Tag: Macro stability
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Private Investment Halves in 6 Years: Pakistan’s Manufacturing Slump Explained
Overview: A Manufacturing Slowdown with Broad Economic Implications Pakistan’s manufacturing sector, long hailed as the backbone of economic growth and job creation, is facing one of its most significant slowdowns in recent memory. Recent data shows private investment in manufacturing has fallen by about half over the past six years, a decline that threatens not…
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Pakistan IMF Review Talks Begin on $7 Billion Loan Program
Overview: IMF Kick-off in Pakistan An IMF mission formally launched its review of Pakistan’s economic program, signaling the start of the biannual assessment of the $7 billion Extended Financing Facility (EFF) and the $1.1 billion Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF). The session, reported by Dawn on September 30, 2025, followed a preliminary kick-off meeting on…