Muhammad Ali Nasir

Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics, Analytics & International Business, Leeds Beckett University

The latest IMF Package: a Déjà vu for Pakistan?

Muhammad Ali Nasir & Muhammad Shahbaz - 20 November 2019

Pakistan’s dependence on IMF support has a long legacy. How might the country make this latest IMF package its last?

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TARGET2 imbalances and the stagnating political economy of Europe

Muhammad Ali Nasir - 09 February 2018

A new approach is needed to respond to secular stagnation and imbalances in the Eurozone

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A critique of proposed solutions to the German trade surplus

Muhammad Ali Nasir - 22 November 2017

Germany’s large trade surplus, especially with the US, has become a significant political issue, but remedying the situation is not straightforward

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Forecasting inflation amid uncertainty: have we forgotten the dog and the frisbee?

Muhammad Ali Nasir - 18 October 2017

The Bank of England’s inflation forecasts in the period since the Brexit vote have been largely inaccurate – is this because the Bank has forgotten the rule of thumb championed by its own chief economist? This is the fifth post in our series on the impact of uncertainty on social science

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