Pakistan : Request for an Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Pakistan.

Pakistan's economy is at a critical juncture. Misaligned economic policies, including large fiscal deficits, loose monetary policy, and defense of an overvalued exchange rate, fueled consumption and short-term growth in recent years, but steadily eroded macroeconomic buffers, increased external...

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企業作者: International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept
格式: 雜誌
語言:English
出版: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
叢編:IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2019/212
在線閱讀:Full text available on IMF
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