Govt implements IMF system for releasing GDP growth figures quarterly
(WorldNews Pakistan)

Islamabad : In a bid to restore credibility of official statistics, Pakistan has implemented the IMF’s Enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS) for releasing essential macroeconomic data on the national accounts including moving in stages for calculating and releasing GDP growth figures on quarterly basis. “There are different stages for implementing e-GDDS of the IMF for advancing towards best international practices and one of the target is coming up with calculating and releasing GDP growth on quarterly basis,� one top Pakistani official confirmed to The News here on Wednesday. The last PML-N led regime had started calculating GDP growth on quarterly basis but...