Pakistan Economic Indicators

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Wednesday (July 29, 2020).

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DAILY INDICATORS
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                                     WEDNESDAY           PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)   166.70/166.90      166.20/166.40
Rupee/US$ (kerb market)                 166.70             166.20
Karachi 100-share Index              38,836.27          38,627.27
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm             105.238.21         105.024.11
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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      July 15            June 30
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Three-month bills                       6.5598             6.8488
Six-month bills                         6.5700             6.6599
12-month bills                          6.6001             6.8500
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on      July 21            June 25
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Three-year PIB                          7.3700             7.9700
Five-year PIB                           8.3700             8.4400
10-year PIB                             8.9900             8.9900
20-Year PIB                             9.7500             9.9000
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending                            July 17                PVS
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Total liquid forex reserves         $19,047.3m       $18,952.6mln
Forex held by central bank          $12,121.6m       $12,054.9mln
Forex held by commercial banks       $6,925.7m        $6,897.7mln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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                                          LAST                PVS
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Consumer price index
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Change mth/mth (pct) June                  0.8                0.3
Change yr/yr (pct) June                    8.6                8.2
Wholesale price index June
Change mth/mth (pct) June                  0.3                0.9
Change yr/yr (pct) June                    0.9                1.5
Trade Balance June                         N/A                N/A
Exports June                               N/A                N/A
Imports June                               N/A                N/A
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ANNUAL INDICATORS
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FISCAL YEAR                            2019/20            2018/19
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Population (millions)                   196.17             191.71
Per capita income                       $1,516             $1,652
External debt (billion rupees)        15,087.5            6,692.5
Domestic debt (billion rupees)        22,649.9           15,437.4
Gross domestic product growth          5.4 pct           4.24 pct
Manufacturing sector growth              5 pct               4.40
Services sector growth                     N/A                N/A
Agricultural sector growth             4.1 pct            5.5 pct
Commodity producing sector growth          N/A                N/A
Average consumer price inflation     11.11 pct                N/A
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP)            5.8 pct               4.16
Trade balance (FBS July-June)       $-26,568bn         $-19,283bn
Exports                              $171,511m          $186,384m
Imports                              $462,763m          $494,721m
Current a/c deficit                    $13.5bn            $19.9bn
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• = Provisional

SBP = State Bank of Pakistan

FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics