KARACHI: An increase in the time span of measures taken to curtail the Covid-19 pandemic spread in Pakistan will severely impact the economy, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said in a recently released video. The longer the measures are in place, the more the severe the impact will be on the economy.” the SBP claimed. “This will suppress economic activity and potentially create an existential threat to micro and small business,” the SBP said. The videos include Covid-19’s impact on the economy, the economy’s vulnerability, and how Pakistan is responding to the pandemic. Mostly, the videos are an attempt to distil already available SBP information on the pandemic in digestible video format.

Source: Pakistan Today June 08, 2020 19:07 UTC