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      <title>Inflation rate dropped to 4.5% in 2024-25: Finance ministry</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Ministry of Finance on Monday released the monthly economic outlook report, which stated that the growth rate in the fiscal year 2024-25 stood at 2.68 per cent, while the inflation rate dropped significantly from 23.4 per cent to 4.5 per cent.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;According to the outlook, the fiscal deficit has also come down to 3.1 per cent of GDP.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For the first time in 14 years, a current account surplus of $2.1 billion was recorded on an annual basis, indicating economic stability&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The agricultural sector also showed improvement, where agricultural loans increased by 16.6 per cent and their volume exceeded Rs2300 billion.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Imports of agricultural machinery increased by 20 per cent, while urea fertiliser consumption increased by 3.4 per cent and DAP fertiliser by 20 per cent.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;According to the report, the production of large-scale manufacturing industries increased by 2.3% on an annual basis in May 2025, while remittances, exports, imports, and foreign investment also saw significant increases last year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) recorded a 26.3 per cent increase in revenue and a 62.7 per cent increase in non-tax revenue.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Remittances increased from $30 billion to over $38 billion.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Exports registered a 4.2 per cent increase and imports an 11.1 per cent hike, while the country’s financial reserves reached $19.9 billion, according to the report.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Ministry of Finance on Monday released the monthly economic outlook report, which stated that the growth rate in the fiscal year 2024-25 stood at 2.68 per cent, while the inflation rate dropped significantly from 23.4 per cent to 4.5 per cent.</strong></p>
<p>According to the outlook, the fiscal deficit has also come down to 3.1 per cent of GDP.</p>
<p>For the first time in 14 years, a current account surplus of $2.1 billion was recorded on an annual basis, indicating economic stability</p>
<p>The agricultural sector also showed improvement, where agricultural loans increased by 16.6 per cent and their volume exceeded Rs2300 billion.</p>
<p>Imports of agricultural machinery increased by 20 per cent, while urea fertiliser consumption increased by 3.4 per cent and DAP fertiliser by 20 per cent.</p>
<p>According to the report, the production of large-scale manufacturing industries increased by 2.3% on an annual basis in May 2025, while remittances, exports, imports, and foreign investment also saw significant increases last year.</p>
<p>The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) recorded a 26.3 per cent increase in revenue and a 62.7 per cent increase in non-tax revenue.</p>
<p>Remittances increased from $30 billion to over $38 billion.</p>
<p>Exports registered a 4.2 per cent increase and imports an 11.1 per cent hike, while the country’s financial reserves reached $19.9 billion, according to the report.</p>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 00:42:22 +0500</pubDate>
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