Pakistan Economic Indicators

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Monday (January 04, 2021).

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DAILY INDICATORS
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                                         MONDAY          PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)    159.90/160.00     159.90/160.90
Rupee/US$ (kerb market)                  159.80            159.80
Karachi 100-share Index               44,686.46         44,434.80
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm                     N/A         97,994.25
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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 31            Dec 17
Three-month bills                        7.1498            7.1202
Six-month bills                          7.2000            7.1701
12-month bills                           7.2900            7.2400
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on        Dec 31            Dec 16
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Three-year PIB                          98.8132           99.6467
Five-year PIB                    No bid recivie           99.2323
10-year PIB                      No bid recivie     Bids rejected
20-Year PIB                             95.2853           95.2853
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending                              Dec 24               PVS
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Total liquid forex reserves          $20,254.0m      $20,131.1mln
Forex held by central bank           $13,150.9m      $13,216.2mln
Forex held by commercial banks        $7,103.1m       $7,096.9mln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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Consumer price index                       LAST               PVS
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Change mth/mth (pct) Dec                    0.7               0.8
Change yr/yr (pct) Dec                      8.0               8.3
Wholesale price index Dec
Change mth/mth (pct) Dec                    0.3               0.9
Change yr/yr (pct) Dec                      5.7               5.0
Trade Balance Dec                           N/A               N/A
Exports Dec                                 N/A               N/A
Imports Dec                                 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 pct          1.33 pct
Manufacturing sector growth                -5.4             5 pct
Services sector growth                     -0.6               N/A
Agricultural sector growth             2.67 pct           4.1 pct
Commodity producing sector growth           N/A               N/A
Average consumer price inflation      11.11 pct               N/A
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP)             8.1 pct           5.8 pct
Trade balance (FBS July-June)         $-1,740bn         $-1,673bn
Exports                                     N/A         $147,000m
Imports                                     N/A         $235,295m
Current a/c deficit                       $792m           $2.97bn
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• = Provisional

SBP = State Bank of Pakistan

FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics