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Islamabad, March 26 2025: Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached an agreement to significantly reduce the country’s average tariffs by 43% over

Islamabad, March 12, 2025 – The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to maintain the policy rate at 12 percent. This decision reflects a balancing

Islamabad, February 20, 2025 – Pakistan’s economy is struggling under the weight of deep-rooted structural issues that threaten its long-term growth and global competitiveness. The

Islamabad, January 29, 2025 – The Economic Advisory Group (EAG) recognizes the proactive stance taken by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in its latest

In their handbook chapter on what explains a country’s comparative advantage, Nathan Nunn and Daniel Trefler show that countries with better contracting institutions produce more

The Economic Advisory Group (EAG) has expressed serious concerns regarding the inadequate response from the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in pre-empting the ongoing crisis.

EAG advises debt restructuring and warns against import substitution policies Policymakers must acknowledge difficult choices the country faces and overcome policy paralysis to avoid a

Agreement with lender driving country’s economic direction, targeted reforms ISLAMABAD: The latest IMF Country Report on Pakistan is out, and $1 billion are in. The

In its initial review of the recently released National Security Policy, the independent Economic Advisory Group (EAG) has welcomed the recognition of economics as the

Figure 1: Decomposition of Textile Exports into Price and Quantity Effects (based on PBS data as of 17th December 2021) The EAG in its vision

Economic Advisory Group (EAG) in its Vision document has strongly argued in favour of revisiting the support price regimes and the relevant laws that hinder

The Economic Advisory Group (EAG) has launched a document “New Vision for Economic Transformation”, which analyses the factors hindering the efficient allocation of resources hence

Responding to the announcement of formation of a “Macro-Economic Advisory Group” by the Government of Pakistan, the independent Economic Advisory Group (EAG) has issued a

Transformation of the Auto Industry needed from protection and indigenization to liberalization and integration The independent Economic Advisory Group (EAG) convened detailed deliberations to assay

The independent Economic Advisory Group has welcomed the federal government budget for announcing measures to boost industrial activity and export performance through wide scale tariff

The Economic Advisory Group (EAG), an independent policy network, recognises the need for achieving high growth rate, as stated by the new Finance Minister. However,

The Economic Advisory Group (EAG) met to deliberate on central bank autonomy in the context of the SBP Amendment Act, 2021, which the federal cabinet

In its third meeting, the Economic Advisory Group has outlined its vision for Pakistan’s industrial development breaking away from the mould of old industrial policy