Pakistan Quarterly Trade Bulletin: Third Quarter Review FY18 & GSP Plus Issue Volume 1, Issue 1 (January – March 2018)
USAID | March 2018
Abstract
Pakistan‟s economy managed to build upon the growth momentum from fiscal year (FY) 2016-17 and grew by 5.8% during FY18. This was contributed by the growth in; a) commodity producing sectors i.e. agriculture (3.8%) and manufacturing (6.2%), and b) services sector which registered a provisional full year growth of 6.4% (Table 1). Overall macroeconomic stability contributed to business confidence in the country. Investment to GDP ratio increased from 16.1% in FY17 to 16.4% in FY18 on the back of improved energy supplies, low policy rate, higher public sector development program (PSDP) spending, and expected timely completion of early harvest projects under CPEC program. Despite of expansion in most sectors of the economy and expansion in government expenditures, inflation (growth in consumer price index) was curtailed below 4% in FY18.
Citation
USAID. 2018. Pakistan Quarterly Trade Bulletin: Third Quarter Review FY18 & GSP Plus Issue Volume 1, Issue 1 (January – March 2018). © Sustainable Development Policy Institute. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/12660.Keywords
Free Trade
Trade Facilitation
Trade
Economic integration
Regional Economic Integration
Intraregional Trade
Macroeconomic
Macroeconomic Analysis
Macroeconomic Framework
Macroeconomic Models
Macroeconomic Performance
Macroeconomic Planning
Macroeconomic Policies
Macroeconomic Reform
Macroeconomic Stabilization
Tariff
SMEs
Economic criris
Economic planning
Economic structure
Growth policy
Trade relations
Trade policy
Economic development
Economies in transition
International economy
Border integration
Economic integration
Gross domestic product
Trade Regulations
Exchange Rate
Economic zones
Protection
Imports
Exports
Global supply chains
Value chain
Regional economics
Economic forecasting
Economic development projects
Success in business
Business
Free trade
Business
Economics
Communication in economic development
Restraint of trade
International economic integration
Trade blocs
East-West
Exchange rates
Economic Zones
Value chains
Wages and labor productivity
Efficiency wage theory
Income Distribution
Black market
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