Pakistan Economic Indicators - August, 30 2010
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DAILY INDICATORS
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FRIDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 85.60/85.65 85.60/85.65
Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 85.50/85.70 85.50/85.60
Karachi 100-share index 9,598.71 9,589.37
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 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: Aug 25 Aug 11
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Three-months bills 12.5171 12.5171
Six-month bills 12.6649 12.6876
12-months bills 12.7873 12.7873
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results:
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Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Aug 18 July 21
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11.25 pct coupon, three-Year PIB B/Rejected B/Rejected
11.50 pct coupon, five-Year PIB B/Rejected B/Rejected
11.75 pct coupon, seven-year PIB B/Rejected B/Rejected
12.00 pct coupon, 10-Year PIB B/Rejected B/Rejected
12.50 pct coupon, 15-Year PIB B/Rejected B/Rejected
13.00 pct coupon, 20-Year PIB B/Rejected B/Rejected
13.75 Pct coupon, 30-Year PIB B/Rejected B/Rejected
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending Aug 20 Aug 13
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Total liquid forex reserves $16.108 bln $16.29 bln
Forex held by central bank $12.348 bln $12.46 bln
Forex held by other banks $ 3.760 bln $ 3.83 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index July 227.79 225.03
Change mth/mth (pct) July 1.23 0.65
Change Yr/Yr (pct) July 12.34 12.69
Wholesale price index July 246.48 242.44
Change mth/mth (pct) July 1.67 0.63
Change Yr/Yr (pct) July 18.75 17.63
Trade Balance July $-1.45 bln $-1.40 bln
Exports July $1.78 bln $1.82 bln
Imports July $3.24 bln $3.22 bln
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ANNUAL INDICATORS
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FISCAL YEAR 2009/10 2008/09
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Population (millions) *169.84 163.67
Per capita income N/A $1046
External debt (billion dlr) *53.01 $50.1
Total F.Debt as pct of GDP N/A 30.2
Domestic debt (billion rupees) *4,633 3,758
Total domestic debt as pct of GDP N/A 23.3pct
Gross domestic product growth *4.1 pct 1.2 pct
Manufacturing sector growth *4.4 pct 3.3 pct
Services sector growth *4.6 pct 1.6 pct
Agricultural sector growth *2.0 pct 4.0 pct
Commodity Producing sector growth *3.6 pct N/A
Average consumer price inflation *11.73 pct 20.77 pct
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) *4.2 pct 5.2 pct
Trade balance (FBS July-May) $-15.327 bln $-17.134 bln
Exports $ 19.382 bln $ 17.688 bln
Imports $ 34.709 bln $ 34.822 bln
Current A/C balance $-3.507 bln $-9.3 bln
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* = revised
** = provisional
SBP = State Bank of Pakistan
FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics
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