Archive - SBP watch (and other hot takes)

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Investments in illiquid instruments of an insolvent sector are classified as MEDIUM risk by SECP 🤷‍♂️

May 17

This isn’t the usual stuff that I write about. The only relation to the subject of SBP is that it’s about extracting data from SBP’s PDF pages. There is…

May 13

In the last four months of Reza Baqir's tenure, SBP expanded its balance sheet by Rs.2.5 trillion.

May 4

Farewell Reza Baqir

May 3

SBP’s cash margin requirement are detrimental to telecom coverage and IT export potential of Pakistan

May 2

This post is written over iPhone. Apologies for typos. My review of three years of Reza Baqir as SBP Governor made me realize that last year I was…

Apr 30

A biased and non-comprehensive look at SBP Governor's three years

Apr 28

On foreign borrowing and partisanship of the CEC

Apr 27

The private sector has gotten so used to government handouts and subsidies that it is incapable of proposing fresh and original ideas.

Apr 26

Real world is not an Econ101 textbook. Human beings, including central bank governors, are not infallible.

Apr 22

Despite actions by SBP and the government to deter it, the car imports continue to increase.

Apr 19

SBP does not appreciate the side effects of its cash margin policy.

Apr 12

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