Pakistan economic indicators - November 01.
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DAILY INDICATORS
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SATURDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 61.25/61.35 61.30/61.40
Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 61.80/61.90 61.65/61.75
Karachi 100-share index 5,332.24 5,367.68
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 8,408 N/A
Silver.999 (Rs/kg) 11,570 11,570
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CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS
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Treasury Bills Auction Results:
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Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Oct 28 Sept 29
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Three-months bills 3.3277 2.9750
12-months bills 3.8635 rejected
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Oct 13 Sept 15
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Six-month bills 3.2403 3.0334
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results:
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Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Aug 17 May 28
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Six pct coupon, three-year PIB rejected 4.35
Seven pct coupon, five-Year PIB rejected 5.35
Eight pct coupon, 10-Year PIB rejected 7.36
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June 9 Jan 19
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Nine pct coupon, 15-Year PIB 8.99 7.80
10 pct coupon, 20-Year PIB 9.99 8.80
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending Oct 23 Oct 16
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Total liquid frx reserves $12.293 bln $12.300 bln
Forex held by central bank $ 9.940 bln $ 9.966 bln
Forex held by other banks $ 2.353 bln $ 2.334 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index
Change mth/mth (pct) Sept 0.38 0.58
Change Yr/Yr (pct) Sept 9.00 N/A
Wholesale price index
Change mth/mth (pct) Sept 0.40 -1.08
Change Yr/Yr (pct) Sept 8.01 7.94
Trade Balance (FBS) Sept $-268 mln $-298 mln
Exports (FBS) Sept $1.109 bln $1.176 bln
Imports (FBS) Sept $1.377 bln $1.474 bln
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ANNUAL INDICATORS
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FISCAL YEAR 2003/04 2002/03
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Population (millions) 148.72 145.96
Per capita income (market prices) $652 $582
External debt (medium & long term) $36.2 bln $36.011 bln
F Debt service as pct
to export earning N/A 28.8
Domestic debt (billion rupees) 2,028.4 1,879.2
Total domestic debt as pct of GDP 37.2 39.0
Gross domestic product growth 6.4 pct 5.1 pct
Average consumer price inflation 4.57 pct 3.10 pct
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) 3.9 4.6
Trade balance (FBS July-June) -$3.20 bln -$1.06 bln
Exports $12.27 bln $11.16 bln
Imports $15.47 bln $12.22 bln
Current a/c balance **$1.84 bln $5.256 bln
Manufacturing sector growth 13.4 pct 6.9 pct
Services sector growth 5.2 pct 5.3 pct
Agricultural sector growth 2.6 pct 4.7 pct
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* = revised
** = provisional
SBP= State (central) Bank of Pakistan
FBS= Federal Bureau of Statistics
N A= Not available
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