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Private sector got record loans for modern machinery’s imports during 2021, claims Farrukh

Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Sunday said the private sector got record loans under both the Temporary Economic Refinance Facility (TERF) and Long Term Financing Facility (LTFF) schemes of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) during 2021. Read more: Like the pandemic, PM Imran Khan vows to overcome inflation “This is … Read more

Govt working for private sector development: official

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KARACHI: The government is working to provide a better business environment to the private sector of the country, an official said on Thursday. Board of Investment (BOI) chairman and Minister of State Mohammad Azfar Ahsan while speaking at the two-day fifth “The Future Summit, said that the government wants the business community to expand its … Read more

Gulf economies see 3.1% growth in 2021 on higher oil production

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RIYADH: Gulf Cooperation Council countries’ economies are expected to have grown by a cumulative 3.1 per cent in 2021, reversing a 5.2 per cent decline last year, Arab News quoted a recent report by the GCC Statistical Centre. The predicted expansion in output is attributed to higher oil output, particularly in the fourth quarter. The elimination of … Read more

Central Bank of Iran (CBI) to issue national crypto

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The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) is in the procedure of having its virtual money (CBDC) issued, informed by a banking official.

The Central Bank of Iran seeks to cut the price of printing cash plus the risk of domestic private sector electric transactions.

CBI has been formulating itself for the past months to license imports of goods into the state through domestically mined cryptocurrencies (rial-based ones); i.e., Iran will shortly join the club of national cryptocurrency holders.

Only cryptos resulting from miners’ official by the Ministry of Industry, Mines, and Trade can be used, as per the new central bank announcement.

Authorized banks and exchange businesses that follow the CBI standards can pay for imports in cryptocurrencies.

The CBI has taken this unprecedented step in an effort to mitigate the impact of international sanctions on Iranian financial transactions with the rest of the world.

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Private sector borrowing posts sharp rise of 218% in FY21

Private sector borrowing posts sharp rise of 218% in FY21

KARACHI: The private sector borrowing registered a sharp increase of 218 per cent during the fiscal year 2020/21, owing to the enhanced commercial and industrial activities in the wake of the decline in the number of coronavirus cases during the period. According to the statistics issued by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Tuesday, … Read more