Pakistan economic indicators - September 08, 2008
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DAILY INDICATORS
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SATURDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 76.20/76,30 76.40/76.50
Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 76.00/76.50 76.30/76.60
Karachi 100-share index 9,342.19 9,239.26
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm N/A 19,842
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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 Aug 27 Aug 13
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Three-months bills 12.5631 12.2959
Six-month bills Bids no Received Bids no Received
12-months bills Bids no Received Bids Rejected
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results:
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Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction Aug 29 (2008) June 28(2008)
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11.25 pct coupon, three-Year PI 13.6973 12.2964
11.50 pct coupon, five-Year PIB B/Rejected B/Rejected
11.75 pct coupon, seven-year PI 14.3398 -
12.00 pct coupon, 10-Year PIB 14.5493 13.4201
12.50 pct coupon, 15-Year PIB 14.7500 13.6104
13.00 pct coupon, 20-Year PIB No B/Received 13.9399
13.75 Pct coupon, 30-Year PIB 14.9384 14.2496
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending Aug 30 Aug 23
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Total liquid forex reserves $9.130 bln $9.382 bln
Forex held by central bank $5.760 bln $6.008 bln
Forex held by other banks $3.370 bln $3.374 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index 182.39 176.50
Change mth/mth (pct) July 3.34 2.10
Change Yr/Yr (pct) July 24.33 21.53
Wholesale price index 206.53 197.92
Change mth/mth (pct) July 4.35 2.98
Change Yr/Yr (pct) July 34.02 30.62
Trade Balance (FBS) July $-1.64 bln $-1.97 bln
Exports (FBS) July $1.9 bln $2.05 bln
Imports (FBS) July $3.54 bln $4.02 bln
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ANNUAL INDICATORS
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FISCAL YEAR 2007/08 2006/07
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Population (millions) **160.9 156.77
Per capita income **$1085 $925
External debt (billion dlr) **45.0 $40.5
Total F.Debt as pct of GDP **24.7 27.1
Domestic debt (billion rupees) **3,020 2,610
Total domestic debt as pct of G **30.3 30.0
Gross domestic product growth **5.8 pct 6.8 pct
Manufacturing sector growth **5.4 pct 8.2 pct
Services sector growth **8.2 pct 9.6 pct
Agricultural sector growth **1.5 pct 3.7 pct
Commodity Producing sector grow **3.2 pct 6.0 pct
Average consumer price inflatio 12 pct 7.77 pct
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) **7.0 pct 4.3 pct
Trade balance (FBS July-June) $-20.74 bln $-13.56 bln
Exports $19.22 bln $16.98 bln
Imports $39.96 bln $30.54 bln
Current a/c balance $-14.016 bln $-6.878 bln
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