Pakistan Economic Indicators

Pakistan Economic Indicators - June 6, 2016.

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INDICATORS

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                                         Monday            PREVIOUS

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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)    104.64/104.65       104.64/104.65

Rupee/US$ (kerb market)                  105.05              105.30

Karachi 100-share index               37,352.27           37,223.00

Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm               40,757.43           40,800.89

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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 16             March 2

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Three-month bills                        6.1697              6.1697

Six-month bills                          6.2026              6.2026

12-month bills                           6.2192              6.2192

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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results

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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on      April 20            March 21

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Three-year PIB                           6.5492              6.3204

Five-year PIB                            6.9997              7.0000

10-year PIB                              8.1804              8.2296

20-Year PIB                             No Bids             No Bids

                                       Received            Received

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WEEKLY INDICATORS

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Week ending                              May 27                 PVS

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Total liquid forex reserves           $21,601.7 mln     $20,787 mln

Forex held by central bank            $16,807.2 mln   $15,904.8 mln

Forex held by commercial banks         $4,794.5 mln    $4,883.0 mln

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MONTHLY INDICATORS

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                                           LAST                 PVS

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Consumer price index    May                 3.2                4.17

Change mth/mth (pct)    May                -0.2                 1.6

Change yr/yr (pct)      May                 2.1                 4.2

Wholesale price index   May              208.01              206.87

Change mth/mth (pct)    May                0.55                0.57

Change yr/yr (pct)      May                0.04                0.59

Trade Balance           Mar              $1,852 mln     $-1,513 mln

Exports                 Mar              $1,742 mln      $1,791 mln

Imports                 Mar              $3,594          $3.304 mln

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ANNUAL INDICATORS

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FISCAL YEAR                             2014/15             2013/14

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Population (millions)                   *191.71               188.2

Per capita income                        $1,512              $1,333

External debt (billion dlr)            *$62.649             $63.960

Domestic debt (billion rupees)           12,226              12,083

Gross domestic product growth              4.24 pct        4.03 pct

Manufacturing sector growth                 n/a            5.55 pct

Services sector growth                      5.0 pct         4.4 pct

Agricultural sector growth                  2.9 pct         2.7 pct

Commodity producing sector growth          3.24                3.55

Average consumer price inflation            n/a             8.6 pct

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

Trade balance (FBS July-June)          $-22.095 bln    $-19.963 bln

Exports                                 $23.885 bln     $25.110 bln

Imports                                 $45.980 bln     $45.073 bln

Current a/c balance                     $-2.709 bln     $-3.130 bln

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