Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based weekly inflation for the week ended on May 19 for the combined consumption group, witnessed an increase of 1.42pc as compared to the previous week. The SPI for the week under review in the above mentioned group was recorded at 175.08 points against 172.63 points registered in the previous […]
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Pakistan’s trade deficit swells by 34%
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit widened by 34 per cent in the outgoing fiscal year (FY2020-21) since last year, data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) showed. During the fiscal year 2020-21, the trade deficit widened by 34.10 percent to $31.05 billion from $23.15 billion during the July-June period of the fiscal year 2019-20, […]
Pharmaceutical products export increase record 28.38%
ISLAMABAD: The export of pharmaceutical products, as compared to the last year, rose to 28.38 percent during the first 10 months of FY 2020-21. According the data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, during the period from July-April 20-21, the pharma products worth $226,593 thousand exported as compared to worth $176,497 thousand of same […]
Green indicators for GDP growth rate?
Amid the emerging differences in figures regarding GDP estimates and indicators, the National Accounts Committee recently announced growth rates that ironically increased the controversy surrounding the same. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had initially estimated rates at 2.5 percent and 1.5 percent respectively in contrast to the […]
Tarin says PBS revamped to get proper statistics for better policy interventions
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin on Sunday said that the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics was revamped in order to make it an independent institution to get proper statistics for better policy interventions. Addressing a virtual press briefing, he said that it was not functioning under the Ministry of Finance. To a […]
2018 elections cannot be held based on census results: PBS
LAHORE: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) told the Senate on Friday that the 2018 elections could not be held on the basis of the 2017 census results. PBS Chief Census Commissioner Asif Bajwa told the Senate Standing Committee on Privatisation and Statistics that the elections would be delayed in case the government persists on […]