Pakistan Economic Indicators

Pakistan Economic Indicators - June 07,2011

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DAILY INDICATORS

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                                             MONDAY       PREVIOUS

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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)          85.92/85.94    85.96/85.98

Rupee/US $ (kerb market)                86.00/86.20    86.15/86.35

Karachi 100-share index                   12,211.65      12,236.66

Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm                      42.642         42,557

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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:           June 1         May 18

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Three-months bills                          13.5313        13.2081

Six-month bills                             13.7586        13.5984

12-months bills                             13.9074        13.8424

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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results:

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Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on:           May 25         Apr 27

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11.25 pct coupon, three-Year PIB            14.0031        14.0036

11.50 pct coupon, five-Year PIB             14.0564        14.0718

11.75 pct coupon, seven-year PIB         B/Rejected     B/Rejected

12.00 pct coupon, 10-Year PIB               14.0998        14.0995

12.50 pct coupon, 15-Year PIB               14.1082     B/Rejected

13.00 pct coupon, 20-Year PIB               14.1425     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                                  May 28         May 21

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Total liquid forex reserves              $17.34 bln     $17.07 bln

Forex held by central bank               $13.91 bln     $13.67 bln

Forex held by other banks                $ 3.43 bln     $ 3.40 bln

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MONTHLY INDICATORS

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                                               LAST            PVS

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Change mth/mth (pct) Apr                       1.62           1.48

Change Yr/Yr (pct) Apr                        13.04          13.16

Change mth/mth (pct) Apr                       2.26           3.34

Change Yr/Yr (pct) Apr                        25.92          25.41

Trade Balance Apr                         $-870 mln      $-920 mln

Exports Apr                                $2.3 bln      $2.49 bln

Imports Apr                               $3.24 bln      $3.41 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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