Pakistan Economic Indicators

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Tuesday (December 22, 2020).

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DAILY INDICATORS
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                                       TUESDAY           PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)   160.60/160.70      160.65/160.75
Rupee/US$ (kerb market)                 160.55             160.40
Karachi 100-share Index              42,906.94          43,333.76
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm              96,665.21          96,451.43
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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       Dec 17              Dec 3
Three-month bills                       7.1202             7.1408
Six-month bills                         7.1701             7.1849
12-month bills                          7.2400             7.2989
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on       Dec 16              Dec 2
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Three-year PIB                         99.6467             8.2400
Five-year PIB                          99.2323             9.9800
10-year PIB                               Bids            10.5498
                                                         rejected
20-Year PIB                            95.2853            10.0000
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending                             Dec 11                PVS
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Total liquid forex reserves         $20,379.6m         $20,402.4m
Forex held by central bank          $13,298.8m         $13,298.5m
Forex held by commercial banks       $7,080.8m          $7,103.9m
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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Consumer price index                      LAST                PVS
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Change mth/mth (pct) Nov                   0.8                1.7
Change yr/yr (pct) Nov                     8.3                8.9
Wholesale price index Nov
Change mth/mth (pct) Nov                   0.9                2.9
Change yr/yr (pct) Nov                     5.0                5.1
Trade Balance Nov                          n/a                n/a
Exports Nov                                n/a                n/a
Imports Nov                                n/a                n/a
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ANNUAL INDICATORS
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FISCAL YEAR                            2020/21            2019/20
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Population (millions)              207,774,520        207,774,520
Per capita income                          n/a             $1,433
External debt (billion rupees)        17,000.0           15,087.5
Domestic debt (billion rupees)         23.5 tr           22,649.9
Gross domestic product growth           1.0 pc            1.33 pc
Manufacturing sector growth               -5.4               5 pc
Services sector growth                    -0.6                n/a
Agricultural sector growth             2.67 pc             4.1 pc
Commodity producing sector growth          n/a                n/a
Average consumer price inflation      11.11 pc                n/a
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP)             8.1 pc             5.8 pc
Trade balance (FBS July-June)       $-1,740 bn          $-1,673bn
Exports                                    n/a          $147,000m
Imports                                    n/a          $235,295m
Current a/c deficit                   $792 mln            $2.97bn
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• = Provisional

SBP = State Bank of Pakistan

FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics