ICCI Calls For Solid Measures In Budget To Reduce Inflation
Faizan Hashmi Published June 03, 2019 | 12:57 PM
The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry has called upon the government to take solid measures in the forthcoming budget to reduce inflation as rising inflation has significantly squeezed the purchasing power of people due to which business activities were badly suffering
ISLAMABAD (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 03rd June, 2019) The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry has called upon the government to take solid measures in the forthcoming budget to reduce inflation as rising inflation has significantly squeezed the purchasing power of people due to which business activities were badly suffering.Ahmed Hassan Moughal President, Rafat Farid Senior Vice President and Iftikhar Anwar Sethi Vice President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry said that during the PTI government, inflation has increased manifold due to which business centers and markets were facing sufficient slowdown in purchasing activities even in Eid days and this situation was a cause of great concerns for business community.Ahmed Hassan Moughal said that government has twice increased prices of POL products while rates of gas and electricity have also been enhanced.
He said the value of rupee has depreciated sufficiently while policy interest rate has also been hiked. All these measures have given rise to great inflation apart from enhancing the cost of doing business.
He said that Pakistan's exports were already struggling and growth of businesses was mostly dependent on the domestic market. But due to rising inflation, purchasing activity has gone down sharply causing slump in business activities.
He said if this trend continued, there would be further slowdown in economy, therefore, he urged that government should devise a comprehensive strategy to reduce inflation and improve the purchasing power of consumers in order to facilitate the growth of business activities that would result into to early revival of economy.
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