Advertisement
X

Running On Empty

Were it not for IMF's stringent discipline, Pakistan's fiscal health would have been worse.

  • Net public sector domestic debt is 108 per cent of GDP

  • Net external debt is 201 per cent of exports (better than only Bolivia at 202)

  • Liquid reserves, including gold, are only $1.2 billion

  • Average inflation rate is 10 per cent

  • Gross national savings rate stagnates at 13 per cent of GDP

  • Government revenues is 17 per cent of GDP.
  • Published At:
    US