Pakistan Economic Indicators

Pakistan Economic Indicators - March 05, 2012.

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DAILY INDICATORS

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                                             FRIDAY        PREVIOUS

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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)          90.98/91.04     90.95/91.00

Rupee/US$ (kerb market)                 91.00/91.20     90.95/91.15

Karachi 100-share index                   13,088.97       12,941.38

Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm                      50,571          50,571

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CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS

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Treasury bill auction results:

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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on            Feb 22           Feb 8

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Three-months bills                          11.7367         11.7367

Six-month bills                             11.8070         11.8070

12-month bills                           B/Rejected         11.8894

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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results

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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on            Feb 15          Dec 21

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11.25 percent coupon, three-year PIB        12.4459         12.4531

11.50 percent coupon, five-year PIB         12.8089         12.6993

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

12.00 percent coupon, 10-year PIB           12.9091         12.6993

12.50 percent coupon, 15-year PIB                 -   No B/Received

13.00 percent coupon, 20-Year PIB     No B/Received   No B/Received

13.75 percent coupon, 30-year coupon              -   No B/Received

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WEEKLY INDICATORS

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Week ending                                  Feb 24          Feb 17

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Total liquid forex reserves              $16.42 bln     $16.645 bln

Forex held by central bank               $12.06 bln     $12.212 bln

Forex held by commercial banks            $4.36 bln      $4.433 bln

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MONTHLY INDICATORS

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                                               LAST             PVS

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Consumer price index Feb                        N/A             N/A

Change mth/mth (pct) Feb                       0.30            1.54

Change yr/yr (pct) Feb                        11.05           10.10

Wholesale price index Feb                       N/A             N/A

Change mth/mth (pct) Feb                        N/A             N/A

Change yr/yr (pct) Feb                          N/A             N/A

Trade Balance Dec                        $-2.41 bln      $-2.17 bln

Exports Dec                               $1.85 bln       $1.55 bln

Imports Dec                               $1.26 bln       $3.72 bln

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ANNUAL INDICATORS

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FISCAL YEAR                                 2010/11         2009/10

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Population (millions)                       *177.18          173.51

Per capita income                            $1,254          $1,073

External debt (billion dlr)                 *$59.53          $55.90

Total F.debt as pct of GDP                      N/A             N/A

Domestic debt (billion rupees)               *5,594           4,894

Total domestic debt as pct of GDP               N/A             N/A

Gross domestic product growth              *2.4 pct         3.8 pct

Manufacturing sector growth                *1.7 pct         4.9 pct

Services sector growth                     *4.1 pct         2.9 pct

Agricultural sector growth                      N/A             N/A

Commodity producing sector growth               N/A             N/A

Average consumer price inflation          *14.1 pct        11.5 pct

Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP)                 4.3 pct         6.3 pct

Trade balance (FBS July-June)           $-15.59 bln     $-15.42 bln

Exports                                  $24.83 bln      $19.29 bln

Imports                                  $40.41 bln      $34.71 bln

Current A/C balance                        $268 mln     $-3.456 bln

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