Atif Mian
I do finance and macro ... with data, at Princeton. Author, House of Debt. اک نقطے وچ گل مکدی اے
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A🧵on what Feb 8 elections mean for Pakistan Pakistan’s economy has consistently fallen behind globally – last year was one of the worse, with the economy actually contracting Eve...
Are high interest rates likely to be more permanent? The answer is often framed in terms of r*, the natural rate of interest r* is the interest rate that balances supply and dema...
A 🧵comparing Ghana, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, and what it teaches us about dealing with crises ... Ghana and Sri Lanka formally defaulted during the last two years, Pakistan did not...
A dive into recent data suggests that Pakistan's economy is going off the rails First, exports ... there was a global surge in exports post-covid, but around 2nd quarter 2022, Pak...
SVB collapsed because of their exposure to interest rate risk A 🧵 on interest rate risk at the macro level - which deserves more attention in my view 1/
Pakistan's economy is in deep crisis a long 🧵
🇵🇰 PM voted out of office by parliament after 3.5 years He inherited a bad economy, but leaves it in even worse shape 🧵
Afghanistan is experiencing the mother of all "sudden stops" i.e. economic collapse resulting from a sudden stop of foreign money that was financing a large trade deficit Afghani...
1/ On Pakistan's #IndependenceDay2018 , why is the country still far from economic independence? (e.g. seeking its largest bail out ever this year) I'll focus on last 5 years as...