{"id":281451,"date":"2022-09-05T08:28:53","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T03:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=281451"},"modified":"2022-09-05T08:28:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T03:28:53","slug":"miftah-confirms-10b-flood-loss-spells-out-economic-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/miftah-confirms-10b-flood-loss-spells-out-economic-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Miftah confirms $10b flood loss, spells out economic plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nFinance Minister Miftah Ismail has endorsed estimates by experts that Pakistan\u2019s losses from floods stood at $10 billion.<br \/>\nIn an interview with Bloomberg, the finance minister also spelled out his economic plan.<br \/>\nMiftah Ismail said that he would rely on old-school methods to control a balance of payment crisis.<br \/>\nThe minister \u201cwants to break a boom-and-bust cycle that\u2019s played out for decades, and help the nation to finally learn to live within its means,\u201d Bloomberg said.<br \/>\nMiftah Ismail said that import payments should equal dollar inflows, which means curbs on luxury items may remain in place for longer than currently anticipated, the American media outlet quoted him as saying.<br \/>\nHe said that the gross domestic production (GDP) was to remain above 3.5% for the current fiscal year against the budgetary target of 5%.<br \/>\nThe finance minister said that vegetable prices \u2014 which shot up after floods \u2014 were seeing a reduction after the recent government measures.<br \/>\nMiftah said that inflation running at the highest in 47 years at 27.3%, was close to its peak and would average 15% for the year.<br \/>\nThe finance minister also said that Pakistan will secure a $1 billion investment within one month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has endorsed estimates by experts that Pakistan\u2019s losses from floods stood at $10 billion. 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