Author: Mumtaz

Nearly one in five cars sold globally this year will be electric, with the prices of smaller EV models dropping to rival those of combustion engine cars in North America and Europe by the mid-2020s, the International Energy Agency (IEA) predicted on Wednesday.

The agency raised its EV sales forecasts in part because of the US Inflation Reduction Act, which supports green industry and subsidises consumers’ purchase of electric vehicles (EVs), IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said.

China features prominently, making up half the EVs on the road worldwide including battery-electric cars and plug-in hybrids, and with 60% of EV sales last year taking place there, according to the IEA.

The country has also seen prices for some smaller EV models edging lower towards those of their combustion engine equivalents, said the IEA’s Timar Guell.

Electric car sales globally are expected to surge 35% this year to 14 million, the report said, comprising 18% of the passenger car market, up from just 4% in 2020. Governments are investing in EV expansion for the environment and to decrease dependency on oil, demand for which will fall by 5 million barrels a day by 2030 because of the EV transition, Birol said.

巴基斯坦卢比周三上涨 0.03%，即 0.08 卢比，在银行间市场兑美元收于一个月高点 283.39 卢比，连续第二个工作日保持上涨势头。

在为期五天的开斋节假期后，货币市场恢复了卢比兑美元汇率。 在 4 月 20 日的前一个工作日，它收于 283.47 卢比/美元，上涨 0.15%，即 0.42 卢比。

市场谈话表明，卢比因希望恢复国际货币基金组织 (IMF) 贷款计划而逐渐走强。 到目前为止，美元的供应量仍然高于需求量，因为海外巴基斯坦人在斋月期间汇出的汇款明显增加。

历史数据表明，斋月之后资金流入放缓，而在开斋节（今年 6 月底下降）之前回升势头。

专家指出，在央行警告出口商未能在 2023 年 4 月 30 日之后按时将出口收益带回巴基斯坦后，美元供应量略有增加。

此外，陆军参谋长阿西姆穆尼尔将军于周二抵达中国，开始为期四天的访问。 市场认为此行可能会带来来自北京的新资金流，因为在恢复 70 亿美元的 IMF 计划之前，巴基斯坦需要友好国家再提供 30 亿美元的财政承诺。

早些时候，沙特阿拉伯和阿联酋承诺分别提供 20 亿美元和 10 亿美元。

与此同时，黄金价格上涨 450 卢比至每托拉（11.66 克）218,650 卢比，原因是人们猜测对贵金属的需求正在飙升。