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Pakistan / Economy
Headline consumer price inflation (CPI) came in at 10.1% y-o-y in January, up slightly from 9.7% in the previous month. Similarly, wholesale price inflation edged higher to 8.7% y-o-y, from 8.3% previously. The uptick in the headline rate was mainly due to an increase in the cost of utilities, with utilities inflation rising from 6.4% y-o-y to 7.7% in January. While the latest data...
2012-02-03India / Economy
While the government's decision to allow full foreign ownership in the country's single-brand retail sector is a positive step towards economic liberalisation, we highlight that the...
2012-02-03Sri Lanka / Economy
Citing problems of credibility, the country's minority Tamil political party - Tamil National Alliance (TNA) - rejected the government's investigation into the civil war. Furthermore,...
2012-02-03Country Risk Rating
India
While the government's decision to allow full foreign ownership in the country's single-brand retail sector is a positive step towards economic liberalisation, we highlight that the...
2012-02-03Sri Lanka
Citing problems of credibility, the country's minority Tamil political party - Tamil National Alliance (TNA) - rejected the government's investigation into the civil war. Furthermore,...
2012-02-03Pakistan
According to a report by the Free and Fair Election Network, the 38th or second to last sitting of the National Assembly in its fourth parliamentary year only lasted six days, from...
2012-02-03Bangladesh
Businesses across the country have expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in the capital city of Bangladesh - Dhaka - as 18 cases of murder, five jewellery...
2012-02-02Pakistan
Headline consumer price inflation (CPI) came in at 10.1% y-o-y in January, up slightly from 9.7% in the previous month. Similarly, wholesale price inflation edged higher to 8.7% y-o-y,...
2012-02-03India
Purchasing managers indices (PMI) for the month of January came in much stronger than expected, posing upside risk on our end-FY2011/12 (April-March) real GDP growth forecast of 6.8%....
2012-02-03Sri Lanka
Headline inflation hit a 26-month low of 3.8% y-o-y in January, falling sharply from 4.9% in the previous month. Meanwhile, core inflation remained unchanged at 4.7% y-o-y. The current...
2012-02-02Bangladesh
Remittance growth jumped from -9.0% y-o-y in November to 18.4% in December, with the monthly inflow hitting a record high of US$1,147.2mn in the last month of 2011. The total amount...
2012-02-02Afghanistan
BMI View: India is increasing its involvement in Afghanistan in preparation for the departure of most foreign combat troops at the end of 2014. New Delhi's main interest is to undermine...
2012-01-31Afghanistan
BMI View: Recent developments in Afghanistan, such as the assassination of former president Burhanuddin Rabbani, have turned up the heat on the Haqqani insurgent network and Pakistan's...
2011-10-03India
While we are wary of reading too much into opinion poll data in India, the latest round of surveys reflects a growing mood of disenchantment towards the scandal-hit Indian National...
2011-09-29Afghanistan
BMI View: The death of Osama bin Laden will increase calls for the US to reduce the number of its troops in Afghanistan. Washington may soon reappraise its military presence there,...
2011-05-04
