2.2 Data
The figures and statistics for this study are obtained from International Financial Statistics (IFS) CD-ROM
(2008) issued by International Monetary Fund, Pakistan Economic Survey (various issues), and Pakistan
Statistical Year Book 2008. The data includes statistics and figures for government expenditure, government
revenue, primary surplus/deficit, consumption of private sector, real interest rate and real exchange rate; tax and public debt scaled by GDP for the time period of 1971 to 2008.