Pakistan economic indicators - June 30, 2008
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DAILY INDICATORS
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SATURDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 68.12/68.18 68.02/68.08
Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 68.40/68.50 68.45/68.55
Karachi 100-share index 12,353.19 12,452.08
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 20,060 20,097
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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: June 18 June 04
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Three-months bills 11.4161 11.2331
Six-month bills 11.4927 11.2464
12-months bills 11.7390 11.4893
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results:
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Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: June 28 (2008) Mar 29(2008)
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9.10 pct coupon, three-Year PIB 12.2964 10.6044
9.30 pct coupon, five-Year PIB Rejected 10.7995
9.60 pct coupon, 10-Year PIB 13.4201 11.4494
10 pct coupon, 15-Year PIB 13.6104 11.9893
10.50 pct coupon, 20-Year PIB 13.9399 12.1296
11.00 Pct coupon, 30-Year PIB 14.2496 12.4938
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending June 21 June 14
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Total liquid forex reserves $11.286 bln $10.909 bln
Forex held by central bank $8.656 bln $8.267 bln
Forex held by other banks $2.630 bln $2.642 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index
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Change mth/mth (pct) May 2.69 3.04
Change Yr/Yr (pct) May 19.27 17.21
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Wholesale price index
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Change mth/mth (pct) May 4.97 4.30
Change Yr/Yr (pct) May 28.24 23.50
Trade Balance (FBS) May $-1.93 bln $-2.29 bln
Exports (FBS) May $1.94 bln $1.8 bln
Imports (FBS) May $3.88 bln $4.1 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 **7.77 pct 7.92 pct
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) **4.3 4.2
Trade balance (FBS July-June) $-13.564 bln $-12.130 bln
Exports $16.976 bln $16.451 bln
Imports $30.540 bln $28.581 bln
Current a/c balance $-7.094 bln $-4.990 bln
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-- revised
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SBP = State (central) Bank of Pakistan
FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics