Pakistan Economic Indicators

Pakistan Economic Indicators - March 09, 2015.

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                                          FRIDAY           PREVIOUS

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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)     101.74/101.79      101.80/101.85

Rupee/US$ (kerb market)            101.90/102.10      102.00/102.20

Karachi 100-share index                33,263.66          33,368.83

Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm                   40,028             40,800

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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        March 4             Feb 18

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Three-months bills                        8.2353             8.3707

Six-month bills                           8.1606             8.3780

12-month bills                            7.9899             8.2947

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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results

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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on         Feb 25             Jan 28

three-year PIB                            8.4980             8.8895

five-year PIB                             9.1418             9.7469

10-year PIB                               9.8003            10.0093

20-Year PIB                         Bids no Received        10.9995

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WEEKLY INDICATORS

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Week ending                               Feb 27             Feb 20

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Total liquid forex reserves              $16.136 bln    $15.943 bln

Forex held by central bank               $11.207 bln    $11.075 bln

Forex held by commercial banks            $4.929 bln     $4.868 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                     0.9                0.1

Change yr/yr (pct) Feb                       3.2                3.9

Wholesale price index Feb                    n/a                n/a

Change mth/mth (pct) Feb                     1.1                1.0

Change yr/yr (pct) Feb                       3.4                2.4

Trade Balance Jan                          $-999 mln    $-1.703 bln

Exports Jan                               $2.064 bln     $2.156 bln

Imports Jan                               $3.063 bln     $3.859 bln

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ANNUAL INDICATORS

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FISCAL YEAR                              2013/14            2012/13

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Population (millions)                     *188.2             184.35

Per capita income                         $1,386             $1,340

External debt (billion dlr)             *$61.805            $60.857

Total F.debt as pct of GDP                   n/a                n/a

Domestic debt (billion rupees)            10,832             11,036

Total domestic debt as pct of GDP            n/a                n/a

Gross domestic product growth              *4.14 pct        3.7 pct

Manufacturing sector growth                *5.55 pct       4.53 pct

Services sector growth                      *4.3 pct        4.9 pct

Agricultural sector growth                 *2.12 pct        2.9 pct

Commodity producing sector growth            n/a                n/a

Average consumer price inflation            *8.6 pct        7.4 pct

Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP)                  n/a            8.8 pct

Trade balance (FBS July-June)            $-19.98 bln    $-20.49 bln

Exports                                   $25.13 bln     $24.46 bln

Imports                                   $45.11 bln     $44.95 bln

Current a/c balance                       $3.096 bln     $2.496 bln

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