Pakistan economic indicators - November 20, 2006
======================================================================
DAILY INDICATORS
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday PREVIOUS
======================================================================
Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 60.81/60.82 60.79/60.81
Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 60.85/60.90 60.85/60.90
Karachi 100-share index 10,705.87 10,850.52
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 12,388 12,330
Silver (Karachi) Rs/1 kg 25,714 25,714
----------------------------------------------------------------------
CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Treasury Bills Auction Results:
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Nov 08 Oct 21
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Three-months bills 8.6544 8.6417
Six-month bills 8.8190 8.8142
12-months bills 9.0055 9.0046
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results:
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Oct 30 (2006) May 18 (2006)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
9.10 pct coupon, three-Year PIB 9.8469 9.4515
9.30 pct coupon, five-Year PIB 9.9545 9.6674
9.60 pct coupon, 10-Year PIB 10.4203 9.8746
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Oct 30 June 9
----------------------------------------------------------------------
10 pct coupon, 15-Year PIB 10.9207 8.99
10.50 pct coupon, 20-Year PIB 11.2500 9.99
----------------------------------------------------------------------
WEEKLY INDICATORS
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Week ending Nov 11 Nov 04
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Total liquid frx reserves $12.481 bln $12.516 bln
Forex held by central bank $10.220 bln $10.271 bln
Forex held by other banks $2.261 bln $2.245 bln
----------------------------------------------------------------------
MONTHLY INDICATORS
----------------------------------------------------------------------
LAST PVS
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Consumer price index
Change mth/mth (pct) Oct 0.36 0.32
Change Yr/Yr (pct) Oct 8.11 8.73
Wholesale price index
Change mth/mth (pct) Oct 0.49 0.44
Change Yr/Yr (pct) Oct 6.70 8.05
Trade Balance (FBS) Sept $-1.02 bln $-1.01 bln
Exports (FBS) Sept $1.41 bln $1.50 bln
Imports (FBS) Sept $2.44 bln $2.52 bln
----------------------------------------------------------------------
ANNUAL INDICATORS
----------------------------------------------------------------------
FISCAL YEAR 2005/06 2004/05
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Population (millions) **155.4 152.5
Per capita income **$847 *$742
External debt (billion dlr) **36.56 *35.83
Total F.Debt as pct of GDP **28.3 *32.3
Domestic debt (billion rupees) **2,267 *2,158
Total domestic debt as pct of GDP **29.4 *32.8
Gross domestic product growth **6.6 pct *8.6 pct
Manufacturing sector growth **8.6 pct *12.6 pct
Services sector growth **8.8 pct *8.0 pct
Agricultural sector growth **2.5 pct *6.7 pct
Commodity Producing sector growth **4.3 pct *9.2 pct
Average consumer price inflation *7.95 pct 9.28 pct
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) **3.4 *3.3
Trade balance (FBS July-June) **-$10.64 bln -$6.21 bln
Exports **$14.96 bln *$14.41 bln
Imports **$25.60 bln *$20.62 bln
Current a/c balance **-$4.70 bln -$1.53 bln
======================================================================