Standing on its own feet
Standing on its own feet Mansoor Hassan Khan Published May 11, 2023 LISTEN TO ARTICLE1x1.2×1.5x ACCORDING to the Economic Affairs Division (EAD), as of June 30, 2022, the total external public debt of […]
IMF warns of ‘doomsday cycle’ risk
BY KEREM ALKIN APR 20, 2023 – DAILY SABAH In most of the world’s leading economies, increasing problems in the banking system, the asset-liability balance of the balance sheets, and […]
Malaysia’s new dawn?
Jan 11,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / M. Niaz Asadullah and Andrew Kam Jia Yi KUALA LUMPUR — In 2007, on the 50th anniversary of Malaysia’s independence, Nobel laureate economist Joseph […]
Are economists to blame for economic crises?
ANGUS DEATON December 26, 2022 As 2023 approaches, it is clear that an ever-growing number of people hold democratic capitalism in disrepute, and economists along with it. But how much […]
Pakistan in dire straits: Dawn
Editorial Notes The paper says mass layoffs seems almost inevitable, which will fuel even more social upheaval and public dissatisfaction. DEC 20, 2022 ISLAMABAD – With the government left with […]
The rise and fall of cryptocurrency
Hany Ghoraba Tuesday 19 Jul 2022 Despite the hype surrounding cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, recent price adjustments suggest there is a better future for more conventional assets, writes Hany Ghoraba […]
Pakistani microfinance pioneer wins Asia’s ‘Nobel Prize’
Source: Dawn A microfinance pioneer from Pakistan — who developed an interest-free microfinance programme — was among Tuesday’s winners of Asia’s equivalent to the Nobel Prize. Muhammad Amjad Saqib, 64, […]
Microsoft wins U.S. Army contract for augmented-reality headsets, worth up to $21.9 billion over 10 years
Source: CNBC By Jordan Novet, who is a CNBC technology reporter specializing in artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and Microsoft and other enterprise software companies and products. KEY POINTS Microsoft will […]
White House aides prep $3 trillion jobs package for Biden
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page By Phil Mattingly, CNN Updated 3:23 PM ET, Mon March 22, 2021 (CNN) White House advisers […]
With Covid relief passed, Biden prepares to stake his presidency and Democratic majorities on infrastructure
Source: CNBC PUBLISHED WED, MAR 10 20212:52 PM EST, By Thomas Franck @TOMWFRANCK KEY POINTS With President Joe Biden’s Covid stimulus package set to become law, the White House now […]
10% GDP growth? The U.S. economy is on fire, and is about to get stoked even more
Source: CNBC Economic growth in the first quarter could hit 10%, according to a Federal Reserve tracker. That comes with Congress poised to spend another $1.9 trillion to address various areas. Manufacturing is at its highest level since 2018, with prices rising and inventories choked. Employment remains the main weak […]
I’m A Restaurant Owner. Covid Has My Entire Industry Hanging By A Thread
Source: MSN Owning and operating a restaurant is like riding a rollercoaster. There are days of absolute highs, but there are also days of complete lows, when you’re just not […]
I’ve advised the government to release people in their twenties from lockdown. This is why
Source: Independent Of course, some lives will tragically be lost. But we need those 4.2 million people to return to work, forming a mini-economy run by and for the young […]
The IMF Officially Green-lighted the Acceptance of China’s Currency – the Yuan
Our favorite posts: The Story of the 12 Monkeys: The Successful Chinese Vaccine and A Moonshot Moment for the Muslims: Making Covid 19 Vaccine before the West and China Source: AB Qamar According […]
Islam’s Historical Contribution to Commerce and Finance
Source: The Muslim Heritage By: John M. Hobson The worst thing ethically and politically is to let [Eurocentric] separatism simply go on, without understanding the opposite of separatism, which is […]
The G-20 and the inequality crisis
Jul 08,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Helle Thorning-Schmidt Almost a decade ago, facing a near-collapse of the financial system and the risk of a depression, the world needed a new form of leadership to navigate and restore confidence in the global economy. That is why, in 2009, at his first global […]
Bill Gates On His Top 5 Books For Summer Reading
Noah Kirsch , FORBES STAFF I cover the world’s most successful people. In between board meetings at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation—the world’s largest private charity—Bill Gatesworks to sate […]
One person forced to flee every second in 2016, report says
DAILY SABAH WITH WIRES ISTANBUL Internally displaced people sit at a makeshift camp for IDPs in al-Jarahi, south of the Red Sea port city of Houdieda, Yemen, Feb. 22, 2017. […]
The Silk Road: Glorious Past and Even Brighter Future
By H.E. PANG Sen, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Iran The Silk Road: Glorious Past and Even Brighter Future May 22, 2017 Over 2,000 years ago, an official delegation sent by the Chinese Emperor arrived in this piece of land after an arduous long journey. The road he […]
An untold economic success story in Syria
May 19,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Hidden almost literally under the rubble of war in Syria is an economic success story that is rarely told. Hanan Odah is a 30-year-old Palestinian refugee living in Jaramana refugee camp in Damascus. She supports her family of three, displaced several times, from a thriving […]