Tag: Inflation
Bad governance leading to food inflation
Good times are not easy to come by, especially if you happen to be a Pakistani. With every passing day, one witnesses one sector...
Weekly inflation goes up by 0.15 per cent
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended on August 25, for the lowest income group up to Rs.3,000, has registered nominal increase...
Inflation mars Eid festivities for the poor
People belonging to the lower and lower-middle class of the country have thronged to Landa Bazaars to buy second hand clothes for themselves and...
GCU Hostel fees reduced amid inflation
Government College University (GCU) Lahore Vice Chancellor Dr Khaleequr Rehman has reduced the hostel fees by 35 percent in order to facilitate the outstation...
Weekly inflation witnesses nominal increase
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), for the week that ended on August 11, 2011, for the lowest income group of up to Rs3,000, has...
Inflation mars celebrations
Owing to the high price of Independence Day merchandise, a majority of citizens was unable to buy flags and buntings to celebrate the 64th...
High inflation expected in coming months: PIDE Survey
According to inflation expectations survey released by Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), people are optimistic about increase of growth rate in the coming...
Inflation increased 13.77 per cent before Ramadan
Consistent increase in energy prices lead to the consumers’ woes as consumer price index based inflation increased 13.77 per cent in July. Secretary Federal...
Inflation fight a policy priority, says CCB
China pledged to keep to a "prudent" monetary policy for the rest of the year to combat inflation, which is stubbornly fixed near a...
Inflation rose by 76pc during the last four years
Inflation remained in double-digits in the four year term of the present government eroding the purchasing power of the country’s poverty-hit masses. Analysts have...
High inflation hampers economic recovery
Rising inflation and flat investment have kept the world’s economic recovery stuck in reverse, a latest Global Economic Conditions survey from ACCA (the Association...
Food inflation multiplying the miseries
Food inflation in Pakistan has witnessed a record rise, triggering prices of essential daily food items including rice, sugar, cooking oil, milk, pulse masoor,...
Inflation top priority for chinese govt
China's premier and the country's central bank governor vowed on Monday to prevent stubbornly high inflation from upending the economy, reinforcing expectations for more...
Inflation docked at 13.93pc for FY11
The average inflation for the financial year 2010-11 remained at 13.93 per cent. According to the Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) the Consumer Price...
Closure of CNG stations for 3 days strongly condemned
Government has increased the CNG prices up to 70 percent which is completely unjustified.
These decisions of the government have devastated impact on already ailing...
Govt hit masses with CNG bomb on new fiscal: PEW
The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Friday said government has hit masses hard with CNG bomb on the eve of new financial year.
Government is...
China accepts inflation fears
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao signalled for the first time that China would struggle to meet its four percent inflation target this year, underlining expectations...
