By Swati Bhat and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam
MUMBAI/ISLAMABAD, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Inflation in
Pakistan could average 33% in the first half of 2023 before
trending lower, and a bailout from the International Monetary
Fund alone is unlikely to put the economy back on track, a
senior economist with Moody's Analytics told Reuters.
"Our view is that an IMF bailout alone isn't going to be
enough to get the economy back on track. What the economy really
needs is persistent and sound economic management," senior
economist Katrina Ell said in an interview on Wednesday.
"There's still an inevitably tough journey ahead. We're
expecting fiscal and monetary austerity to continue well into
2024," she added.
(Reporting by Swati Bhat; Editing by Kim Coghill)
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