is the power of our institutions," Modi s
A deal allowing the export of Ukrainian grain from Black Sea ports that was due to expire on Saturday has been renewed, Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said, while a Ukrainian government minister said the extension had been agreed for 120 days.
A senior official at the People's Bank of China said on Saturday the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) showed how rapid monetary policy shifts were having spillover effects, reports Reuters citing China’s state-owned newspaper Shanghai Securities News. Xuan Changneng, a deputy governor a
Dozens of Afghan businesswomen took part in an exhibition in Dubai remotely this week to promote carpets, jewellery, dried fruit and other handmade goods as part of a push to access international markets after work options for women shrunk in Afghanistan under the Taliban administration. The three
European Central Bank supervisors see no contagion for euro zone banks from recent turmoil, a source said on Friday, after US lenders threw First Republic Bank a $30 billion lifeline and tapped record amounts from the Federal Reserve. Large US banks on Thursday swooped in to rescue the San Francis
America’s consumers trimmed their spending in February after a buying burst in January, underscoring the volatility of the economic environment. The government said Wednesday that retail sales slipped 0.4 per cent after jumping a revised 3.2 per cent in January, helped by an increase in auto
Sri Lanka's economy shrank 7.8 per cent in 2022 from the previous year, government data showed on Wednesday, as the country struggled with its worst financial crisis in more than seven decades. The island's fourth-quarter GDP contracted 12.4 per cent, according to the figures. Sri Lanka's growth
