KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Acting Governor Dr Murtaza Syed launched the EasyData portal that offers economic and financial time series data on more than 7,000 variables.
Dr Syed, prior to a panel discussion, stated that the initiative was aimed at modernising Pakistan and its economic data.
“We need to become accountable and transparent and this is the first step to fulfil the aim,” he said. “Communication is the key now and we are making a lot of improvements there.”
The EasyData portal offers indicator- as well as data set-wise information to users who can sign up by using their email ids.
The data of rupee against the US dollar dates back to the creation of the central bank in 1957 while the interest rate data starts from July 2015. A user can check remittances data from year 1972 onwards. However, the data of Kibor is only available from 2008 onwards. Several other indicators are also available on the EasyData portal.
The portal also has a page where daily figures of the stock market indices are available. Similarly, all data and archive that is available under SBP’s economic data tab is also available on the portal.
