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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* = Provisional
SBP = State Bank of Pakistan
FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics
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