{"id":100502,"date":"2025-03-12T14:40:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T14:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=100502"},"modified":"2025-03-12T14:40:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T14:40:21","slug":"moodys-upgrades-pakistans-banking-sector-outlook-to-positive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2025\/100502\/","title":{"rendered":"Moody\u2019s upgrades Pakistan\u2019s banking sector outlook to positive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pakistan(National Times)- According to Bloomberg, \u201cThe positive outlook mirrors the Government of Pakistan\u2019s own positive outlook,\u201d Moody\u2019s stated, noting that Pakistani banks maintain significant exposure to sovereign risk through substantial holdings of government securities. Economic growth projections have brightened considerably, with Moody\u2019s forecasting a 3% expansion in 2025, up from 2.5% in 2024 and a contraction of 0.2% in 2023. According to Moody\u2019s, inflation is expected to ease dramatically to around 8% in 2025, down from an average of 23% in 2024.  The improved outlook stems largely from Pakistan\u2019s enhanced government liquidity and stronger external position compared to 2024. Moody\u2019s highlighted the 37-month $7 billion IMF Extended Fund Facility approved in September 2024 as providing \u201ca credible source of external financing for Pakistan for the next few years.\u201d Last year, Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb said that the Pakistan Economy Dashboard (PED) would help promote transparency, ensure data accessibility, and serve as an interactive platform for data analysis. \u201cData is the new oil. The point is what you do with that data,\u201d the minister remarked while addressing the launching ceremony of the Pakistan Economy Dashboard. Initially, it can\u2019t just be raw data that would need to be transformed through data analytics, for this purpose there is need to create an interactive platform like PED.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan(National Times)- According to Bloomberg, \u201cThe positive outlook mirrors the Government of Pakistan\u2019s own positive outlook,\u201d Moody\u2019s stated, noting that Pakistani banks maintain significant exposure to sovereign risk through substantial holdings of government securities. 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