Amid a glooming economy, Pakistan is the most vulnerable to balance of payment (BOP) crises among the South Asian sovereigns with the lowest level of exports of 10.5 per cent of GDP, Business Recorder reported citing a report by Moody's Investors Services.
In the second quarter of 2023 (Q2'23), the European Union (EU) seasonally adjusted current account of the balance of payments recorded a surplus of Euro 73.0 billion (+1.7 per cent of GDP), compared with a surplus of EUR60.6 billion (+1.5 per cent of GDP) in Q1'23 and a deficit of Euro 32.6
One of the standout features of India's BoP in Q1: 2023-24 was the substantial narrowing of the Current Account Deficit (CAD). The CAD decreased to USD 9.2 billion, equivalent to 1.1 per cent of GDP, showing an improvement from US$ 17.9 billion, or 2.1 per cent of GDP, in the same quarter of
By December 2022, Pakistan's external debt had reached USD 126 billion; accounting for 35 per cent of its GDP. The problem is an outcome of legacy issues plaguing the Pak economy including dwindling foreign exchange reserves, high inflation, a lack of foreign investments and balance of payme
The next tranche of the IMF bailout package would depend on Pakistan's quick measures to arrange for full financing of its balance of payments deficit for the fiscal year 2022-23.
Notwithstanding the fact that crisis-hit country has completed a major part of IMF conditionality, glitches still remain with regard to external financing requirement.
India's current account balance recorded a deficit of USD 36.4 billion (4.4 per cent of GDP) in Q2 of 2022-23 (July-September), up from USD 18.2 billion (2.2 per cent of GDP)1 in Q1 (April-June), RBI's balance of payments (BoP) data showed on Thursday.
The visit of the IMF monitoring mission scheduled for October end has been delayed amid the differences between Islamabad's commitment to the IMF on fiscal consolidation and its actual decisions.
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): The monetary policy tightening in the US and the subsequent strength in the dollar could continue to be a source of volatility for Indian equities in the coming months, due to their negative effect on earnings and balance of payments, said Morgan Stanle
Canberra [Australia], July 13 (ANI): Pakistan's foreign policy is in disarray as no country has come to offer it extraordinary support amid rising inflation and a balance-of-payments crisis.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 22 (ANI): India's current account deficit (CAD) declined to $13.4 billion in January-March 2022 from $22.2 billion recorded in the previous quarter, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday.