Pakistan Economic Indicators - April 25, 2011
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DAILY INDICATORS
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SATURDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 84.21/84.30 84.23/84.30
Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 84.30/84.50 84.35/84.50
Karachi 100-share index 11,954.37 11,923.59
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 40,842 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: Apr 20 Apr 6
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Three-months bills 13.2542 13.3004
Six-month bills 13.6213 13.6899
12-months bills 13.8684 13.8684
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results:
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Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Mar 16 Feb 15
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11.25 pct coupon, three-Year PIB 14.0789 14.2473
11.50 pct coupon, five-Year PIB 14.1108 14.2924
11.75 pct coupon, seven-year PIB B/Rejected B/Rejected
12.00 pct coupon, 10-Year PIB 14.1190 14,2710
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 April 16 April 9
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Total liquid forex reserves $17.376 bln $17.317 bln
Forex held by central bank $13.910 bln $13.935 bln
Forex held by other banks $ 3.466 bln $ 3.382 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index Mar N/A N/A
Change mth/mth (pct) Mar 1.48 N/A
Change Yr/Yr (pct) Mar 13.16 12.91
Wholesale price index Mar N/A N/A
Change mth/mth (pct) Mar 3.34 N/A
Change Yr/Yr (pct) Mar 25.41 24.43
Trade Balance Mar $-920 mln $-895 bln
Exports Mar $2.49 bln $2.15 bln
Imports Mar $3.41 bln $3.05 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) 6.3 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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* = Provisional
SBP = State Bank of Pakistan
FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics
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