Pakistan economic indicators - October 08, 2007.
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DAILY INDICATORS
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SATURDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 60.73/60.75 60.73/60.74
Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 60.60/60.65 60.60/60.65
Karachi 100-share index 14,099.30 14,099.94
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm n/a 14,000
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Treasury Bills Auction Results:
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Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Sept 26 Sept 12
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Three-months bills No Bid Received No Bid Received
Six-month bills No Bid Received No Bid Received
12-months bills 9.3990 9.3990
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results:
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Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Aug 21 (2007) Jun 05 (2007)
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9.10 pct coupon, three-Year PIB 9.6881 9.3180
9.30 pct coupon, five-Year PIB 9.8916 9.5480
9.60 pct coupon, 10-Year PIB 10.3509 10.1244
10 pct coupon, 15-Year PIB 11.1494 10.9857
10.50 pct coupon, 20-Year PIB 11.4016 11.2016
11.00 Pct coupon, 30-Year PIB 11.6802 11.5937
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending Sept 29 Sept 22
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Total liquid frx reserves $16.120 bln $16.104 bln
Forex held by central bank $13.866 bln $13.835 bln
Forex held by other banks $2.254 bln $2.269 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index
Change mth/mth (pct) Aug 1.32 1.01
Change Yr/Yr (pct) Aug 6.45 6.37
Wholesale price index
Change mth/mth (pct) Aug 1.17 1.70
Change Yr/Yr (pct) Aug 8.00 7.60
Trade Balance (FBS) Aug $-1.27 bln $-1.08 bln
Exports (FBS) Aug $1.48 bln $1.48 bln
Imports (FBS) Aug $2.74 bln $2.57 bln
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ANNUAL INDICATORS
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FISCAL YEAR 2006/07 2005/06
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Population (millions) **156.77 155.4
Per capita income **$925 $833
External debt (billion dlr) **38.86 36.56
Total F.Debt as pct of GDP **27.1 29.4
Domestic debt (billion rupees) **2,523 2,312
Total domestic debt as pct of GDP **28.4 30.0
Gross domestic product growth **7.0 pct 6.6 pct
Manufacturing sector growth **8.75 pct 10.68 pct
Services sector growth **8.0 pct 9.6 pct
Agricultural sector growth **5.0 pct 1.6 pct
Commodity Producing sector growth **6.0 pct 3.4 pct
Average consumer price inflation **7.9 pct 8.0 pct
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) **4.2 3.4
Trade balance (FBS July-June) $-13.528 bln $-12.130 bln
Exports $17.011 bln $16.451 bln
Imports $30.540 bln $28.580 bln
Current a/c balance $-7.016 bln $-4.99 bln
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