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IMF) will support formulating a new economic programme for Pakistan if its new government asks for one, a spokesperson said on Friday, and added that the fund encourages fair resolution of all electoral disputes. Pakistan's cash-strapped economy is struggling to stabilise after securing a $3 billion standby arrangement from the IMF last summer, with record inflation, rupee devaluation and shrinking foreign reserves.

In a recent conversation with ETMarkets, Shilpa Rout, AVP — Research, Prabhudas Lilladher, shared her remarkable journeyand insights into women's participation in the financial sector. Hailing from Odisha, Shilpa embarked on a career path in capital markets, driven by her fascination with stock trading. Despite initial aspirations in marketing, she found her true calling in derivatives trading, leveraging internships to build expertise and confidence in the field.

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UK Secretary of State for Business and Trade Kemi Badenoch has said. The minister in charge of signing off on the free trade agreement (FTA), now in its 14th round of negotiations, pointed to India's «protectionist economy» in comparison with the UK's liberalised regime as one of the factors behind the long-drawn discussions. Badenoch, who was speaking during a Global Trade conference at the think tank Chatham House on Thursday, stressed that she wanted to ensure a “commercially meaningful” pact as opposed to just a pre-election picture opportunity.

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Joe Biden called for higher taxes on corporations Thursday in his State of the Union address, while pushing for lower medicine costs and improved housing affordability, as he sought to allay concerns over the economy. The 81-year-old outlined his agenda in the annual speech, in an effort to speak to voters' worries while taking credit for the recovery of the world's biggest economy as he seeks reelection this year.

China's unfair economic practice, standing up for peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and revitalising its partnership with nations like India, US President Joe Biden has said. In his last State of the Union address before the November election, Biden said the US wants competition with China, but not conflict. Biden on Thursday told Americans that the country is in a stronger position to win the competition for the 21st Century against Beijing.

China unleashed the full might of its solar energy industry last year. It installed more solar panels than the United States has in its history. It cut the wholesale price of panels it sells by nearly half. And its exports of fully assembled solar panels climbed 38% while its exports of key components almost doubled. Get ready for an even bigger display of China's solar energy dominance. While the United States and Europe are trying to revive renewable energy production and help companies fend off bankruptcy, China is racing far ahead.

The nation’s economy likely produced another month of healthy hiring in February, once again brushing aside the effects of high interest rates with unexpected ease

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interest rates beckoning on the horizon. The S&P 500 rallied 1% to set its 16th all-time high so far this year. It's been on a terrific run and is on track for its 17th winning week in the last 19 after erasing the last of its losses from Monday and Tuesday.

Manish Gunwani, Head — Equities, Bandhan AMC, says “there seems to be a fairly significant shift of sourcing from China and other countries to India. The good part is that in a lot of these segments, India has a big domestic market. So the expertise gets built and a lot of the companies are part domestic part exports. So one is just not playing only the domestic capex cycle, especially for the product makers. One is also playing this optionality that in a very big global market, they may become fairly large companies.” You have been talking about capex and infrastructure, stepping into elections. What is your narrative on the entire capex theme? And what happens post that if the government continues, which seems to be likely and the market also seems to be pricing it as of now? In that case, focus would be on private capex picking up because up until now, we have been running on government capex push. Manish Gunwani: This is not a very broad based capex theme like during 2002-2008, both in India and globally. For example, if commodity prices are soft, you cannot expect too much of capex from the steel guys, from the upstream oil and gas guys etc. But there are segments, obviously, like energy transition and power which are doing well.

Asif Ali Zardari is set to be elected as the next President of Pakistan, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that there will be strong coordination between them, according to ARY News. Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-chairman and former Pakistan President Asif Zardari will be the candidate of the allied parties in the presidential election on March 9, Sharif said while speaking at a dinner hosted in honour of the allied parties' leaders.

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The Bank of Canada left its benchmark interest rate unchanged on Wednesday and signalled it’s still too soon to ease monetary policy despite recent cooling in inflation.

Fort McKay First Nation and Suncor Energy announced Thursday they’re partnering on a prospective oilsands lease development on the northeast corner of reserve lands.

NEW DELHI : Rating agency Moody's on Thursday raised its forecast for India's GDP growth in FY24 to 8% from 6.6% on the back of strong government expenditure and domestic consumption. The upgrade comes a week after the rating agency raised its forecast for India's GDP growth in calendar 2024 to 6.8% from 6.1%.

In May 1988, Alejandra Arévalo became the first female geologist to enter an underground mine in Chile. In doing so, she defied a popular myth: that a woman brings bad luck by venturing into a mine. She also broke the law.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday that Congress' inaction in approving new U.S. aid to Ukraine is «nothing short of a gift» to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iran and other adversaries as Ukrainian forces run short of ammunition to fight Russia's invasion.