Pakistan economic indicators - July 10, 2006.
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DAILY INDICATORS
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Saturday PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 60.26/60.27 60.24/60.26
Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 60.63/60.68 60.62/60.67
Karachi 100-share index 9,836.04 9,916.10
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 12,542 12,524
Silver.999 (Rs/kg) n/a n/a
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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: July 05 Jun 21
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Three-months bills 8.3256 8.3256
12-months bills 8.7907 8.7907
Six-month bills 8.4869 8.4869
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results:
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Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: May 18 (2006) Mar 26 (2005)
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9.10 pct coupon, three-Year PIB 9.4515 rejected
9.30 pct coupon, five-Year PIB 9.6674 rejected
9.60 pct coupon, 10-Year PIB 9.8746 rejected
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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 July 01 Jun 24
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Total liquid frx reserves $13.111 bln $13.021 bln
Forex held by central bank $10.760 bln $10.673 bln
Forex held by other banks $2.351 bln $2.348 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index
Change mth/mth (pct) May 0.45 1.02
Change Yr/Yr (pct) May 7.12 6.16
Wholesale price index
Change mth/mth (pct) May 0.35 1.23
Change Yr/Yr (pct) May 9.12 8.10
Trade Balance (FBS) May $-1.159 bln $-807 mln
Exports (FBS) May $1.489 bln $1.45 bln
Imports (FBS) May $2.648 bln $2.26 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 (central) Bank of Pakistan
FBS= Federal Bureau of Statistics
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