Pakistan economic indicators - January 15, 2007
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DAILY INDICATORS
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SATURDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 60.94/60.96 60.94/60.96
Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 60.90/60.95 60.90/60.95
Karachi 100-share index 10,425.46 10,358.64
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 12,443 12,248
Silver (Karachi) Rs/1 kg 23,574 23,574
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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: December 30 December 20
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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: December 21 (2006) October 30 (2006)
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9.10 pct coupon, three-Year PIB 9.7393 9.8469
9.30 pct coupon, five-Year PIB 10.0017 9.9545
9.60 pct coupon, 10-Year PIB 10.5270 10.4203
10 pct coupon, 15-Year PIB 11.1005 10.9207
10.50 pct coupon, 20-Year PIB 11.4203 11.2500
11.00 Pct coupon, 30-Year PIB 11.7006 -
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending January 06 December 30
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Total liquid frx reserves $12.922 bln $12.904 bln
Forex held by central bank $10.603 bln $10.631 bln
Forex held by other banks $ 2.319 bln $ 2.273 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS LAST
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PVS Consumer price index
Change mth/mth (pct) December 0.47 0.73
Change Yr/Yr (pct) December 8.88 8.07
Wholesale price index
Change mth/mth (pct) December 0.37 0.89
Change Yr/Yr (pct) December 8.0 7.46
Trade Balance (FBS) December $-1.04 bln $-1.39 bln
Exports (FBS) December $1.15 bln $1.38 bln
Imports (FBS) December $2.56 bln $2.77 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
N.A = Not available
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