Pakistan economic indicators on January 10.
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DAILY INDICATORS
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SATURDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 59.58/59.60 59.56/59.58
Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 59.85/59.95 59.95/60.05
Karachi 100-share index 6,318.90 6,353.27
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 8,215 8,301
Silver.999 (Rs/kg) 11,570 11,570
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CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS
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Treasury Bills Auction Results:
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Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Dec 22 Nov 24
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Three-months bills 3.9462 3.8578
12-months bills rejected 4.4946
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Jan 05 Dec 08
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Six-month bills 4.3228 rejected
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results:
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Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Nov 11 Aug 17
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Six pct coupon, three-Year PIB rejected rejected
Seven pct coupon, five-Year PIB rejected rejected
Eight pct coupon, 10-Year PIB rejected rejected
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June 9 Jan 19
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Nine pct coupon, 15-Year PIB 8.99 7.80
10 pct coupon, 20-Year PIB 9.99 8.80
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending Jan 1 Dec 25
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Total liquid frx reserves $11.963 bln $11.881 bln
Forex held by central bank $9.185 bln $9.130 bln
Forex held by other banks $2.778 bln $2.751 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index
Change mth/mth (pct) Nov 1.12 1.19
Change Yr/Yr (pct) Nov 9.26 8.70
Wholesale price index
Change mth/mth (pct) Nov 0.39 1.42
Change Yr/Yr (pct) Nov 5.90 6.64
Trade Balance (FBS) Nov $-1.091 bln $-591.04 mln
Exports (FBS) Nov $897.43 mln $993.23 mln
Imports (FBS) Nov $1.988 bln $1.584 bln
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ANNUAL INDICATORS
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FISCAL YEAR 2003/04 2002/03
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Population (millions) 148.72 145.96
Per capita income (market prices) $652 $582
External debt (medium & long term) $36.2 bln $36.011 bln
F Debt service as pct to export earning N/A 28.8
Domestic debt (billion rupees) 2,028.4 1,879.2
Total domestic debt as pct of GDP 37.2 39.0
Gross domestic product growth 6.4 pct 5.1 pct
Average consumer price inflation 4.57 pct 3.10 pct
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) 3.9 4.6
Trade balance (FBS July-June) -$3.20 bln -$1.06 bln
Exports $12.27 bln $11.16 bln
Imports $15.47 bln $12.22 bln
Current a/c balance **$1.84 bln $5.256 bln
Manufacturing sector growth 13.4 pct 6.9 pct
Services sector growth 5.2 pct 5.3 pct
Agricultural sector growth 2.6 pct 4.7 pct
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