Economy
Pakistan
BMI View: The macroeconomic outlook remains precarious in Pakistan, as evidenced by multi-decade high inflation and gaping twin (current account and fiscal) deficits. Soaring oil...
2008-07-08India
BMI View: For faster expansion, the economy needs a much more benign monetary policy environment than it currently has, and in the end this boils down to resolving the core problem...
2008-07-07Sri Lanka
BMI View: Sri Lanka risks a full-blown economic crisis, if it does not bring rampant inflation under control. Other factors contributing to a potential crisis include the island's...
2008-07-04Sri Lanka
BMI View: Despite the economy's resilience in 2007, we envisage a deceleration of real GDP growth to 6.0% in 2008, because of the civil war, high inflation, and the slowdown in the...
2008-07-04Pakistan
The rupee has been subject to sharp volatility over recent months on the back of deteriorating fundamentals, a soaring oil import bill, sagging FX reserves and political turbulence....
2008-07-03Bangladesh
BMI View: Our growth forecast of 6.00% in FY07/08 (July-June) is subject to downside risks, owing to high inflation (which hit a 17-year high of 11.6% in December, before easing to...
2008-06-09India
BMI View: For faster expansion, the economy needs a much more benign monetary policy environment than it currently has, and in the end this boils down to resolving the core problem...
2008-05-30Pakistan
BMI View: We expect the SBP to maintain a watchful eye over price increases before its next policy meeting in July. When it last met in January, the central bank hiked the discount...
2008-04-11
