With Imran Khan as the Prime Minister of the country, workers' remittance is an interesting data-point as a lot was expected in terms of Khan's popularity and support among the overseas Pakistanis. A one liner:

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What should an ideal farm policy consist of? According to OECD's 'Policy monitoring and evaluation' for 2019, efficient policies "clearly separate targeted measures that provide income support to farm households in need, from measures that

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One year is gone. There is not much to take home about the PTI economic team's performance. The team came totally unprepared, and on job training wasted some time, and additional cost incurred to an

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The London Metal Exchange's gold and silver futures are being thrown into doubt, with the imminent resignation of Societe Generale as a market maker threatening to deepen a decline in trading activity, three sources said.

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Copper prices rose on Wednesday from a two-year low in the previous session, helped by a weaker dollar, rising global stock markets and arbitrage trading after London prices dropped below levels in China. Benchmark copper

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Oil prices rose more than 4 percent on Wednesday, boosted by a wider market pickup on positive news from China, after three days of losses due to fears about a weakening global economy. Brent futures

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Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) futures rose on Wednesday, buoyed by strong Shanghai futures, as investors cleared short positions, pushing up prices. The benchmark TOCOM rubber contract for February delivery finished 4.3 yen ($0.0408) higher at

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Malaysian palm oil futures rose over 1% on Wednesday before paring some gains, lifted by higher overnight prices of soyaoil on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) and a technical correction. The benchmark palm oil

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Raw sugar futures edged lower on Wednesday, with the front month's discount narrowing as funds continued to roll a large net short position out of October into March. Arabica coffee prices rose, aided by a

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Gold rose more than 1% on Tuesday after weak manufacturing data from the United States reinforced fears of an economic downturn, while uncertainties over US-China trade ties and Brexit further boosted bullion's safe-haven appeal. Meanwhile,

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