Govt Likely To Miss GDP Growth Target of 6% in FY18

PML(N) government is likely to miss the set target of 6% for GDP growth rate in the fiscal year 2017-18 as it failed to achieve various macroeconomic indicators.

In the recent weeks, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) released their assessments of the the Pakistani economy and predicted that GDP growth rate might surpass the level of previous fiscal year but it is unlikely to achieve the set target of 6% set by the government and its former finance minister Ishaq Dar.

SBP in its financial statement said:

Midway through the fiscal year 2017-18, prospects for Pakistan’s economy surpassing last year’s growth rate appear strong.

It further stated, “Real GDP growth is expected to surpass last year’s decade-high growth rate of 5.3 percent”.

The World Bank projects that Pakistan’s GDP growth rate will be 5.5 per on the back of continued robust domestic consumption, rising investment, and a recovery in exports.


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In its new Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2018, ADB projects gross domestic product (GDP) growth for Pakistan at 5.6% in FY2018 as fiscal challenges and wider current account deficits take effect.

In the last financial year of 2016-17, the government also failed to achieve GDP growth rate of 5.7 percent but pushed hard for the economic growth at 5.28%.

These organizations pointed out similar weaknesses in the economy and the policies including wider trade and current account deficit, fiscal issues and slow progress and performance of industrial and agriculture.

“Pakistan’s economic prospects in the coming years remain positive if budget and current account deficits are reduced and exports are rejuvenated by improving the country’s competitiveness,” said Xiaohong Yang, ADB Country Director for Pakistan.

“Pakistan can maintain a stronger growth trajectory through domestic and regional stability, improving overall competitiveness, revitalizing public sector enterprises, as well as timely completion and effective use of infrastructure projects.”


  • “Likely”, “might be”, “probably” are words quite often used by ProPakistani in recent posts when it comes to letting down current government. Keep it up guys, you can bring PTI in power :)

    Title purposely is trying to hide the fact that 5.5% was the highest in recent years.


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