Gorgin Khan
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Bro there is a big difference between borrowing from local commercial banks and SBP. What happened in the past is this injection was balanced off by subsidizized dollar to contain inflation compounding our BoP situation. This SBP autonomy is an absolute must for sustainable growth so we don't end up with the same cycle of repeated boom (artificial growth) and bust (correction phase).
Fisical deficit needs to be financed that's why government borrows. Our deficit is not due to government spending ( primary deficit) but due to debt and interest payments. ( Primary deficit + debt obligations = fiscal deficit).
You and I both know what has caused the circular debt to spiral out of control. Unless we adjust capacity payments completely in tariff circular debt will rise ( this is the main reason why IMF is demanding increase in electricity tariff). Our recovery head at Disco level is at 97% a huge increase , our T&D losses are grossly unchanged ( marginally decreased as well). On the other hand our capacity payments have swelled to trillion rupees a year due to coming online of 2015 IPP's. Government has contained this Capacity payment increase to ~ 400-500b range ( same level as plmn years when capacity payments were just 400b per year) by tariff increase and increasing collection under recovery head and marginal reduction of T&D losses ( T&D losses are built into tariff for decades).
Remember PPP left circular debt at just 200b per year vs now projected 1.4 trillion in 2023 due to IPP's under 2015 policy.
Please please tell me you know the difference between BORROWING from the local banks through T bills etc and simply printing money through state bank………
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Please before you try to be Ishaq Dar at least read your grade five economics book.
And where in economics is this borrowed money coming from to banks ? doesn't State bank regulate banks ? Borrowed money is also printed Money which is either in form of bank deposits + savings coming from common man etc or the State bank prints currency to replace old currency , maintain supply demand ,issues bonds , Bills to borrow money ....
Now if the government borrows from state bank or commercial bank its the same because currency + policy being controlled by state bank .... Secondly Internal debts includes money borrowed from State + commercial Banks . Just the actors has changed governer of state bank can print money without any check and balance to support the policy of qareebi yaar dosts Local+International (IMF) through influencing and lending through commercial banks...... There will be no check and Balance...... This is called free flow of currency