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Pakistan Economic Indicators
Pakistan economic indicators - December 29, 2008
Pakistan economic indicators - December 29, 2008
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DAILY INDICATORS
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FRIDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 79.15/79.25 78.80/79.00
Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 79.00/80.00 79.00/80.00
Karachi 100-share index 6,487.52 6,660.18
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm N/A 20,925
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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: Dec 17 Dec 03
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Three-months bills 13.8549 13.8549
Six-month bills 14,0108 14.0108
12-months bills No bids Received B/Rejected
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results:
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Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Aug 29 (2008) June 28(2008)
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11.25 pct coupon, three-Year PIB 13.6973 12.2964
11.50 pct coupon, five-Year PIB B/Rejected B/Rejected
11.75 pct coupon, seven-year PIB 14.3398 -
12.00 pct coupon, 10-Year PIB 14.5493 13.4201
12.50 pct coupon, 15-Year PIB 14.7500 13.6104
13.00 pct coupon, 20-Year PIB No B/Received 13.9399
13.75 Pct coupon, 30-Year PIB 14.9384 14.2496
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending Dec 13 Dec 06
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Total liquid Forex reserves $ 9.34 bln $ 9.095 bln
Forex held by central bank $ 6.13 bln $ 5.916 bln
Forex held by other banks $ 3.21 bln $ 3.179 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index Nov 191.85 192.08
Change mth/mth (pct) Nov -0.12 2.12
Change Yr/Yr (pct) Nov 24.68 25.00
Wholesale price index Nov 196.5 207.08
Change mth/mth (pct) Nov -5.11 -1.87
Change Yr/Yr (pct) Nov 19.87 28.38
Trade Balance (FBS) Nov $-1.196 bln $-1.94 bln
Exports (FBS) Nov $ 1.53 bln $ 1.52 bln
Imports (FBS) Nov $ 2.72 bln $ 3.46 bln
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ANNUAL INDICATORS
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FISCAL YEAR 2007/08 2006/07
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Population (millions) **160.9 156.77
Per capita income **$1085 $925
External debt (billion dlr) **45.0 $40.5
Total F.Debt as pct of GDP **24.7 27.1
Domestic debt (billion rupees) **3,020 2,610
Total domestic debt as pct of GDP **30.3 30.0
Gross domestic product growth **5.8 pct 6.8 pct
Manufacturing sector growth **5.4 pct 8.2 pct
Services sector growth **8.2 pct 9.6 pct
Agricultural sector growth **1.5 pct 3.7 pct
Commodity Producing sector growth **3.2 pct 6.0 pct
Average consumer price inflation 12 pct 7.77 pct
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) **7.0 pct 4.3 pct
Trade balance (FBS July-June) $-20.74 bln $-13.56 bln
Exports $19.22 bln $16.98 bln
Imports $39.96 bln $30.54 bln
Current A/C balance $-14.016 bln $-6.878 bln
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Revised
Provisional
SBP = State Bank of Pakistan
FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics.
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