Pakistan: The ebbing of foreign investment inflows
The statistics released by the SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) on foreign private investment inflows, direct and portfolio, reveal an almost catastrophic drop in these inflows in the last two…
SBP launches riyal, dirham Naya Pakistan Certificates
State Bank has announced it will issue Naya Pakistan Certificates in Saudi riyal and UAE dirham, but the returns are slightly lower than those for US dollar investments. The central…
China’s moderately loose monetary policy continues to show effects: the central bank
China’s moderately loose monetary policy continued to show effects in the first quarter, with financial aggregates expanding at a reasonable pace and social financing conditions remaining accommodative, the central bank…
China approves spatial coordination plan for modern capital metropolitan area
The Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council have issued approval for the spatial coordination plan for the modern capital metropolitan area (2023-2035), marking a major new…