Pakistan economic indicators - March 12, 2007
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DAILY INDICATORS
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SATURDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 60.70/60.72 60.71/60.73
Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 60.73/60.78 60.73/60.78
Karachi 100-share index 11,413.12 11,283.84
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 12,908 12,960
Silver (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 240.00 240.00
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Treasury Bills Auction Results:
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Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Feb 28 Feb 14
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Three-months bills 8.6417 8.6417
Six-month bills 8.8142 8.8142
12-months bills 9.0046 9.0046
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results:
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Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Mar 05 (2007) Dec 21 (2006)
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9.10 pct coupon, three-Year PIB 9.3690 9.7393
9.30 pct coupon, five-Year PIB 9.7652 10.0017
9.60 pct coupon, 10-Year PIB 10.1988 10.5270
10 pct coupon, 15-Year PIB 10.9815 11.1005
10.50 pct coupon, 20-Year PIB Rejected 11.4203
11.00 Pct coupon, 30-Year PIB Rejected 11.7006
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending Mar 03 Feb 24
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Total liquid frx reserves $13.379 bln $13.342 bln
Forex held by central bank $11.062 bln $10.997 bln
Forex held by other banks $2.317 bln $2.345 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index
Change mth/mth (pct) January -0.88 0.47
Change Yr/Yr (pct) January 6.64 8.88
Wholesale price index
Change mth/mth (pct) January -1.21 0.37
Change Yr/Yr (pct) January 5.34 8.0
Trade Balance (FBS) February $-1.28 bln $-1.13 bln
Exports (FBS) February $1.29 bln $1.20 bln
Imports (FBS) February $2.57 bln $2.33 bln
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ANNUAL INDICATORS
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FISCAL YEAR 2005/06 2004/05
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Population (millions) **155.4 152.5
Per capita income **$847 *$742
External debt (billion dlr) **36.56 *35.83
Total F.Debt as pct of GDP **28.3 *32.3
Domestic debt (billion rupees) **2,267 *2,158
Total domestic debt as pct of GDP **29.4 *32.8
Gross domestic product growth **6.6 pct *8.6 pct
Manufacturing sector growth **8.6 pct *12.6 pct
Services sector growth **8.8 pct *8.0 pct
Agricultural sector growth **2.5 pct *6.7 pct
Commodity Producing sector growth **4.3 pct *9.2 pct
Average consumer price inflation *7.95 pct 9.28 pct
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) **3.4 *3.3
Trade balance (FBS July-June) **-$10.64 bln -$6.21 bln
Exports **$14.96 bln *$14.41 bln
Imports **$25.60 bln *$20.62 bln
Current a/c balance **-$4.70 bln -$1.53 bln
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-- = revised
-- = provisional
SBP = State Bank of Pakistan
FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics
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