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Pakistan to achieve new $8 billion cope with IMF by finish of July, US Financial institution – Enterprise & Financial system

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

Financial institution of America expects Pakistan to achieve an settlement with the Worldwide Financial Fund (IMF) on a brand new four-year program value as much as $8 billion by the tip of July. The financial institution additionally predicted enormous returns on Pakistan’s 2027 worldwide bonds.

Pakistan accomplished a $3 billion short-term standby settlement final month, however Islamabad has careworn the necessity for a brand new, longer-term program.

Nicola Apostolov, a Citibank official, wrote in a notice to purchasers that though long-term challenges stay, we see a lot of optimistic drivers supporting eurobonds.

The 2027 maturity is buying and selling at 87.292 cents on the greenback, in accordance with Tradeweb information.

The nation’s short-dated 2025 and 2026 bonds are buying and selling at 91 to 96 cents, a pointy rebound from late final 12 months.

Pakistan’s worldwide bonds had fallen to a mean of 20 cents to the greenback in 2022.

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2024-05-14 09:58:41

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The IMF has predicted the economic growth of Pakistan to be 2 percent this year – Business & Economy

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released a report on Pakistan’s economy.

According to the IMF report, the current fiscal year GDP rate is predicted to be 2 percent, the next fiscal year GDP rate is expected to be 3.5 percent.

According to the report, unemployment rate is expected to be 8% this fiscal year, unemployment rate is predicted to be 7.5% next fiscal year.

In the report, the inflation rate in the current fiscal year is expected to be 24.8 percent and the inflation rate in the next fiscal year is expected to be 12.5 percent.

IMF team reached Pakistan to discuss two different bailout packages

According to the IMF, exports are expected to exceed $31.20 billion this fiscal year, while exports are expected to exceed $34.41 billion in fiscal year 2024-25.

The IMF did not specify the date of the visit, nor the size or duration of the program.

“The acceleration of reforms is now more important than the size of the programme, which will be guided by the package of reforms and the balance of payments,” the IMF statement said.

Pakistan narrowly avoided default last summer and its $350 billion economy has stabilized since the end of the last IMF program.

Pakistan is still dealing with a fiscal shortfall, while it has controlled its external account deficit through import controls.